Knowing Right From Wrong

to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

And he said--`That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man; — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

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

and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

and Thou hast given to Thy servant an understanding heart, to judge Thy people, to discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this Thy great people?'

`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.

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

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 →

and the truth shall make you free.'

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin. — read the full passage →

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

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled, — read the full passage →

And the Lord said, `Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure? — read the full passage →

And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.

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

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

who the righteous judgment of God having known--that those practising such things are worthy of death--not only do them, but also have delight with those practising them.

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

Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning. — read the full passage →

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those saying to evil `good,' And to good `evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

The beginning of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise <FI>is<Fi> standing for ever!

There is a way--right before a man, And its latter end <FI>are<Fi> ways of death.

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

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 →

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

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any;

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope, — read the full passage →

Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good.

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

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.

and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness--indignation and wrath, — read the full passage →

To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.'

Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better <FI>is<Fi> a near neighbour than a brother afar off. — read the full passage →

As the passing by of a hurricane, So the wicked is not, And the righteous is a foundation age-during. — read the full passage →

in those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth.

`And your infants, of whom ye have said, For a prey they are, and your sons who have not known to-day good and evil, they go in thither, and to them I give it, and they possess it;

Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

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;

and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,

for all of us it behoveth to be manifested before the tribunal of the Christ, that each one may receive the things <FI>done<Fi> through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

Are ye ignorant, brethren--for to those knowing law I speak--that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,

sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they did call Beelzeboul, how much more those of his household?

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men. — read the full passage →

and if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed, — read the full passage →

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,

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

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 →

Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one--My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.

And Solomon joineth in marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and taketh the daughter of Pharaoh, and bringeth her in unto the city of David, till he completeth to build his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah seeth that abundant <FI>is<Fi> the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;

for God doth know that in the day of your eating of it--your eyes have been opened, and ye have been as God, knowing good and evil.'

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →

Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man--every one who is judging--for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,

for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.