Care

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

Jesus Christ yesterday and to-day the same, and to the ages;

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

Lo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened.

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

And yet, ask, I pray thee, <FI>One of<Fi> the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee. — read the full passage →

`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

`Thou dost not muzzle an ox in its threshing.

And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

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 →

no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;

A Psalm of David. To Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it. — read the full passage →

`Lo, to Jehovah thy God <FI>are<Fi> the heavens and the heavens of the heavens, the earth and all that <FI>is<Fi> in it;

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms; — read the full passage →

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another; — read the full passage →

but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

and of you--even the hairs of the head are all numbered; — read the full passage →

And Jesus having heard, said to them, `They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;

For I increase health to thee, And from thy strokes I do heal thee, An affirmation of Jehovah, For `Outcast' they have called to thee, `Zion it <FI>is<Fi> , there is none seeking for her.'

Whoso is lending <FI>to<Fi> Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead--to their being inexcusable;

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? For wherefore hath not the health of the daughter of my people gone up?

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil. — read the full passage →

Thou <FI>art<Fi> He, O Jehovah, Thyself--Thou hast made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that <FI>are<Fi> on it, the seas and all that <FI>are<Fi> in them, and Thou art keeping all of them alive, and the host of the heavens to Thee are bowing themselves.

And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself--face to the earth, — read the full passage →

who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation, — read the full passage →

therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before Thee. — read the full passage →

And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Yea, I bring you in to a land of fruitful fields, To eat its fruit and its goodness, And ye come in and defile My land, And Mine inheritance have made an abomination.

The good of eye--he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

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

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

An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

`Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth! — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

and the nations were angry, and Thine anger did come, and the time of the dead, to be judged, and to give the reward to Thy servants, to the prophets, and to the saints, and to those fearing Thy name, to the small and to the great, and to destroy those who are destroying the land.'

all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them, — read the full passage →

And Jesus having come forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion upon them, and did heal their infirm;

He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then <FI>it is<Fi> well--is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich--only to want.

The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked <FI>are<Fi> cruel.

Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, <FI>Is<Fi> God in His holy habitation.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. The heavens <FI>are<Fi> recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse <FI>is<Fi> declaring. — read the full passage →

To Thee, O Jehovah, <FI>is<Fi> the greatness, and the might, and the beauty, and the victory, and the honour, because of all in the heavens and in the earth; to Thee, O Jehovah, <FI>is<Fi> the kingdom, and he who is lifting up himself over all for head;

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.

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, thou art lying down with thy fathers, and this people hath risen, and gone a-whoring after the gods of the stranger of the land into the midst of which it hath entered, and forsaken Me, and broken My covenant which I made with it; — read the full passage →

And Moses goeth and speaketh these words unto all Israel, — read the full passage →

`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, --and all the people have said, Amen.

because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

`And the land is not sold--to extinction, for the land <FI>is<Fi> Mine, for sojourners and settlers <FI>are<Fi> ye with Me; — read the full passage →

`Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

for the Lord's <FI>is<Fi> the earth, and its fulness;

for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.

Nebuchadnezzar the king hath made an image of gold, its height sixty cubits, its breadth six cubits; he hath raised it up in the valley of Dura, in the province of Babylon; — read the full passage →

For with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The mountains and the hills Break forth before you <FI>with<Fi> singing, And all trees of the field clap the hand.

Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they--the high place of the people of the land. — read the full passage →

And a wolf hath sojourned with a lamb, And a leopard with a kid doth lie down, And calf, and young lion, and fatling <FI>are<Fi> together, And a little youth is leader over them. — read the full passage →

The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

He hath scattered--hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.

for as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office,

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

`And into whatever city ye do enter, and they may not receive you, having gone forth to its broad places, say, — read the full passage →

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

let no one seek his own--but each another's.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack,

Jehovah hath remembered us, He blesseth, He blesseth the house of Israel, He blesseth the house of Aaron,

Thou hast inspected the earth, and waterest it, Thou makest it very rich, the rivulet of God <FI>is<Fi> full of water, Thou preparest their corn, When thus Thou dost prepare it,

What <FI>is<Fi> man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him?

`Thou dost not murder.

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.

He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.

`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

All that doth breathe doth praise Jah! Praise ye Jah!