Domestic Violence And Abuse

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

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

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

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.

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 →

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — 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.

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;

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

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

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 →

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

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

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 →

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

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;

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

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

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

`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 →

`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 →

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.

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

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

He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant. — 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.

For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously. — 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.

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;

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — 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;

For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

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

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

`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,

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;

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

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;

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

Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive <FI>for<Fi> the widow.

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

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

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

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 →

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

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

Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.

`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.

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

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

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

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

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; — 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;

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

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

`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 →

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 →

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

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

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.

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

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

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

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 →

for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord--the assembly,

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

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.

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

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

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

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive, — read the full passage →

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 →

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

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

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

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

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

but I--I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder <FI>is<Fi> under their lips. Selah.

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

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

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,

Who <FI>is<Fi> wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom, — read the full passage →