Making Fun Of People

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

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 →

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

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

As <FI>one<Fi> pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death, — read the full passage →

Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man--every one who is judging--for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,

And he goeth up thence to Beth-El, and he is going up in the way, and little youths have come out from the city, and scoff at him, and say to him, `Go up, bald-head! go up, bald-head!' — read the full passage →

An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;' — read the full passage →

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous, — read the full passage →

`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.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle! — read the full passage →

To execute inventions <FI>is<Fi> as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.

Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about in truth, and having put on the breastplate of the righteousness, — read the full passage →

`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

And now, O Jehovah, thou <FI>art<Fi> our Father, We <FI>are<Fi> the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand--all of us.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, — read the full passage →

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends; — read the full passage →

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you, — read the full passage →

Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright--a pleasing thing. — read the full passage →

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle! — read the full passage →

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory <FI>is<Fi> to pass over transgression.

Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee. — read the full passage →

The thought of folly <FI>is<Fi> sin, And an abomination to man <FI>is<Fi> a scorner.

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit; — read the full passage →

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.

And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ; — read the full passage →

he answered and said, `A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed my eyes, and said to me, Go away to the pool of Siloam, and wash; and having gone away and having washed, I received sight;'

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul. — read the full passage →

`Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake-- — read the full passage →

Cast out a scorner--and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it--shame, And a reprover of the wicked--his blemish. — read the full passage →

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, — read the full passage →

but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh. — read the full passage →

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

If not--mockeries <FI>are<Fi> with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out. — read the full passage →

with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God; — read the full passage →

And the men who were holding Jesus were mocking him, beating <FI>him<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

`Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him. — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not revile the deaf; and before the blind thou dost not put a stumbling block; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not, — read the full passage →

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence. — read the full passage →

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →

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;

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.

And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ;

`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released. — read the full passage →

he saith to them, `Withdraw, for the damsel did not die, but doth sleep,' and they were deriding him;

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

A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.

Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.

And I <FI>am<Fi> a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people. — read the full passage →

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat;

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

let us not become vain-glorious--one another provoking, one another envying!

and if one another ye do bite and devour, see--that ye may not by one another be consumed.

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, my soul I lift up. — read the full passage →

And now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock. — read the full passage →

`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.' — read the full passage →

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. — read the full passage →

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world. — read the full passage →

And she multiplieth her whoredoms, To remember the days of her youth, When she went a-whoring in the land of Egypt. — read the full passage →

Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.

For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out, — read the full passage →

And Job answereth and saith: -- — read the full passage →

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

where <FI>is<Fi> the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world? — read the full passage →

These things having said, Jesus went forth with his disciples beyond the brook of Kedron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disciples, — read the full passage →