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Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

And Judah saith to Onan, `Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;' — read the full passage →

for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;

`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.'

And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Judah goeth down from his brethren, and turneth aside unto a man, an Adullamite, whose name <FI>is<Fi> Hirah; — read the full passage →

and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.

Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;

and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;

And He did not make one <FI>only<Fi> , And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what <FI>is<Fi> the one <FI>alone<Fi> ! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.

And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.'

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

`And when men strive, and have smitten a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no mischief, he is certainly fined, as the husband of the woman doth lay upon him, and he hath given through the judges; — read the full passage →

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou--Thou hast been, To us--in generation and generation,

`When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother; — read the full passage →

and hath loved thee, and blessed thee, and multiplied thee, and hath blessed the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil, the increase of thine oxen, and the wealth of thy flock, on the ground which He hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee. — read the full passage →

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them. — read the full passage →

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

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

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.'

yea they did not reform from their murders, nor from their sorceries, nor from their whoredoms, nor from their thefts.

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

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,

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you; — read the full passage →

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

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 →

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

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

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

`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;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

Jesus answered and said to him, `That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;'

`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.

he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. — read the full passage →

And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

`A voice in Ramah was heard--lamentation and weeping and much mourning--Rachel weeping <FI>for<Fi> her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not.' — read the full passage →

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

And done upon them great vengeance with furious reproofs, And they have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, In My giving out My vengeance on them!

And she doteth on their paramours, Whose flesh <FI>is<Fi> the flesh of asses, And the issue of horses--their issue.

Without a Vision is a people made naked, And whoso is keeping the law, O his happiness! — read the full passage →

Whoso is refusing instruction--poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

<FI> Beth.<Fi> With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe--according to Thy word. — read the full passage →

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.

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

know certainly that Jehovah your God is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye perish from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you.

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

and ye have been left with few men, instead of which ye have been as stars of the heavens for multitude, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God.

`When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother; — read the full passage →

`One wounded, bruised, or cut in the member doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah;

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

`And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.

for I dispossess nations from before thee, and have enlarged thy border, and no man doth desire thy land in thy going up to appear before Jehovah thy God three times in a year.

`And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart; — read the full passage →

And God saith unto Moses, `I AM THAT WHICH I AM;' He saith also, `Thus dost thou say to the sons of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.'

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

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

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

and if they have not continence--let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

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

and the truth shall make you free.'

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

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

And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death. — read the full passage →

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool. — read the full passage →

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

`And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.

`And a man who giveth his lying with a beast is certainly put to death, and the beast ye do slay. — read the full passage →

`And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.

`And these <FI>are<Fi> the judgments which thou dost set before them: — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not murder.

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'