Meddling

He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

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

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. — read the full passage →

For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters. — read the full passage →

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

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.

Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. — read the full passage →

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. — read the full passage →

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. — read the full passage →

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? — read the full passage →

I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, — read the full passage →

Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

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

A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. — read the full passage →

And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; — read the full passage →

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

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

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? — read the full passage →

The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

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 →

For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. — read the full passage →

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 same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →