Free Speech

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change. — read the full passage →

Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee. — read the full passage →

so that your enemy have I become, being true to you?

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings;

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil, — read the full passage →

And I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren--then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner; — read the full passage →

They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.

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;

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

`Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake-- — read the full passage →

your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

`I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear <FI>them<Fi> now; — read the full passage →

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

as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

that ye be not quickly shaken in mind, nor be troubled, neither through spirit, neither through word, neither through letters as through us, as that the day of Christ hath arrived;

because of these things the Jews--having caught me in the temple--were endeavouring to kill <FI>me<Fi> .

And they having heard, were cut <FI>to the heart<Fi> , and were taking counsel to slay them,

for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness.

And David saith, `What have I done now? is it not a word?'

I do fully testify, then, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge living and dead at his manifestation and his reign-- — read the full passage →

for I say to you, that to every one having shall be given, and from him not having, also what he hath shall be taken from him, — read the full passage →

Every one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him: — read the full passage →

that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray, — read the full passage →

with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God; — read the full passage →

for what have I also those without to judge? those within do ye not judge?

Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.

serpents they shall take up; and if any deadly thing they may drink, it shall not hurt them; on the ailing they shall lay hands, and they shall be well.'

As to these four lads, God hath given to them knowledge and understanding in every <FI>kind of<Fi> literature, and wisdom; and Daniel hath given instruction about every <FI>kind of<Fi> vision and dreams.

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

And thou, when thou hast warned the wicked of his way, to turn back from it, And he hath not turned back from his way, He in his iniquity doth die, And thou thy soul hast delivered. — read the full passage →

From the fruit of the mouth <FI>is<Fi> one satisfied <FI>with<Fi> good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him. — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, at Jehovah's taking up Elijah in a whirlwind to the heavens, that Elijah goeth, and Elisha, from Gilgal, — read the full passage →

and two men--sons of worthlessness--come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth; — read the full passage →

and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, `Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? --if Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;' and the people have not answered him a word. — read the full passage →

and the king hearkened not unto the people, for the revolution was from Jehovah, in order to establish His word that Jehovah spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat. — read the full passage →

`Bring out the reviler unto the outside of the camp; and all those hearing have laid their hands on his head, and all the company have stoned him. — read the full passage →

keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children's children, on a third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on a fourth.' — read the full passage →

for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee. — read the full passage →

`He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted. — read the full passage →

and I went away unto the messenger, saying to him, `Give me the little scroll;' and he saith to me, `Take, and eat it up, and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet--as honey.' — read the full passage →

And working together also we call upon <FI>you<Fi> that ye receive not in vain the grace of God-- — read the full passage →

What then is it, brethren? whenever ye may come together, each of you hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation? let all things be for building up; — read the full passage →

become offenceless, both to Jews and Greeks, and to the assembly of God; — read the full passage →

hath not My hand made all these things? — read the full passage →

Then opened he up their understanding to understand the Writings, — read the full passage →

And, having watched <FI>him<Fi> , they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,

`But woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting. — read the full passage →

Only, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, And thy people <FI>are<Fi> as those striving with a priest. — read the full passage →

It <FI>is<Fi> the appearance of the likeness of the honour of Jehovah, and I see, and fall on my face, and I hear a voice speaking, and He saith unto me, `Son of man, stand on thy feet, and I speak with thee.' — read the full passage →

Is it not thus? My word <FI>is<Fi> as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer--it breaketh in pieces a rock. — read the full passage →

Hearken unto Me, ye who know righteousness, A people, in whose heart <FI>is<Fi> My law, Fear ye not the reproach of men, And for their reviling be not affrighted, — read the full passage →

The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary <FI>by<Fi> a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones. — read the full passage →

Without a Vision is a people made naked, And whoso is keeping the law, O his happiness! — read the full passage →

Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue. — read the full passage →

Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not, — read the full passage →

Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power, — read the full passage →

Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes. — read the full passage →

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart. — read the full passage →

The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside. — read the full passage →

I have loved, because Jehovah heareth My voice, my supplication, — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied! Many are rising up against me. — read the full passage →

but if thou keep entirely silent at this time, respite and deliverance remaineth to the Jews from another place, and thou and the house of thy fathers are destroyed; and who knoweth whether for a time like this thou hast come to the kingdom?' — read the full passage →

If thus he say: Good; peace <FI>is<Fi> for thy servant; and if it be very displeasing to him--know that the evil hath been determined by him; — read the full passage →

that they say to him, `Say, I pray thee, Shibboleth;' and he saith, `Sibboleth,' and is not prepared to speak right--and they seize him, and slaughter him at the passages of the Jordan, and there fall at that time, of Ephraim, forty and two chiefs.

and he doth go and serve other gods, and doth bow himself to them, and to the sun, or to the moon, or to any of the host of the heavens, which I have not commanded-- — read the full passage →

`The Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance, — read the full passage →

And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, `Peace, peace!' and there is no peace. — read the full passage →

A stone <FI>is<Fi> heavy, and the sand <FI>is<Fi> heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both. — read the full passage →

`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself. — read the full passage →

whose mouth it behoveth to stop, who whole households do overturn, teaching what things it behoveth not, for filthy lucre's sake. — read the full passage →

who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did <FI>it<Fi> in unbelief, — read the full passage →

And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you, — read the full passage →

and the Writing having foreseen that by faith God doth declare righteous the nations did proclaim before the good news to Abraham-- — read the full passage →

for ye did hear of my behaviour once in Judaism, that exceedingly I was persecuting the assembly of God, and wasting it, — read the full passage →

O that ye were bearing with me a little of the folly, but ye also do bear with me: — read the full passage →

and they were expecting him to be about to be inflamed, or to fall down suddenly dead, and they, expecting <FI>it<Fi> a long time, and seeing nothing uncommon happening to him, changing <FI>their<Fi> minds, said he was a god. — read the full passage →

and he having come unto us, and having taken up the girdle of Paul, having bound also his own hands and feet, said, `Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose is this girdle--so shall the Jews in Jerusalem bind, and they shall deliver <FI>him<Fi> up to the hands of nations.' — read the full passage →

And after these things, Paul having departed out of Athens, came to Corinth, — read the full passage →

And about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands, to do evil to certain of those of the assembly, — read the full passage →

and others mocking said, --`They are full of sweet wine;' — read the full passage →

Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, `If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth, — read the full passage →

because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God. — read the full passage →

and happy is he who may not be stumbled in me.' — read the full passage →

Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts. — read the full passage →

Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, He is forming locusts at the beginning of the ascending of the latter growth, and lo, the latter growth <FI>is<Fi> after the mowings of the king; — read the full passage →

For Zion's sake I am not silent, And for Jerusalem's sake I do not rest, Till her righteousness go out as brightness, And her salvation, as a torch that burneth. — read the full passage →

O Jehovah, my God <FI>art<Fi> Thou, I exalt Thee, I confess Thy name, For Thou hast done a wonderful thing, Counsels of old, stedfastness, O stedfast One. — read the full passage →

Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil. — read the full passage →

Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated. — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Save <FI>for<Fi> Jehovah--who hath been for us, (Pray, let Israel say), — read the full passage →

A Psalm of Asaph. Only--good to Israel <FI>is<Fi> God, to the clean of heart. And I--as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside, — read the full passage →

Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered. — read the full passage →

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh. — read the full passage →

having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

And his disciples James and John having seen, said, `Sir, wilt thou <FI>that<Fi> we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?' — read the full passage →

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, — read the full passage →

I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because--at my right hand I am not moved. — read the full passage →