Instruction

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof <FI>is<Fi> brutish.

A traveller to life <FI>is<Fi> he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

Fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

I cause thee to act wisely, And direct thee in the way that thou goest, I cause mine eye to take counsel concerning thee.

A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the instruction of wisdom, And before honour <FI>is<Fi> humility!

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety--God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

The wise in any matter findeth good, And whoso is trusting in Jehovah, O his happiness.

preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

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

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Come up unto Me to the mount, and be there, and I give to thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the command, which I have written to direct them.'

in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, — read the full passage →

The law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> stedfast, Making wise the simple,

and thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee--all the days.'

and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth; — read the full passage →

Only, be very watchful to do the command and the law which Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and to cleave to Him, and to serve Him, with all your heart, and with all your soul.'

Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she <FI>is<Fi> thy life.

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.

which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

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

The wise in any matter findeth good, And whoso is trusting in Jehovah, O his happiness. — read the full passage →

Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways. — read the full passage →

Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness <FI>is<Fi> on her tongue.

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

And the third day a marriage happened in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there, — read the full passage →

Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

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,

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

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God, — read the full passage →

O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.

Cause me to tread in Thy truth, and teach me, For Thou <FI>art<Fi> the God of my salvation, Near Thee I have waited all the day.

Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof, — read the full passage →

And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.

the things that also ye did learn, and receive, and hear, and saw in me, those do, and the God of the peace shall be with you.

Day to day uttereth speech, And night to night sheweth knowledge.

A wise son--the instruction of a father, And a scorner--he hath not heard rebuke.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

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.

Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.

For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,

Whoso is refusing instruction--poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

And they turn unto Me the neck, and not the face, and teaching them, rising early and teaching, and they are not hearkening to accept instruction.

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

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

For a lamp <FI>is<Fi> the command, And the law a light, And a way of life <FI>are<Fi> reproofs of instruction,

A fountain of life <FI>is<Fi> understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.

And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction--To err from sayings of knowledge.

And it cometh to pass after the death of Moses, servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua son of Nun, minister of Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Of man <FI>are<Fi> arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue. — read the full passage →

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother. — read the full passage →

And thou--be speaking what doth become the sound teaching;

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ. — read the full passage →

because also Christ once for sin did suffer--righteous for unrighteous--that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit, — read the full passage →

and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep; — read the full passage →

These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon, — read the full passage →

this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die. — read the full passage →

to which He did call you through our good news, to the acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also--Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother--and Saul; — read the full passage →

for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink; — read the full passage →

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

And there were there six water-jugs of stone, placed according to the purifying of the Jews, holding each two or three measures. — read the full passage →

infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out--freely ye did receive, freely give.

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady. — read the full passage →

`But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power upon the earth to forgive sins--(then saith he to the paralytic) --having risen, take up thy couch, and go to thy house.' — read the full passage →

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

`Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it; — read the full passage →

Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.

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.

Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things--thou hast not known them.

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →