Inner Beauty

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments, — read the full passage →

Thou <FI>art<Fi> all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse,

The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

I confess Thee, because that <FI>with<Fi> wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, And my soul is knowing <FI>it<Fi> well.

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

but--the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

Precious she <FI>is<Fi> above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

Precious she <FI>is<Fi> above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her. — read the full passage →

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

They looked expectingly unto Him, And they became bright, And their faces are not ashamed.

The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price. — read the full passage →

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

`Happy the clean in heart--because they shall see God.

and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin;

Strength and honour <FI>are<Fi> her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,

for the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> death, and the mind of the Spirit--life and peace;

And the king doth desire thy beauty, Because he <FI>is<Fi> thy lord--bow thyself to him,

if we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk;

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price, — read the full passage →

Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form <FI>it<Fi> , Why me didst thou make thus?

And go forth doth thy name among nations, Because of thy beauty--for it <FI>is<Fi> complete, In My honour that I have set upon thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

So <FI>is<Fi> my friend among the daughters!

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

And the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned,

And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name--thou <FI>art<Fi> Mine.

To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, `Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah--to be beautified.'

As a lily among the thorns,

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'

As <FI>in<Fi> water the face <FI>is<Fi> to face, So the heart of man to man.

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;

Dark <FI>am<Fi> I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon. — read the full passage →

for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on 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 →

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,

On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not! — read the full passage →

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, — read the full passage →

Women--in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

High hath been thy heart, because of thy beauty, Thou hast corrupted thy wisdom because of thy brightness, On the earth I have cast thee, Before kings I have set thee, to look on thee,

Keep silent towards Me, O isles, And the peoples pass on <FI>to<Fi> power, They come nigh, then they speak, `Together--to judgment we draw near.' — read the full passage →

And like Absalom there was no man <FI>so<Fi> fair in all Israel, to praise greatly; from the sole of his foot even unto his crown there was no blemish in him;

Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed? — read the full passage →

And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people <FI>is<Fi> my people, and thy God my God. — read the full passage →

not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

And having seen <FI>it<Fi> , his disciples were much displeased, saying, `To what purpose <FI>is<Fi> this waste? — read the full passage →

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

`Ye according to the flesh do judge; I do not judge any one,

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: — read the full passage →

`And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you, — read the full passage →

Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

To the Overseer with stringed instruments. --A Psalm of Asaph. --A Song. In Judah <FI>is<Fi> God known, in Israel His name <FI>is<Fi> great. — read the full passage →

By David, in his changing his behaviour before Abimelech, and he driveth him away, and he goeth. I do bless Jehovah at all times, Continually His praise <FI>is<Fi> in my mouth. — read the full passage →

which are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-mindedness, and neglecting of body--not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the flesh.

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

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

How is the gold become dim, Changed the best--the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places. — read the full passage →

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. — read the full passage →

And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart <FI>is<Fi> nets and snares, her hands <FI>are<Fi> bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her. — read the full passage →

And Job answereth and saith: -- — read the full passage →

Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> , there <FI>is<Fi> liberty; — read the full passage →

Beloved, I call upon <FI>you<Fi> , as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul, — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that <FI>is<Fi> according to piety, — read the full passage →

Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants; — read the full passage →

for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please--Christ's servant I should not be.

for we have heard him saying, That this Jesus the Nazarean shall overthrow this place, and shall change the customs that Moses delivered to us;' — read the full passage →

And Jesus was walking after these things in Galilee, for he did not wish to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him, — read the full passage →

`Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, on the second-first sabbath, as he is going through the corn fields, that his disciples were plucking the ears, and were eating, rubbing with the hands, — read the full passage →

so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

And the brightness is as the light, He hath rays out of His hand, And there--the hiding of His strength.

A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, that he hath seen concerning Samaria and Jerusalem: — read the full passage →

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah a second time--and he <FI>is<Fi> yet detained in the court of the prison--saying: — read the full passage →

A voice is crying--in a wilderness--Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God. — read the full passage →

The Song of Songs, that <FI>is<Fi> Solomon's. — read the full passage →

Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole <FI>is<Fi> vanity.

A ring of gold in the nose of a sow--A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour. — read the full passage →

My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear, — read the full passage →

Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --`Concerning the Lily of Testimony,' a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt--twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us--hadst been angry! --Thou dost turn back to us. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --`On the Lilies.' --By sons of Korah. --An Instruction. --A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue <FI>is<Fi> the pen of a speedy writer. — read the full passage →

By David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid? — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. The heavens <FI>are<Fi> recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse <FI>is<Fi> declaring. — read the full passage →

And David turneth back to bless his house, and Michal daughter of Saul goeth out to meet David, and saith, `How honourable to-day was the king of Israel, who was uncovered to-day before the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain ones is openly uncovered!' — read the full passage →

And Samuel dieth, and all Israel are gathered, and mourn for him, and bury him in his house, in Ramah; and David riseth and goeth down unto the wilderness of Paran. — read the full passage →