Loyalty

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

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

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

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.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or 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 yielding pacifieth great offences.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.

Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy 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.

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

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

And he said unto his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord. — 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, keep my commandments.

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

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

Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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

If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or 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 the Lord and the king: and meddle 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 to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to 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 the 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 speedily upon him, 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, gentleness, goodness, faith,

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

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

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

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

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. — read the full passage →

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

But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. — read the full passage →

All these men of war, that could keep rank, 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 likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, 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 Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured 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 light 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 early dew it goeth away.

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

If any man come to me, and hate not his 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 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.

But the people answered, 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 now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest 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 none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall 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 a crown of life.

And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was 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 shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

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

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: 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, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. — read the full passage →

And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

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

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

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

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

But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

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

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

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

Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

But God commendeth his 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 stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?

Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord: — read the full passage →

For 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 shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.