Negative Influences

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, 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.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night. — read the full passage →

Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

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

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction Onlyto err from the words of knowledge.

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.

but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men. — read the full passage →

For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.

I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;

Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; — read the full passage →

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.

let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,

though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered; — read the full passage →

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin:

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.

Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed.

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie:

in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, 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. — read the full passage →

wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for to such belongeth the kingdom of heaven.

For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. — read the full passage →

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.