Positive Influence

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; — read the full passage →

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine 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 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.

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

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

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

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

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, 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 teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. — read the full passage →

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and 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 the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →

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

In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. — read the full passage →

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

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of 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, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling 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, whether they be 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 defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of 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 fruits thereof: — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants 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 comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, 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 his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →

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

Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

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

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? — read the full passage →

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

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:

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

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, 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 followers of God, as dear 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, 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 afraid.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting 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 the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

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

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

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

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

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

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: 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 him in spirit and in truth.

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

O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. — read the full passage →

Ye that love the Lord, 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.

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; — read the full passage →

Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. — read the full passage →

Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

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

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; — 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 them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

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

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

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

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