Boundaries

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated <FI>with<Fi> thee, and have hated thee.

for each one his own burden shall bear.

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou--Thou dost uphold my lot. — read the full passage →

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings--

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

Who is making thy border peace, <FI>With<Fi> the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou--Thou dost uphold my lot. — read the full passage →

Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and anger.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

The law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> stedfast, Making wise the simple, — read the full passage →

for every one with fire shall be salted, and every sacrifice with salt shall be salted. — read the full passage →

The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.

and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea. — read the full passage →

A sectarian man, after a first and second admonition be rejecting,

`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

The salt <FI>is<Fi> good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season <FI>it<Fi> ? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.'

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

If <FI>from<Fi> delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter--thou keepest back.

Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

Better <FI>is<Fi> open reproof than hidden love.

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

The day to build thy walls! That day--removed is the limit.

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

`The salt <FI>is<Fi> good, but if the salt doth become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned?

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance <FI>is<Fi> for me.

A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee. — read the full passage →

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

`Thou hast no other Gods before Me. — read the full passage →

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.

In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam--He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.

`Thus said the Lord Jehovah: This <FI>is<Fi> the border whereby ye inherit the land, according to the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph <FI>hath<Fi> portions.

`Jehovah giveth thine enemies, who are rising up against thee--smitten before thy face; in one way they come out unto thee, and in seven ways they flee before thee.

for not that for others release, and ye pressured, <FI>do I speak,<Fi> — read the full passage →

`Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;' — read the full passage →

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

`And I have set thy border from the Red Sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I give into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and thou hast cast them out from before thee;

and all the peoples of the land have seen that the name of Jehovah is called upon thee, and they have been afraid of thee.

In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

these things be speaking, and exhorting, and convicting, with all charge; let no one despise thee!

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap, — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men. — read the full passage →

`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did <FI>it<Fi> .

And lo, one having come near, said to him, `Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?' — read the full passage →

`And why dost thou behold the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thy brother's eye, and the beam that <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye dost not consider? — read the full passage →

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature; — read the full passage →

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

For those who are according to the flesh, the things of the flesh do mind; and those according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit; — read the full passage →

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

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

and to him smiting thee upon the cheek, give also the other, and from him taking away from thee the mantle, also the coat thou mayest not keep back.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

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

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

Hear, I pray you, that which Jehovah is saying: `Rise--strive thou with the mountains, And cause thou the hills to hear thy voice.' — read the full passage →

teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,

So that we henceforth have known no one according to the flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him no more; — read the full passage →

And as he was in Jerusalem, in the passover, in the feast, many believed in his name, beholding his signs that he was doing; — read the full passage →

every place on which the sole of your foot treadeth is yours; from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Phrat, even unto the farther sea is your border;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world; — read the full passage →

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.