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And thou, O spoiled one, what dost thou? For thou puttest on scarlet, For thou adornest thyself <FI>with<Fi> ornaments of gold. For thou rendest with pain thine eyes, In vain thou dost make thyself fair, Kicked against thee have doting ones, Thy life they do seek.

And Jehu cometh in to Jezreel, and Jezebel hath heard, and putteth her eyes in paint and maketh right her head, and looketh out through the window.

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments, — read the full passage →

And also that they send to men coming from afar, Unto whom a messenger is sent, And lo, they have come in for whom thou hast washed, Painted thine eyes, and put on adornment.

`Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving <FI>with<Fi> the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling, — read the full passage →

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,

The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

And in the drawing nigh of the turn of each young woman to come in unto the king Ahasuerus, at the end of there being to her--according to the law of the women--twelve months, for so they fulfil the days of their purifications; six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with the purifications of women,

To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. — read the full passage →

`And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

Comely have been thy cheeks with garlands, Thy neck with chains.

`The habiliments of a man are not on a woman, nor doth a man put on the garment of a woman, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> any one doing these.

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price, — read the full passage →

and the woman was arrayed with purple and scarlet-colour, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and uncleanness of her whoredom,

And Rebekah lifteth up her eyes, and seeth Isaac, and alighteth from off the camel; — read the full passage →

Comely have been thy cheeks with garlands, Thy neck with chains. — read the full passage →

`And I ask her, and say, Whose daughter <FI>art<Fi> thou? and she saith, Daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah hath borne to him, and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands,

And I have charged on her the days of the Baalim, To whom she maketh perfume, And putteth on her ring and her ornament, And goeth after her lovers, And Me forgat--an affirmation of Jehovah.

and the young woman is good in his eyes, and she receiveth kindness before him, and he hasteneth her purifications and her portions--to give to her, and the seven young women who are provided--to give to her, from the house of the king, and he changeth her and her young women to a good <FI>place in<Fi> the house of the women.

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

And it cometh to pass when the camels have finished drinking, that the man taketh a golden ring (whose weight <FI>is<Fi> a bekah), and two bracelets for her hands (whose weight <FI>is<Fi> ten <FI>bekahs<Fi> of gold),

nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form <FI>it<Fi> , Why me didst thou make thus?

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

and I, John, saw the holy city--new Jerusalem--coming down from God out of the heaven, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband;

And I adorn thee with adornments, And I give bracelets for thy hands, And a chain for thy neck. — read the full passage →

As a thread of scarlet <FI>are<Fi> thy lips, And thy speech <FI>is<Fi> comely, As the work of the pomegranate <FI>is<Fi> thy temple behind thy veil,

Plead ye with your mother--plead, (For she <FI>is<Fi> not My wife, and I <FI>am<Fi> not her husband,) And she turneth her whoredoms from before her, And her adulteries from between her breasts,

judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

As the work of the pomegranate <FI>is<Fi> thy temple behind thy veil.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend--from counsel of the soul.

To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. — read the full passage →

and she saith unto the servant, `Who <FI>is<Fi> this man who is walking in the field to meet us?' and the servant saith, `It <FI>is<Fi> my lord;' and she taketh the veil, and covereth herself.

yea, it cometh to pass, when he seeth the ring, and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heareth the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, `Thus hath the man spoken unto me,' that he cometh in unto the man, and lo, he is standing by the camels by the fountain.

who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called God or worshipped, so that he in the sanctuary of God as God hath sat down, shewing himself off that he is God--<FI> the day doth not come<Fi> .

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you? — read the full passage →

To do these things to thee, In thy going a-whoring after nations, Because thou hast been defiled with their idols,

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge; — read the full passage →

in whom also ye are builded together, for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;

Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And <FI>with<Fi> chief perfumes anoint <FI>themselves<Fi> , And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph.

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth; — read the full passage →

and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of, — read the full passage →

for the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> death, and the mind of the Spirit--life and peace;

`But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment--a tongue of falsehood.

And Laban hath two daughters, the name of the elder <FI>is<Fi> Leah, and the name of the younger Rachel, — read the full passage →

and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors; — read the full passage →

If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' --ye do well;

not giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves away from the truth; — read the full passage →

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth; — read the full passage →

because every creature of God <FI>is<Fi> good, and nothing <FI>is<Fi> to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received, — read the full passage →

If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances? — read the full passage →

for the fruit of the Spirit <FI>is<Fi> in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

O thoughtless Galatians, who did bewitch you, not to obey the truth--before whose eyes Jesus Christ was described before among you crucified? — read the full passage →

having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.'

as we have said before, and now say again, If any one to you may proclaim good news different from what ye did receive--anathema let him be! — read the full passage →

The things in presence do ye see? if any one hath trusted in himself to be Christ's, this let him reckon again from himself, that according as he is Christ's, so also we <FI>are<Fi> Christ's;

for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

and to me it is for a very little thing that by you I may be judged, or by man's day, but not even myself do I judge, — read the full passage →

and he who is spiritual, doth discern indeed all things, and he himself is by no one discerned;

which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing, — read the full passage →

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong; — read the full passage →

Thou hast faith! to thyself have <FI>it<Fi> before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve,

Thou hast faith! to thyself have <FI>it<Fi> before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve, — read the full passage →

for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, <FI>are<Fi> pure, but evil <FI>is<Fi> to the man who is eating through stumbling. — read the full passage →

no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

Thou--who art thou that art judging another's domestic? to his own master he doth stand or fall; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

for every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.'

for with the heart doth <FI>one<Fi> believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation; — read the full passage →

For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing, — read the full passage →

for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge, — read the full passage →

and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive; — read the full passage →

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets, — read the full passage →

And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God; — read the full passage →

but a Jew <FI>is<Fi> he who is <FI>so<Fi> inwardly, and circumcision <FI>is<Fi> of the heart, in spirit, not in letter, of which the praise is not of men, but of God.

For he is not a Jew who is <FI>so<Fi> outwardly, neither <FI>is<Fi> circumcision that which is outward in flesh; — read the full passage →

who do shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also witnessing with them, and between one another the thoughts accusing or else defending, — read the full passage →

for as many as without law did sin, without law also shall perish, and as many as did sin in law, through law shall be judged,

and <FI>there is<Fi> a voice again a second time unto him: `What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'

`Ye according to the flesh do judge; I do not judge any one, — read the full passage →

the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;

but, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him; — read the full passage →

`The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened; — read the full passage →

or how art thou able to say to thy brother, Brother, suffer, I may take out the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thine eye--thyself the beam in thine own eye not beholding? Hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to take out the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thy brother's eye.

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; — read the full passage →

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

`Say ye to your brethren--Ammi, And to your sisters--Ruhamah. — read the full passage →