Bully

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off—

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.

For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. — read the full passage →

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

To you, Yahweh, do I lift up my soul. — read the full passage →

Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God. — read the full passage →

Then we cried to Yahweh, the God of our fathers. Yahweh heard our voice, and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.

“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again. — read the full passage →

God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them and the earth.

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. — read the full passage →

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

When we heard these things, both we and they of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. — read the full passage →

that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’ — read the full passage →

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.

They, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house), yet shall know that there has been a prophet among them. — read the full passage →

Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

Instead of your shame you shall have double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be to them. — read the full passage →

The ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. — read the full passage →

“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; don’t fear the reproach of men, neither be dismayed at their insults. — read the full passage →

Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter! — read the full passage →

Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless: — read the full passage →

The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones. — read the full passage →

Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil. — read the full passage →

Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary. — read the full passage →

The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. — read the full passage →

The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound; — read the full passage →

The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. — read the full passage →

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth; — read the full passage →

Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways. — read the full passage →

Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil. — read the full passage →

Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me. — read the full passage →

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.

I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. — read the full passage →

For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there. — read the full passage →

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen. — read the full passage →

he will make your righteousness go out as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun. — read the full passage →

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them. — read the full passage →

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

All the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate bowed down, and paid homage to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai didn’t bow down or pay him homage. — read the full passage →

In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus. — read the full passage →

So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days. — read the full passage →

I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.” — read the full passage →

Now when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;) — read the full passage →

When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work. — read the full passage →

But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. — read the full passage →

He set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the broad place at the gate of the city, and spoke comfortably to them, saying, — read the full passage →

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!” — read the full passage →

Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, — read the full passage →

The Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him. — read the full passage →

Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. — read the full passage →

Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation. — read the full passage →

Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking. — read the full passage →

She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees,” for she said, “Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?”

Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. — read the full passage →

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. — read the full passage →

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing. — read the full passage →

“In a very little while, he who comes will come, and will not wait. — read the full passage →

Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works, — read the full passage →

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively. — read the full passage →

The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.” — read the full passage →

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the midst, — read the full passage →

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up, — read the full passage →

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. — read the full passage →

The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!” — read the full passage →

It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered. — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do. — read the full passage →

As you enter into the household, greet it. — read the full passage →

Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High. — read the full passage →

who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?” — read the full passage →

My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →