Positive Influence

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples. — read the full passage →

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

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

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

“Don’t let 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 you.

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; — read the full passage →

From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

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

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger: — read the full passage →

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

in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

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

Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

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

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

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.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, ‘One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,

If you come across a bird’s nest on the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall not take the hen with the young. — read the full passage →

“‘So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.

“For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase, — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

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

“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. — read the full passage →

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

having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

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

You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth? — read the full passage →

When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don’t argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things. — read the full passage →

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump? — read the full passage →

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

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in 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 first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

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

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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

You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.

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

Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober minded; — read the full passage →

Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

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

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit; — read the full passage →

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

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

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

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

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

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.