Domestic Violence

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

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

having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away, — read the full passage →

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

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

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us;

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment; — read the full passage →

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, — read the full passage →

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

I did write to you in the epistle, not to keep company with whoremongers-- — read the full passage →

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

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

A fountain of life <FI>is<Fi> the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold,

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

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, — read the full passage →

out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body;

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers; — read the full passage →

And this a second time ye do, Covering with tears the altar of Jehovah, With weeping and groaning, Because there is no more turning unto the present, Or receiving of a pleasing thing from your hand. — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.

From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous--violence.

Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend, — read the full passage →

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

He saith to them--`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

And I have laid a charge on every one Who is leaping over the threshold in that day, Who are filling the house of their masters <FI>With<Fi> violence and deceit.

`Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Enough to you--princes of Israel; violence and spoil turn aside, and judgment and righteousness do; lift up your exactions from off My people--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

Blessings <FI>are<Fi> for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.

And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.

And Samuel dieth, and all Israel are gathered, and mourn for him, and bury him in his house, in Ramah; and David riseth and goeth down unto the wilderness of Paran. — read the full passage →

`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given <FI>it<Fi> into her hand, and sent her out of his house, — read the full passage →

`When a man taketh a wife, and hath gone in unto her, and hated her, — read the full passage →

`When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God hath given them into thy hand, and thou hast taken captive its captivity, — read the full passage →

`And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants; — read the full passage →

And they say one unto another, `Verily we <FI>are<Fi> guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love;

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back, — read the full passage →

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up;

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — 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;

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

and as an enemy count <FI>him<Fi> not, but admonish ye <FI>him<Fi> as a brother;

and if any one do not obey our word through the letter, this one note ye, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed, — read the full passage →

And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us,

and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; — read the full passage →

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;

Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

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 →

Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you? — read the full passage →

And I am persuaded, my brethren--I myself also--concerning you, that ye yourselves also are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also one another to admonish;

So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

If possible--so far as in you--with all men being in peace;

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

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 →

`I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

did it not behove also thee to have dealt kindly with thy fellow-servant, as I also dealt kindly with thee?

`What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not--having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains--seek that which is gone astray? — read the full passage →

`Beware! --ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man; — read the full passage →

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

`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; — read the full passage →

that there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man, a watchman I have given thee to the house of Israel, and thou hast heard from My mouth a word, and hast warned them from Me. — read the full passage →

Strengthen ye the feeble hands, Yea, the stumbling knees strengthen. — read the full passage →

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

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

Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.

From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes.

He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant. — read the full passage →

For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.

For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.