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for ye are passing over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you; and ye have possessed it, and dwelt in it,

Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;

A Psalm of David. To Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself. — read the full passage →

`And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it <FI>is<Fi> who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as <FI>at<Fi> this day.

And they have built houses, and inhabited, And planted vineyards, and eaten their fruit. — read the full passage →

`Jehovah commandeth with thee the blessing in thy storehouses, and in every putting forth of thy hand, and hath blessed thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;

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 ye have possessed the land, and dwelt in it, for to you I have given the land--to possess it.

`Thou dost not steal.

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.

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy; — read the full passage →

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

`And the land is not sold--to extinction, for the land <FI>is<Fi> Mine, for sojourners and settlers <FI>are<Fi> ye with Me;

always rejoice ye; — read the full passage →

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

And Jesus immediately, having heard the word that is spoken, saith to the chief of the synagogue, `Be not afraid, only believe.'

Mine <FI>is<Fi> the silver, and Mine the gold, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

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

Enter ye His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise, Give ye thanks to Him, bless ye His Name.

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

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

For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands--age-during--in the heavens,

In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou--Thou dost uphold my lot. — read the full passage →

`And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth <FI>is<Fi> Mine;

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

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 all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

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 →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

and God <FI>is<Fi> able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands--age-during--in the heavens, — read the full passage →

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

`And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

A Psalm of David. To Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it. — read the full passage →

Who hath brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it <FI>is<Fi> mine.

`Every place on which the sole of your foot treadeth, to you I have given it, as I have spoken unto Moses.

and he blesseth him, and saith, `Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth;

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

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

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing--the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth-- — read the full passage →

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 the Lord's <FI>is<Fi> the earth, and its fulness;

Have ye not known that those working about the things of the temple--of the temple do eat, and those waiting at the altar--with the altar are partakers? — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

and Jesus saith to him, `The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'

Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: `In what have we deceived Thee?' The tithe and the heave-offering! — read the full passage →

And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.

Poor <FI>is<Fi> he who is working--a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

For Mine <FI>is<Fi> every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen. — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till morning.

And Moses saith unto him, `At my going out of the city, I spread my palms unto Jehovah--the voices cease, and the hail is not any more, so that thou knowest that the earth <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah's;

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

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 →

having courage, then, at all times, and knowing that being at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord, --

have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened--that both those having wives may be as not having; — read the full passage →

my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

`No one is able the vessels of the strong man--having entered into his house--to spoil, if first he may not bind the strong man, and then his house he will spoil.

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, — read the full passage →

nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff--for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.

for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.

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 →

Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.

Before destruction <FI>is<Fi> pride, And before stumbling--a haughty spirit.'

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors.

Length of days <FI>is<Fi> in her right hand, In her left <FI>are<Fi> wealth and honour.

Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase; — read the full passage →

For Mine <FI>is<Fi> every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.

and to the sons of Levi, lo, I have given all the tenth in Israel for inheritance in exchange for their service which they are serving--the service of the tent of meeting.

And all tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah's--holy to Jehovah.

And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

And when they come nigh to Jerusalem, to Bethphage, and Bethany, unto the mount of the Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, — read the full passage →

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight <FI>is<Fi> His delight.

And Naboth saith unto Ahab, `Far be it from me, by Jehovah, my giving the inheritance of my fathers to thee;'

`Lo, to Jehovah thy God <FI>are<Fi> the heavens and the heavens of the heavens, the earth and all that <FI>is<Fi> in it;

and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth: — read the full passage →

then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him--to the age.

for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls--being faint.

for also in this we groan, with our dwelling that is from heaven earnestly desiring to clothe ourselves,

for in the law of Moses it hath been written, `thou shalt not muzzle an ox treading out corn;' for the oxen doth God care? — read the full passage →

`He who is faithful in the least, <FI>is<Fi> also faithful in much; and he who in the least <FI>is<Fi> unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

House and wealth <FI>are<Fi> the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> an understanding wife.

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips <FI>is<Fi> only to want.

The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.

then it hath been, in the day of his causing his sons to inherit that which he hath, he is not able to declare first-born the son of the loved one, in the face of the son of the hated one--the first-born.

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in mount Sinai, saying, — read the full passage →