Debt To Family

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

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.

render, therefore, to all <FI>their<Fi> dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

`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.

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

`And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee as He hath spoken to thee; and thou hast lent <FI>to<Fi> many nations, and thou hast not borrowed; and thou hast ruled over many nations, and over thee they do not rule.

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand <FI>is<Fi> toward God to do <FI>it<Fi> .

so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you--they have their reward!

Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties <FI>for<Fi> burdens. — read the full passage →

Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah.

Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties <FI>for<Fi> burdens.

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

to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

Evil <FI>one<Fi> suffereth when he hath been surety <FI>for<Fi> a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

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;

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

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

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →

`Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure--the heavens--to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou--thou dost not borrow.

Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

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

A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great. — read the full passage →

`At the end of seven years thou dost make a release, — read the full passage →

`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.

And Thou, O Jehovah, <FI>art<Fi> a shield for me, My honour, and lifter up of my head.

`When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.

All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed <FI>is<Fi> for a blessing.

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth,

not that in respect of want I say <FI>it<Fi> , for I did learn in the things in which I am--to be content; — read the full passage →

A treasure to be desired, and oil, <FI>Is<Fi> in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the sinner's wealth.

For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

`At the end of seven years thou dost make a release, — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

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

therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round? — read the full passage →

When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest--complete.

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

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

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

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets hath cried unto Elisha, saying, `Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou hast known that thy servant was fearing Jehovah, and the lender hath come to take my two children to him for servants.' — read the full passage →

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful--the true who will entrust to you?

and if ye lend <FI>to those<Fi> of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners--that they may receive again as much. — read the full passage →

A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

`He who is faithful in the least, <FI>is<Fi> also faithful in much; and he who in the least <FI>is<Fi> unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

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.'

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.

`But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who <FI>is<Fi> in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied <FI>with<Fi> silver, nor he who is in love with stores <FI>with<Fi> increase. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity.

Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;

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

feed the flock of God that <FI>is<Fi> among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,

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

wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such;

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 →

and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

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

and I ask also thee, genuine yoke-fellow, be assisting those women who in the good news did strive along with me, with Clement also, and the others, my fellow-workers, whose names <FI>are<Fi> in the book of life.

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

and God <FI>is<Fi> able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

on every first <FI>day<Fi> of the week, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;

for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

through whom also we have the access by the faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast on the hope of the glory of God.

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

`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;

`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.

`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

(Simon, whom also he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

and certain of the Pharisees said to them, `Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbaths?'

and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.