Defending Yourself

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

By David. Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.

Then said he to them, `But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take <FI>it<Fi> up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword,

`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him; — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; — read the full passage →

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.

A sectarian man, after a first and second admonition be rejecting,

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.

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish; — read the full passage →

A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, <FI>Is<Fi> the righteous falling before the wicked.

`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' --A song. God <FI>is<Fi> to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

`When the strong man armed may keep his hall, in peace are his goods;

`When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep. — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

`And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man; — read the full passage →

`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

And I see, and rise up, and say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `Be not afraid of them; the Lord, the great and the fearful, remember ye, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.'

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

`Thou dost not murder.

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, — read the full passage →

The builders on the wall, and the bearers of the burden, those lading, <FI>each<Fi> with one of his hands is working in the business, and one is laying hold of the missile. — read the full passage →

And David saith to his men, `Gird ye on each his sword;' and they gird on each his sword, and David also girdeth on his sword, and there go up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred have remained by the vessels.

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

but I--I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

And Moses speaketh unto the people, saying, `Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian;

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms.

because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done--to stand.

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a man of battle; Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> His name.

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

Jesus, therefore, said to Peter, `Put the sword into the sheath; the cup that the Father hath given to me, may I not drink it?'

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

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

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;' — read the full passage →

and to him smiting thee upon the cheek, give also the other, and from him taking away from thee the mantle, also the coat thou mayest not keep back.

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

And he said to them, `When I sent you without bag, and scrip, and sandals, did ye lack anything?' and they said, `Nothing.' — read the full passage →

Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;

`Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands--the least--and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach <FI>them<Fi> , he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. — read the full passage →

And Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead, and he strengtheneth himself against Israel, — read the full passage →

If <FI>from<Fi> delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter--thou keepest back.

And an artificer is not found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, `Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear;' — read the full passage →

He chooseth new gods, Then war <FI>is<Fi> at the gates! A shield is not seen--and a spear Among forty thousand in Israel.

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

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men. — read the full passage →

These things having said, Jesus went forth with his disciples beyond the brook of Kedron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disciples, — read the full passage →

And it hath been, in the day of battle, that there hath not been found sword and spear in the hand of any of the people who <FI>are<Fi> with Saul and with Jonathan--and there is found to Saul and to Jonathan his son. — read the full passage →

from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ye do number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron;

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; — read the full passage →

For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me. — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing to him, and he is very angry and mocketh at the Jews, — read the full passage →

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

And gathered together unto him are the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

and Jesus having taken up <FI>the word<Fi> , said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving <FI>him<Fi> half dead. — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; — read the full passage →

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

yea, it cometh to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the heads <FI>are<Fi> behind all the house of Judah. — read the full passage →

`Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God. — read the full passage →

`When there is a damsel, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man hath found her in a city, and lain with her; — read the full passage →

and out of his mouth doth proceed a sharp sword, that with it he may smite the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he doth tread the press of the wine of the wrath and the anger of God the Almighty,

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, — read the full passage →

And here is a fear of Jehovah on all kingdoms of the lands that <FI>are<Fi> round about Judah, and they have not fought with Jehoshaphat;

and saith, `This is the custom of the king who doth reign over you: Your sons he doth take, and hath appointed for himself among his chariots, and among his horsemen, and they have run before his chariots;

Mine <FI>are<Fi> vengeance and recompense, At the due time--doth their foot slide; For near is a day of their calamity, And haste do things prepared for them.

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

and having brought them, they set <FI>them<Fi> in the sanhedrim, and the chief priest questioned them, — read the full passage →

And an artificer is not found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, `Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear;' — read the full passage →

`Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things-- — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim, — read the full passage →

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed.

`Thou dost not murder.

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

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

who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might--through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

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.'

By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises, — read the full passage →

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.

when, therefore, he said to them--`I am <FI>he<Fi> ,' they went away backward, and fell to the ground.

And I saw the heaven having been opened, and lo, a white horse, and he who is sitting upon it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness doth he judge and war,

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

--A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge. — read the full passage →

whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw out of the sea a beast coming up, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads a name of evil speaking, — read the full passage →

`I am the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is coming--the Almighty.'

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,

Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the chief priest's servant, and cut off his right ear--and the name of the servant was Malchus--

`I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.