Cruelty

A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

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

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members? — read the full passage →

for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders, — read the full passage →

Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the fool to the wise of heart.

And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity.

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

`And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do;

`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

Bow and halbert they seize, Cruel <FI>are<Fi> they, and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea soundeth, and on horses they ride, Set in array as a man for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit, — read the full passage →

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

`The Roebuck, O Israel, On thy high places <FI>is<Fi> wounded; How have the mighty fallen! — read the full passage →

And the fifth messenger did sound, and I saw a star out of the heaven having fallen to the earth, and there was given to it the key of the pit of the abyss, — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' --A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring? — read the full passage →

Again I say, may no one think me to be a fool; and if otherwise, even as a fool receive me, that I also a little may boast. — read the full passage →

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

To the Overseer, `Concerning the Inheritances.' --A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation. — read the full passage →

And having risen, the whole multitude of them did lead him to Pilate, — read the full passage →

And Pilate answering, again said to them, `What, then, will ye <FI>that<Fi> I shall do to him whom ye call king of the Jews?' — read the full passage →

Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God, — read the full passage →

And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, `Peace, peace!' and there is no peace. — read the full passage →

And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister-- — read the full passage →