Capitalism

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you, — read the full passage →

Lo, that which I have seen: <FI>It is<Fi> good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it <FI> is<Fi> his portion. — read the full passage →

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'

She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard. — read the full passage →

and again I say to you, it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to go, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'

and Jesus said to his disciples, `Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the heavens;

Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land, — 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 I say unto them: `If good in your eyes, give my hire, and if not, forbear;' and they weigh out my hire--thirty silverlings.

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

`And in your reaping the harvest of your land thou dost not complete the corner of thy field in thy reaping, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I Jehovah <FI> am<Fi> your God.'

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

who doth serve as a soldier at his own charges at any time? who doth plant a vineyard, and of its fruit doth not eat? or who doth feed a flock, and of the milk of the flock doth not eat?

and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately.

`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard, — read the full passage →

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips <FI>is<Fi> only to want.

and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, according to his own labour,

Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy <FI>art<Fi> thou, and good <FI>is<Fi> to thee.

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please--Christ's servant I should not be.

`This <FI>is<Fi> the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: Gather of it each according to his eating, an omer for a poll; and the number of your persons, take ye each for those in his tent.' — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

Say ye to the righteous, that <FI>it is<Fi> good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.

Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase; — read the full passage →

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; — read the full passage →

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

`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.

A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, <FI>Is<Fi> one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end--he is a fool.

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I--I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, to all the removal that I removed from Jerusalem to Babylon, — read the full passage →

Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth, — read the full passage →

And morning being now come, Jesus stood at the shore, yet indeed the disciples did not know that it is Jesus; — read the full passage →

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.

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ, — read the full passage →

I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it. — read the full passage →

By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself. — read the full passage →

He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause <FI>them<Fi> to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world. — read the full passage →

and not certainly with the whoremongers of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, seeing ye ought then to go forth out of the world-- — read the full passage →

and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats--let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals--in like manner let him do.' — read the full passage →

On my charge I stand, and I station myself on a bulwark, and I watch to see what He doth speak against me, and what I do reply to my reproof. — read the full passage →

Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works. — read the full passage →

Poor <FI>is<Fi> he who is working--a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich. — read the full passage →

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as it were a voice of thunder, `Come and behold!' — read the full passage →

and she who is given to luxury, living--hath died; — read the full passage →

As to the rest, pray ye, brethren, concerning us, that the word of the Lord may run and may be glorified, as also with you, — read the full passage →

And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God, that hath been given in the assemblies of Macedonia, — read the full passage →

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — 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 →

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, `Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.' — read the full passage →

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the mount of the Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, — read the full passage →

`He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, doth scatter. — read the full passage →

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady. — read the full passage →

be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him; — read the full passage →

Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts. — 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 →

Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and, lo, a basket of summer-fruit. — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his burning the bones of the king of Edom to lime, — read the full passage →

For lo, in those days, and in that time, When I turn back <FI>to<Fi> the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

When Ephraim speaketh tremblingly, He hath been lifted up in Israel, When he becometh guilty in Baal he dieth. — read the full passage →

`And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, my standing <FI>is<Fi> for a strengthener, and for a stronghold to him; — read the full passage →

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel hath seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then the dream he hath written, the chief of the things he hath said. — read the full passage →

`Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that is looking eastward is shut the six days of work, and on the day of rest it is opened, and in the day of the new moon it is opened; — read the full passage →

Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach. — read the full passage →

The word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet: — read the full passage →

saying, No; but the land of Egypt we enter, that we see no war, and the sound of a trumpet do not hear, and for bread be not hungry; and there do we dwell. — read the full passage →

`Ah, Lord Jehovah, lo, Thou hast made the heavens and the earth by Thy great power, and by Thy stretched-out arm; there is nothing too wonderful for Thee: — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah, `Go down <FI>to<Fi> the house of the king of Judah, and thou hast spoken there this word, and hast said, — read the full passage →

Righteous <FI>art<Fi> Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers. — read the full passage →

Woe, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee. — read the full passage →

The burden of Egypt. Lo, Jehovah is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He hath entered Egypt, And moved have been the idols of Egypt at His presence, And the heart of Egypt melteth in its midst. — read the full passage →

The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured. — read the full passage →

The purposes of the diligent <FI>are<Fi> only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want. — read the full passage →

He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he <FI>is<Fi> to a destroyer. — 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 wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness--a true reward. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --By a servant of Jehovah, by David. The transgression of the wicked Is affirming within my heart, `Fear of God is not before his eyes, — read the full passage →

Thou dost call, and I--I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire. — read the full passage →

And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah from the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah sendeth Nathan unto David, and he cometh unto him, and saith to him: `Two men have been in one city; One rich and one poor; — read the full passage →

`When one is found slain on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it--fallen in a field--it is not known who hath smitten him, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in mount Sinai, saying, — read the full passage →

`He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted. — read the full passage →

`And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee: — read the full passage →

And I heard a great voice out of the sanctuary saying to the seven messengers, `Go away, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God to the earth;' — read the full passage →

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you;

Simeon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who did obtain a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire--in nothing lacking; — read the full passage →

And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors <FI>is<Fi> power, and they have no comforter. — read the full passage →

Better <FI>is<Fi> the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse <FI>in<Fi> his lips, who <FI>is<Fi> a fool. — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jah! Praise, ye servants of Jehovah. Praise the name of Jehovah. — 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 →

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

God doth give beauty to Japheth, And he dwelleth in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.' — read the full passage →