Positive Influence

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

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.

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

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.

Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples; — read the full passage →

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

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

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.

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

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.

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

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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.

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

Hear, mysons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: — read the full passage →

and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

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

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

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that dohis commandments: His praise endureth for ever.

I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.

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:

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.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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

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

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →

in all things showing thyself an ensample of good works; in thy doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity,

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — read the full passage →

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

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

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

It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

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

Hear, mysons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

They looked unto him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded.

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God,

If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: — read the full passage →

So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof: — 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 →

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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 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.

Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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.

and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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

So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

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

Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth? — read the full passage →

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

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:

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.

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 →

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

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

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

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

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

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

This is the day which Jehovah hath made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, — read the full passage →

Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;

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

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.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

O praise Jehovah, all ye nations; Laud him, all ye peoples. — read the full passage →

O ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

God be merciful unto us, and bless us, And cause his face to shine upon us; [Selah

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

the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded: — read the full passage →

Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.

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

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit; — read the full passage →

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

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

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

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.

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother’s way, or an occasion of falling.

What then shall we say to these things? If Godisfor us, whoisagainst us?

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life;

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.