Black Men

Dark <FI>am<Fi> I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon. — read the full passage →

`I was seeing till that thrones have been thrown down, and the Ancient of Days is seated, His garment as snow <FI>is<Fi> white, and the hair of his head <FI>is<Fi> as pure wool, His throne flames of fire, its wheels burning fire.

and his feet like to fine brass, as in a furnace having been fired, and his voice as a sound of many waters,

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, `Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.'

For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, on the second-first sabbath, as he is going through the corn fields, that his disciples were plucking the ears, and were eating, rubbing with the hands, — read the full passage →

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

And she doteth on their paramours, Whose flesh <FI>is<Fi> the flesh of asses, And the issue of horses--their issue. — read the full passage →

Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

`And thy man-servant and thy handmaid whom thou hast <FI>are<Fi> of the nations who <FI>are<Fi> round about you; of them ye buy man-servant and handmaid,

`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

`Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death.

`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

`And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man; — read the full passage →

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

and Jesus having taken up <FI>the word<Fi> , said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving <FI>him<Fi> half dead.

Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery--have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.

`Thou dost not murder.

And Joseph falleth on his father's face, and weepeth over him, and kisseth him; — read the full passage →

and He who is sitting was in sight like a stone, jasper and sardine: and a rainbow was round the throne in sight like an emerald.

`Thou dost not steal.