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Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, — read the full passage →

Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ — read the full passage →

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. — read the full passage →

Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash, — read the full passage →

They all built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon; — read the full passage →

The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.” — read the full passage →

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered. — read the full passage →

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.

David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David; and two hundred stayed by the baggage.

I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man. — read the full passage →

Don’t be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them: — read the full passage →

I heard the Lord’s voice, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”

He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;

Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up. — read the full passage →

Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion. — read the full passage →

The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

He said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city; — read the full passage →

Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel. — read the full passage →

David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: — read the full passage →

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword. — read the full passage →

“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Cursed is he who does the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.

For thus says Yahweh: David shall never want a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.” — read the full passage →

If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.

We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him. — read the full passage →

far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his. — read the full passage →

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which is of me,” says Yahweh.

All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing. — read the full passage →

Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. — read the full passage →

But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.

“‘You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am Yahweh your God. — read the full passage →

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

He said to them, “When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.” — read the full passage →

The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men. — read the full passage →

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel: remove violence and plunder, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my people, says the Lord Yahweh. — read the full passage →

who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is his name; — read the full passage →

Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken. — read the full passage →

Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise. — read the full passage →

The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. — read the full passage →

For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me. — read the full passage →

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men? — read the full passage →

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. — read the full passage →

“Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding. — read the full passage →

He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. — read the full passage →

Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews. — read the full passage →

You, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God who is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them. — read the full passage →

In the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. — read the full passage →

and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. — read the full passage →

then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, according as I promised to David your father, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.’ — read the full passage →

David said, “Is there yet any who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” — read the full passage →

When Yahweh raised them up judges, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them. — read the full passage →

Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, — read the full passage →

In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers. — read the full passage →

Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. — read the full passage →

and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power; — read the full passage →

This is the third time I am coming to you. “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.” — read the full passage →

But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep. — read the full passage →

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.” — read the full passage →

Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to come. — read the full passage →

and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver. — read the full passage →

“Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgment. — read the full passage →

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. — read the full passage →

Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify. — read the full passage →

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

When his speech is charming, don’t believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart. — read the full passage →

Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you? — read the full passage →

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed. — read the full passage →

Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples! — read the full passage →

When Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. — read the full passage →

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, — read the full passage →

Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut: — read the full passage →

Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me. — read the full passage →

God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again. — read the full passage →

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. — read the full passage →

Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill? — read the full passage →

Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation. — read the full passage →

“If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can’t find him; — read the full passage →

After this, Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him. — read the full passage →

Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor. — read the full passage →

If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. — read the full passage →

You shall not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox, or a sheep, in which is a defect, or anything evil; for that is an abomination to Yahweh your God. — read the full passage →

These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suf, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. — read the full passage →