False Accusations

having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

No weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising against thee, In judgment thou condemnest. This <FI>is<Fi> the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, And their righteousness from me, an affirmation of Jehovah!

Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'

and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness <FI>is<Fi> a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother: — read the full passage →

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake--

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

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

And I heard a great voice saying in the heaven, `Now did come the salvation, and the power, and the reign, of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because cast down was the accuser of our brethren, who is accusing them before our God day and night;

He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

`Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

As for you, ye devised against me evil--God devised it for good, in order to do as <FI>at<Fi> this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I--I do trust in Thee!

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

`When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostasy, — read the full passage →

aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,

For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

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

And Zaccheus having stood, said unto the Lord, `Lo, the half of my goods, sir, I give to the poor, and if of any one anything I did take by false accusation, I give back fourfold.'

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

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;

without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,

from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth--his name hath perished! — read the full passage →

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake-- — read the full passage →

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

And questioning him also were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, `Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'

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

if ye be reproached in the name of Christ--happy <FI>are ye<Fi> , because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;

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

Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he <FI>is<Fi> faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him.

Some of chariots, and some of horses, And we of the name of Jehovah our God Make mention.

Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses.

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

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

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

Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth--his name hath perished!

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour--a false testimony.

And the sons of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, As to them--their way is not pondered. — read the full passage →

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.

and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

`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 if he came to see--vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out--at the street he speaketh.

And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, `Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.' — read the full passage →

and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness <FI>is<Fi> a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother:

Mine enemies rejoice not over me <FI>with<Fi> falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye. — read the full passage →

And the wisdom--whence doth it come? And where <FI>is<Fi> this, the place of understanding? — 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.

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

And how do ye comfort me <FI>with<Fi> vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?

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

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but <FI>one<Fi> tempted in all things in like manner--apart from sin; — 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,

Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God, — read the full passage →

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — 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.'

unto whom I answered, that it is not a custom of Romans to make a favour of any man to die, before that he who is accused may have the accusers face to face, and may receive place of defence in regard to the charge laid against <FI> him<Fi> .

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, he is at the gate of Benjamin, and there <FI>is<Fi> a master of the ward--and his name is Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah--and he catcheth Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `Unto the Chaldeans thou art falling.'

having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,

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 →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who doth sojourn in Thy tent? Who doth dwell in Thy holy hill?

`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;

for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes, — read the full passage →

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, — read the full passage →

being buried with him in the baptism, in which also ye rose with <FI>him<Fi> through the faith of the working of God, who did raise him out of the dead.

and the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, if on the sabbath he will heal, that they might find an accusation against him.

Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth. — read the full passage →

Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue, — read the full passage →

whereas messengers, in strength and power being greater, do not bear against them before the Lord an evil speaking judgment;

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 →

This <FI>one<Fi> dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet. — read the full passage →

This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth? — read the full passage →

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

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 chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death, — read the full passage →

Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.

Little youths, it is the last hour; and even as ye heard that the antichrist doth come, even now antichrists have become many--whence we know that it is the last hour;

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

they set up also false witnesses, saying, `This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,

and began to accuse him, saying, `This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.'

that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation;

greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;

being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-<FI> stone<Fi> ,

And last of all--as to the untimely birth--he appeared also to me,

By David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we did behold, and our hands did handle, concerning the Word of the Life-- — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king--Jesus.'