Loyalty

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,

And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; — read the full passage →

beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

Peter saith unto him, Even if I must die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

But Peter answered and said unto him, If all shall be offended in thee, I will never be offended.

Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

And he said unto his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing unto my lord, Jehovah’s anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is Jehovah’s anointed. — read the full passage →

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. — read the full passage →

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upholden by kindness.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savor unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.

And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God;

Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. — read the full passage →

I counsel thee, Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

Yea, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:

And Ittai answered the king, and said, As Jehovah liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will thy servant be.

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

But Peter answered and said unto him, If all shall be offended in thee, I will never be offended. — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities:

In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those that kept the threshold, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus. — read the full passage →

All these, being men of war, that could order the battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and that could order the battle array, and were not of double heart.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Himthat saith to a king, Thou art vile, Orto nobles, Ye arewicked;

I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;

That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.

and that whosoever came not within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.

O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.

Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. — read the full passage →

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

But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but thou art worth ten thousand of us; therefore now it is better that thou be ready to succor us out of the city.

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. — read the full passage →

And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

And David went up by the ascent of themount ofOlives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and showed them the king’s son. — read the full passage →

Agoodname is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.

For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him. — read the full passage →

And thou shalt put of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk.

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Islikea broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoice not over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither speak proudly in the day of distress.

And Moses gave the tribute, which was Jehovah’s heave-offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah’s anointed?

And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.