Good Influence

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, — read the full passage →

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? — read the full passage →

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. — read the full passage →

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; — read the full passage →

When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: — read the full passage →

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. — read the full passage →

And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: — read the full passage →

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? — read the full passage →

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. — read the full passage →

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. — read the full passage →

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

Open rebuke is better than secret love. — read the full passage →

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. — read the full passage →

So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: — read the full passage →

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.