Keep Evil Away

`And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory--to the ages. Amen.

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, — read the full passage →

Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul.

lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you;

Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers. — read the full passage →

from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.

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

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

thus therefore pray ye: `Our Father who <FI>art<Fi> in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name. — read the full passage →

Ye who love Jehovah, hate evil, He is keeping the souls of His saints, From the hand of the wicked he delivereth them.

Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up, — read the full passage →

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

Beloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God;

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

Then thou callest, and Jehovah answereth, Thou criest, and He saith, `Behold Me.' If thou turn aside from thy midst the yoke, The sending forth of the finger, And the speaking of vanity,

The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil, — read the full passage →

for where there are two or three gathered together--to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

neither give place to the devil;

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

For not My thoughts <FI>are<Fi> your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, --an affirmation of Jehovah,

who shall render to each according to his works; — 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.

let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;

To give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered,

I praise the name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving, — read the full passage →

for the weapons of our warfare <FI>are<Fi> not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart; — read the full passage →

We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;

Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who <FI>is<Fi> in you, than he who is in the world.

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

and another messenger did come forth out from the altar, having authority over the fire, and he called with a great cry to him having the sharp sickle, saying, `Send forth thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, because come to perfection have her grapes;'

the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ <FI>is<Fi> with you all. Amen.

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil, — read the full passage →

Let me sing, I pray you, for my beloved, A song of my beloved as to his vineyard: My beloved hath a vineyard in a fruitful hill, — read the full passage →

Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk. — read the full passage →

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

and stedfast is the Lord, who shall establish you, and shall guard <FI>you<Fi> from the evil;

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me. — read the full passage →

Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him, — read the full passage →

And he began to speak to them in similes: `A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-wine-vat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad; — read the full passage →

An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth, — read the full passage →

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,'

Incline not <FI>to<Fi> the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!

To the Overseer. --A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest. — read the full passage →

Thou wilt say, then, `The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in;' right! — read the full passage →

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

And it hath come to pass afterwards, I do pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And prophesied have your sons and your daughters, Your old men do dream dreams, Your young men do see visions.

I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, going forth out of the throne of God and of the Lamb: — read the full passage →

for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

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

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.

God! perfect <FI>is<Fi> His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield <FI>is<Fi> He to all those trusting in Him.

He hath said in his heart, `I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.

A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come? — read the full passage →

A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.

I do not ask that Thou mayest take them out of the world, but that Thou mayest keep them out of the evil.

In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.

For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also <FI>is<Fi> the Christ, — read the full passage →

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 →

Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. — read the full passage →

Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell to the age.

Thorns--snares <FI>are<Fi> in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.

And He saith to man: --`Lo, fear of the Lord, that <FI>is<Fi> wisdom, And to turn from evil <FI>is<Fi> understanding.'

A highway of the upright <FI>is<Fi> , `Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.

he who is doing the sin, of the devil he is, because from the beginning the devil doth sin; for this was the Son of God manifested, that he may break up the works of the devil;

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; — read the full passage →

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; — read the full passage →

Then saith Jesus to him, `Go--Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him; — read the full passage →

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

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might; — read the full passage →

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might; — read the full passage →

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

for your obedience did reach to all; I rejoice, therefore, as regards you, and I wish you to be wise, indeed, as to the good, and harmless as to the evil;

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them;

watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

The Praised One, I call Jehovah: And from mine enemies I am saved.

`When a camp goeth out against thine enemies, then thou hast kept from every evil thing.

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;

for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war, — read the full passage →

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit. — read the full passage →