Name Calling

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 Psalm of David. The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord: `Sit at My right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.'

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

A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest. — read the full passage →

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

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said--`Cretans! always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!'

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

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

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;

Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

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;

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

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

Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts of the evil one to quench,

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

`And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say, — read the full passage →

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; — read the full passage →

And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath? — 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. — read the full passage →

The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth. — read the full passage →

The wicked hath desired the net of evil doers, And the root of the righteous giveth. — read the full passage →

to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

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

stedfast is He who is calling you, who also will do <FI>it<Fi> .

An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray, — read the full passage →

in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth--the good news of your salvation--in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us; — read the full passage →

and we think it good from thee to hear what thou dost think, for, indeed, concerning this sect it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against;' — read the full passage →

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 →

but, according as ye have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice ye, that also in the revelation of his glory ye may rejoice--exulting; — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in Iconium, that they did enter together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spake, so that there believed both of Jews and Greeks a great multitude; — read the full passage →

And Pilate also wrote a title, and put <FI>it<Fi> on the cross, and it was written, `Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews;'

Jesus answered them, `Did not I choose you--the twelve? and of you--one is a devil.

And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you, and suffer you? bring near hither thy son;'

And in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing, — read the full passage →

and Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering said to him, `I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou mayest say to us, if thou art the Christ--the Son of God.' — read the full passage →

and Jesus said to him, `Comrade, for what art thou present?' Then having come near, they laid hands on Jesus, and took hold on him.

A Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> as Mount Zion, It is not moved--to the age it abideth. — read the full passage →

For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,

`The Roebuck, O Israel, On thy high places <FI>is<Fi> wounded; How have the mighty fallen! — read the full passage →

wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,

and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.'

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

`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 →

A stone <FI>is<Fi> heavy, and the sand <FI>is<Fi> heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent, — read the full passage →

and Jehovah passeth over before his face, and calleth: `Jehovah, Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth,

and I saw <FI>come<Fi> out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs-- — read the full passage →

`And when they may finish their testimony, the beast that is coming up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them, — read the full passage →

yet Michael, the chief messenger, when, with the devil contending, he was disputing about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring up an evil-speaking judgment, but said, `The Lord rebuke thee!'

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps, — read the full passage →

Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind; — read the full passage →

Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants; — read the full passage →

To boast, really, is not profitable for me, for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. — read the full passage →

And working together also we call upon <FI>you<Fi> that ye receive not in vain the grace of God-- — read the full passage →

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

And certain of the wandering exorcist Jews, took upon <FI>them<Fi> to name over those having the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, `We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul doth preach;' — read the full passage →

hath not My hand made all these things? — read the full passage →

being grieved because of their teaching the people, and preaching in Jesus the rising again out of the dead-- — read the full passage →

`And those upon the rock: They who, when they may hear, with joy do receive the word, and these have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of temptation fall away. — read the full passage →

And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: `Happy the poor--because yours is the reign of God. — read the full passage →

and he said to them, `Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation; — read the full passage →

and he answering said, `I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.' — read the full passage →

`For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon; — read the full passage →

And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, `My people it <FI>is<Fi> ,' And it saith, `Jehovah <FI> is<Fi> my God!' — read the full passage →

`Hear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife <FI>is<Fi> to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God, in the land, — read the full passage →

Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity <FI>Are<Fi> of the land of the Canaanite, Thy father the Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite. — read the full passage →

As an adamant harder than a rock I have made thy forehead; thou dost not fear them, nor art thou affrighted before them, for a rebellious house <FI>are<Fi> they.' — read the full passage →

And all thy sons are taught of Jehovah, And abundant <FI>is<Fi> the peace of thy sons. — read the full passage →

Hearken unto Me, ye pursuing righteousness, Seeking Jehovah, Look attentively unto the rock--ye have been hewn, And unto the hole of the pit--ye have been digged. — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah, To His anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have laid hold on, To subdue nations before him, Yea, loins of kings I loose, To open before him two-leaved doors, Yea, gates are not shut: — read the full passage →

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom, Give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah, — read the full passage →

When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him. — read the full passage →

Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, at Jehovah's taking up Elijah in a whirlwind to the heavens, that Elijah goeth, and Elisha, from Gilgal, — read the full passage →

If thus he say: Good; peace <FI>is<Fi> for thy servant; and if it be very displeasing to him--know that the evil hath been determined by him; — read the full passage →

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive, — read the full passage →

be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses.

to which He did call you through our good news, to the acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ;

And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues; — read the full passage →

I did write to you in the epistle, not to keep company with whoremongers-- — 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 →

who is marked out Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of sanctification, by the rising again from the dead,) Jesus Christ our Lord; — read the full passage →

And also now--an affirmation of Jehovah, Turn ye back unto Me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, And with lamentation. — read the full passage →

Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow, — read the full passage →

Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, <FI>At<Fi> his latter end also he is continuator. — read the full passage →

A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered. — read the full passage →

The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall. — read the full passage →

By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone. — read the full passage →

who also shall confirm you unto the end--unblamable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

But I say, Did not Israel know? first Moses saith, `I will provoke you to jealousy by <FI>that which is<Fi> not a nation; by an unintelligent nation I will anger you,' — read the full passage →

hath not Moses given you the law? and none of you doth the law; why me do ye seek to kill?' — read the full passage →

`And against all the sons of Israel a dog sharpeneth not its tongue, from man even unto beast, so that ye know that Jehovah doth make a separation between the Egyptians and Israel; — read the full passage →