Clean House

(but if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

Let all things be done decently and in order.

But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn’t find it. — read the full passage →

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Then he says, ‘I will return into my house from which I came out,’ and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?”

Do all things without murmurings and disputes,

You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. — read the full passage →

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

for Yahweh your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp shall be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.

Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds. — read the full passage →

You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God. — read the full passage →

But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me. — read the full passage →

Who may ascend to Yahweh’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place? — read the full passage →

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Three times in a year all of your shall males appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he chooses: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tents. They shall not appear before Yahweh empty.

‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.

We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ. — read the full passage →

even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, — read the full passage →

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your tents, Israel! — read the full passage →

The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. — read the full passage →

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.

You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.

If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.

You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

Cornelius said, “Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour, and at the ninth hour, I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

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

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one. — read the full passage →

“‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.

Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.

“Oh, my son! Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows!

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

If any man’s work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,

She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple.

He said to me, “Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. — read the full passage →

Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things. — read the full passage →

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Then again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a flying scroll. — read the full passage →

Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?

For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you fleshly?

He said to them, “You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn’t call any man unholy or unclean.

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, — read the full passage →

each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.

For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.

Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

“Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.”

You are the children of Yahweh your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. — read the full passage →

This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

Who is the King of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh mighty in battle.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →