Human Rights

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate. — read the full passage →

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →

“‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. — read the full passage →

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind; — read the full passage →

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed, — read the full passage →

But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

“‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

“You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness to all his people.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him. — read the full passage →

“‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.

Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; — read the full passage →

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. — read the full passage →

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

“You shall not murder.

“Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

For there is no partiality with God.

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh. — read the full passage →

How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel, And hasn’t remembered his footstool in the day of his anger. — read the full passage →

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker, — read the full passage →

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.

Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons, nor takes reward.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow.

“‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.

You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man. — read the full passage →

The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him, you shall surely help him with it.

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow. — read the full passage →

For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

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

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.