Bullies

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

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not; — read the full passage →

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you, — read the full passage →

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

`These things I command you, that ye love one another;

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up; — read the full passage →

Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;

let all your things be done in love.

Ashamed and troubled greatly are all mine enemies, They turn back--ashamed <FI>in<Fi> a moment!

be strong and courageous, fear not, nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> He who is going with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee.'

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

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

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is--to the age.

By David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters, — read the full passage →

for what have I also those without to judge? those within do ye not judge?

Proud, haughty, scorner <FI>is<Fi> his name, Who is working in the wrath of pride.

Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, O dweller in clifts of a rock, (A high place <FI>is<Fi> his habitation, He is saying in his heart, `Who doth bring me down <FI>to<Fi> earth?') — read the full passage →

Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> lying lips, And stedfast doers <FI>are<Fi> his delight.

The remembrance of the righteous <FI>is<Fi> for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot.

He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,

this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on,

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps, — read the full passage →

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil, — read the full passage →

in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold--fearlessly to speak the word. — read the full passage →

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them; — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

and he answering said to them, `I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!' — read the full passage →

and Jesus said to him, `Comrade, for what art thou present?' Then having come near, they laid hands on Jesus, and took hold on him. — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I do not say to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven. — read the full passage →

and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the lad was healed from that hour.

And he saith, `Fear not, for more <FI>are<Fi> they who <FI>are<Fi> with us than they who <FI>are<Fi> with them.'

And he goeth up thence to Beth-El, and he is going up in the way, and little youths have come out from the city, and scoff at him, and say to him, `Go up, bald-head! go up, bald-head!' — read the full passage →

And the men of Ephraim are called together, and pass over northward, and say to Jephthah, `Wherefore has thou passed over to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and on us hast not called to go with thee? thy house we burn over thee with fire.' — read the full passage →

ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;

for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years; — read the full passage →

`And when they may finish their testimony, the beast that is coming up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them, — read the full passage →

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> . — read the full passage →

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: -- — read the full passage →

that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray, — read the full passage →

For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing, — read the full passage →

And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly; — read the full passage →

for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me; — read the full passage →

Jesus then said to them, `If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me; — read the full passage →

and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, `The sinless of you--let him first cast the stone at her;'

And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury--rich men, — read the full passage →

`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

Bow and javelin they take hold of, Fierce it <FI>is<Fi> , and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea doth sound, And on horses they ride, set in array as a man of war, Against thee, O daughter of Zion. — read the full passage →

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those saying to evil `good,' And to good `evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Woe to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.

If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones <FI>are<Fi> over them. — read the full passage →

Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue. — read the full passage →

When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations <FI>are<Fi> in his heart.

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes, — read the full passage →

The ransom of a man's life <FI>are<Fi> his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke. — read the full passage →

The fool--in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame. — read the full passage →

In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod <FI>is<Fi> for the back of him who is lacking understanding. — read the full passage →

The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it--shame, And a reprover of the wicked--his blemish. — read the full passage →

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, — read the full passage →

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, Give ear unto my supplications, In Thy faithfulness answer me--in Thy righteousness. — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Thee I have lifted up mine eyes, O dweller in the heavens. — read the full passage →

God of vengeance--Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth. — read the full passage →

Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.

To the Overseer. --`Destroy not.' --A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men? — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' --A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring? — read the full passage →

The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!' <FI>are<Fi> all his devices.

For not a God desiring wickedness <FI>art<Fi> Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

`O our God, dost Thou not execute judgment upon them? for there is no power in us before this great multitude that hath come against us, and we know not what we do, but on Thee <FI>are<Fi> our eyes.' — read the full passage →

and all this assembly do know that not by sword and by spear doth Jehovah save, that the battle <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah's, and He hath given you into our hand.'

`Jehovah giveth thee smitten before thine enemies; in one way thou goest out unto them, and in seven ways dost flee before them, and thou hast been for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth; — read the full passage →

`When thou goest out to battle against thine enemy, and hast seen horse and chariot--a people more numerous than thou--thou art not afraid of them, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> with thee, who is bringing thee up out of the land of Egypt;

and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and thou hast smitten them--thou dost utterly devote them--thou dost not make with them a covenant, nor dost thou favour them.

fear them not, for Jehovah your God, He is fighting for you.

a people great, and numerous, and tall, as the Anakim, and Jehovah destroyeth them before them, and they dispossess them, and dwell in their stead,

Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'

And Moses speaketh so unto the sons of Israel, and they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for harsh service. — read the full passage →

`--and it hath come to pass, if they do not give credence to thee, and hearken not to the voice of the first sign, that they have given credence to the voice of the latter sign. — read the full passage →

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent, — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God <FI>is<Fi> all the day. — read the full passage →

Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave <FI>it<Fi> , Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper. — read the full passage →

If I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me, — read the full passage →