Loyalty

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

A man with friends <FI>is<Fi> to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

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,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people <FI>is<Fi> my people, and thy God my God. — read the full passage →

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

If the spirit of the ruler go up against thee, Thy place leave not, For yielding quieteth great sinners.

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,

Peter saith to him, `Even if it may be necessary for me to die with thee, I will not deny thee;' in like manner also said all the disciples.

And Peter answering said to him, `Even if all shall be stumbled at thee, I will never be stumbled.'

`And thou hast known that Jehovah thy God He <FI>is<Fi> God, the faithful God, keeping the covenant, and the kindness, to those loving Him, and to those keeping His commands--to a thousand generations,

And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God <FI>is<Fi> its spirit.

and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

and he saith to his men, `Far be it from me, by Jehovah; I do not do this thing to my lord--to the anointed of Jehovah--to put forth my hand against him, for the anointed of Jehovah he <FI>is<Fi> .' — read the full passage →

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong; — read the full passage →

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.

and when He may come--the Spirit of truth--He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;

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.

that they be bringing near sweet savours to the God of heaven, and praying for the life of the king, and of his sons.

if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people <FI>is<Fi> my people, and thy God my God.

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,

And David answereth and saith unto Ahimelech the Hittite, and unto Abishai son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, `Who doth go down with me unto Saul, unto the camp?' and Abishai saith, `I--I go down with thee.' — read the full passage →

I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God.

and I ask also thee, genuine yoke-fellow, be assisting those women who in the good news did strive along with me, with Clement also, and the others, my fellow-workers, whose names <FI>are<Fi> in the book of life.

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.

`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.

and any who doth not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, speedily is judgment done upon him, whether to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of riches, and to bonds.'

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

may we hold fast the unwavering profession of the hope, (for faithful <FI>is<Fi> He who did promise),

And Ittai answereth the king and saith, `Jehovah liveth, and my lord the king liveth, surely in the place where my lord the king is--if for death, if for life, surely there is thy servant.'

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

And Peter answering said to him, `Even if all shall be stumbled at thee, I will never be stumbled.' — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness, and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not afraid to speak evil of,

In those days, when Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king, hath Bigthan been wroth, and Teresh, (two of the eunuchs of the king, the keepers of the threshold,) and they seek to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus, — read the full passage →

All these <FI>are<Fi> men of war, keeping rank--with a perfect heart they have come to Hebron, to cause David to reign over all Israel, and also all the rest of Israel <FI>are<Fi> of one heart, to cause David to reign,

And Absalom saith unto Hushai, `This thy kindness with thy friend! why hast thou not gone with thy friend?'

`So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

Of Zebulun, going forth to the host, arranging battle with all instruments of battle, <FI>are<Fi> fifty thousand, and keeping rank without a double heart.

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

Who hath said to a king--`Worthless,' Unto princes--`Wicked?'

I have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars,

The desirableness of a man <FI>is<Fi> his kindness, And better <FI>is<Fi> the poor than a liar.

and every one who cometh not in by the third day, according to the counsel of the heads and of the elders, all his substance is devoted, and himself separated from the assembly of the removal.

and Abishai son of Zeruiah giveth help to him, and smiteth the Philistine, and putteth him to death; then swear the men of David to him, saying, `Thou dost not go out again with us to battle, nor quench the lamp of Israel.'

What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness <FI>is<Fi> as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early--going.

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple; — 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 the people say, `Thou dost not go out, for if we utterly flee, they do not set <FI>their<Fi> heart upon us; and if half of us die, they do not set <FI>their<Fi> heart unto us--for now like us <FI>are<Fi> ten thousand; and now, better that thou be to us from the city for an helper.'

And they answer Joshua, saying, `All that thou hast commanded us we do; and unto every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou dost send us, we go; — read the full passage →

And all the land are weeping--a great voice, and all the people are passing over; and the king is passing over through the brook Kidron, and all the people are passing over on the front of the way of the wilderness;

`Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

And David is going up in the ascent of the olives, going up and weeping, and he hath the head covered, and he is going barefooted, and all the people who <FI>are<Fi> with him have covered each his head, and have gone up, going up and weeping;

And the man saith unto Joab, `Yea, though I am weighing on my hand a thousand silverlings, I do not put forth my hand unto the son of the king; for in our ears hath the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Observe ye who <FI>is<Fi> against the youth--against Absalom;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

And in the seventh year hath Jehoiada sent and taketh the heads of the hundreds, of the executioners and of the runners, and bringeth them in unto him, to the house of Jehovah, and maketh with them a covenant, and causeth them to swear in the house of Jehovah, and sheweth them the son of the king, — read the full passage →

A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold--good grace.

For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

to love thine enemies, and to hate those loving thee, for thou hast declared to-day that thou hast no princes and servants, for I have known to-day that if Absalom <FI>were<Fi> alive, and all of us to-day dead, that then it were right in thine eyes.

And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him, — read the full passage →

and hast put of thine honour upon him, so that all the company of the sons of Israel do hearken.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

a two-souled man <FI>is<Fi> unstable in all his ways.

`God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, And for four, I do not reserve it, Because of their loathing the law of Jehovah, And His statutes they have not kept, And their lies do cause them to err, After which their fathers did walk,

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

A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, <FI>Is<Fi> the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.

And--thou dost not look on the day of thy brother, On the day of his alienation, Nor dost thou rejoice over sons of Judah, In the day of their destruction, Nor make great thy mouth in a day of distress.

And Moses giveth the tribute--Jehovah's heave-offering--to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

Also--to-day <FI>is<Fi> my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

and He who sent me is with me; the Father did not leave me alone, because I, the things pleasing to Him, do always.'

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

And David saith unto him, `How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy the anointed of Jehovah?'

And thou, son of man, prophesy unto mountains of Israel, and thou hast said, O mountains of Israel, hear a word of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

and all the people know, even all Israel, in that day, that it hath not been from the king--to put to death Abner son of Ner.

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?

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

`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.

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.