Poor Vision

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

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

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. — read the full passage →

Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! — read the full passage →

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good.

Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. — read the full passage →

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. — read the full passage →

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

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

For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. — read the full passage →

For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace: — read the full passage →

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

And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind. — read the full passage →

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; — read the full passage →

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. — read the full passage →

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned. — read the full passage →

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: — read the full passage →

But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up. — read the full passage →

For this people’s heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them. — read the full passage →

For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath. — read the full passage →

Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them. — read the full passage →

for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also. — read the full passage →

And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. — read the full passage →

Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near: — read the full passage →

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; — read the full passage →

Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor. — read the full passage →

Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back. — read the full passage →

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon. — read the full passage →

For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering. — read the full passage →

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net. — read the full passage →

Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing? — read the full passage →

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself? — read the full passage →

But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; — read the full passage →

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: — read the full passage →

We love, because he first loved us. — read the full passage →

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:

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will show thee my faith.

By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honor, And didst set him over the works of thy hands:

But one hath somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

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.

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.

and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

Now when they heardthis, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do? — read the full passage →

Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens.

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. — read the full passage →

It is he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.

For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope — read the full passage →

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.

because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened. — read the full passage →

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

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

And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.

Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; And thou renewest the face of the ground.

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.

O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.

Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty: — read the full passage →

They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. — read the full passage →

The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul: The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.

And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.