Poor Vision

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

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

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. — read the full passage →

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen 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, 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 world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living 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 record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. — read the full passage →

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. — read the full passage →

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

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. — read the full passage →

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify 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, and be merry. — read the full passage →

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. — read the full passage →

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

But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, 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 at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

Then will I 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 the Lord 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 perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. — read the full passage →

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; — read the full passage →

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. — read the full passage →

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. — read the full passage →

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

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. — read the full passage →

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine 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 honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself? — read the full passage →

But if thine heart turn away, so that 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 thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: — read the full passage →

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

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

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

But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

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

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? — read the full passage →

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

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

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

Wherefore, if God 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 fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better 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 hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

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

It is he that sitteth upon 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 the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

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

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

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

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

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

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, — read the full passage →

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. — read the full passage →

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which 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 abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell 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; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour 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 the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. — read the full passage →

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

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

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord 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 sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

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

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.