Insults

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

The fool--in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge; — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

bless those cursing you, and pray for those accusing you falsely;

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings;

`The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

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,

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 →

And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ; — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy; — read the full passage →

Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment; — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths; — read the full passage →

out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

`And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile;

not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

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;

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

The sin of their mouth <FI>is<Fi> a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.

`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood <FI>is<Fi> on him.

And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

but I--I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

but I--I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God,

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

For of adulterers hath the land been full, For because of these hath the land mourned, Dried up hath been the pleasant places of the wilderness, And their course is evil, and their might--not right.

Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue <FI>is<Fi> perverseness and iniquity,

Then began he to anathematise, and to swear--`I have not known the man;' and immediately did a cock crow,

A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.

`Thou dost not take up the Name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah doth not acquit him who taketh up His Name for a vain thing.

`Hear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife <FI>is<Fi> to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God, in the land, — read the full passage →

who being reviled--was not reviling again, suffering--was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting 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,

and the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman having been taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,

And he said to them, `Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him--

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

if ye be reproached in the name of Christ--happy <FI>are ye<Fi> , because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus,

I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake--

and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire him.

this only do I wish to learn from you--by works of law the Spirit did ye receive, or by the hearing of faith?

but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.'

the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness <FI>is<Fi> on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

ye have known that ye were nations, unto the dumb idols--as ye were led--being carried away;

`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;

Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

`Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake--

And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle <FI>you<Fi> ;

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

`Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things--being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak. — read the full passage →

then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

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 →

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

`Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

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;

Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin, — read the full passage →

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

`Ye do not say, A confederacy, To all to whom this people saith, A confederacy, And its fear ye do not fear, Nor declare fearful. — read the full passage →

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake-- — read the full passage →

Who <FI>is<Fi> the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good? — read the full passage →

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

`And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory <FI>is<Fi> to pass over transgression.

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

this one was in the beginning with God;

The fear of a king <FI>is<Fi> a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.