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

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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.

(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Now as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? — read the full passage →

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

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

And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all? — read the full passage →

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

This isthe end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house. — read the full passage →

And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him; — read the full passage →

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

not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:

yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.

Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.

And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;

The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom; And before honorgoethhumility.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. — read the full passage →

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he saith unto them, If any man would be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.

For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. — read the full passage →

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. — read the full passage →

Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.

The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Isriches, and honor, and life.

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? — read the full passage →

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,

But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and godliness,

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all? — read the full passage →

I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men. — read the full passage →

and I appoint unto you a kingdom, even as my Father appointed unto me,

And as he was going forth into the way, there ran one to him, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? — read the full passage →

Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold. — read the full passage →

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

And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.

Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold. — read the full passage →

A man’s goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Jesus wept.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.

Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?

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.

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves unto the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.

He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat. — read the full passage →

Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice; — read the full passage →

I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledgeanddiscretion. — read the full passage →