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And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. — read the full passage →

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. — read the full passage →

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing. — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. — read the full passage →

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →

O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth. — read the full passage →

Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. — read the full passage →

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. — read the full passage →

Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. — read the full passage →

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: — read the full passage →

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. — read the full passage →

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.

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

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; — read the full passage →

His foundation is in the holy mountains. — read the full passage →

Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord. — read the full passage →

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. — read the full passage →

Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →

I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. — read the full passage →

Neither give place to the devil.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; — read the full passage →

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. — read the full passage →

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: — read the full passage →

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. — read the full passage →

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. — read the full passage →

For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. — read the full passage →

The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. — read the full passage →

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. — read the full passage →

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. — read the full passage →

And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →

Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. — read the full passage →

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, — read the full passage →

Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. — read the full passage →

O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. — read the full passage →

Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.

Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. — read the full passage →

Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. — read the full passage →

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, — read the full passage →

For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. — read the full passage →

For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. — read the full passage →

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. — read the full passage →

Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. — read the full passage →

And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. — read the full passage →

The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. — read the full passage →

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: — read the full passage →

The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? — read the full passage →

Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher–shalal–hash–baz. — read the full passage →

And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. — read the full passage →

Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. — read the full passage →

And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. — read the full passage →

But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee. — read the full passage →

When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty; — read the full passage →

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them. — read the full passage →

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. — read the full passage →

We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. — read the full passage →

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. — read the full passage →

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

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

After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. — read the full passage →

He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. — read the full passage →

For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. — read the full passage →

Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. — read the full passage →

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. — read the full passage →

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. — read the full passage →

These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. — read the full passage →

Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru–hamah. — read the full passage →

Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. — read the full passage →

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words. — read the full passage →

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →

And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. — read the full passage →

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. — read the full passage →

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. — read the full passage →

Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor. — read the full passage →