Evil Thoughts

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> .

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

Beloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God;

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> thoughts of wickedness, And pure <FI>are<Fi> sayings of pleasantness.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:

In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

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

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

`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.

For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'

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

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

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

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

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 →

Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

And Jehovah seeth that abundant <FI>is<Fi> the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;

A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what--do I attend to a virgin?

And he said--`That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man; — read the full passage →

but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought--for desires.

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

And Jesus, having known their thoughts, said, `Why think ye evil in your hearts?

In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit, — read the full passage →

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

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

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,

for Jehovah your God--He <FI>is<Fi> God of the gods, and Lord of the lords; God, the great, the mighty, and the fearful; who accepteth not persons, nor taketh a bribe;

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace--peace! For in Thee it is confident.

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

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

Lo, he doth diligently assemble without My desire, Who hath assembled near thee? By thee he falleth! — read the full passage →

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;

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 →

Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.' — read the full passage →

Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts, — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

For not My thoughts <FI>are<Fi> your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, --an affirmation of Jehovah,

<FI> Samech.<Fi> Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.

for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war, — read the full passage →

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

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 →

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

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

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

and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed, — read the full passage →

He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they <FI>are<Fi> vanity.

For as he hath thought in his soul, so <FI>is<Fi> he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart <FI>is<Fi> not with thee.

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;

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us, — read the full passage →

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

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

In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

`And--praying--ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways <FI>are<Fi> established.

for the weapons of our warfare <FI>are<Fi> not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds, — read the full passage →

for who of men hath known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that <FI>is<Fi> in him? so also the things of God no one hath known, except the Spirit of God.

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

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 good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

Every way of a man <FI>is<Fi> right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.

There is a way--right before a man, And its latter end <FI>are<Fi> ways of death.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest. — read the full passage →

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;

Let no one say, being tempted--`From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one,

`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.

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age--let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

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

And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on; — read the full passage →

ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges.

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit, — read the full passage →

The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works, — read the full passage →

from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

for if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in his life.

`I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed,