Boundaries

Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor’s house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

For each man shall bear his own burden.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot. — read the full passage →

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.

He maketh peace in thy borders; He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot. — read the full passage →

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul: The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple. — read the full passage →

For every one shall be salted with fire. — read the full passage →

Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.

And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it were better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. — read the full passage →

A factious man after a first and second admonition refuse;

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.

Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

A day for building thy walls! in that day shall the decree be far removed.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Preserve me, O God; for in thee do I take refuge. — read the full passage →

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. — read the full passage →

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This shall be the border, whereby ye shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

Jehovah will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways.

For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed; — read the full passage →

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. — read the full passage →

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand: and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

And all the peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of Jehovah; and they shall be afraid of thee.

When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.

And behold, one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? — read the full passage →

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? — read the full passage →

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof: — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. — read the full passage →

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

To him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and from him that taketh away thy cloak withhold not thy coat also.

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment; — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. — read the full passage →

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

and this, not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more. — read the full passage →

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he did. — read the full passage →

Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea shall be your border.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.