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Love And Jealousy
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Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
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.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. — read the full passage →
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, — read the full passage →
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. — read the full passage →
For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, — read the full passage →
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, — read the full passage →
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. — read the full passage →
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. — 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 →
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. — read the full passage →
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →
Let all your things be done with charity.
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 →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. — read the full passage →
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. — read the full passage →
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; — read the full passage →
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. — read the full passage →
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
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.
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. — read the full passage →
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. — read the full passage →
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. — read the full passage →
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. — read the full passage →
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: — read the full passage →
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. — read the full passage →
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.
And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, — read the full passage →
They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.
(For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
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