Protests

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'

Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.

and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;

And I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren--then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner; — read the full passage →

And working together also we call upon <FI>you<Fi> that ye receive not in vain the grace of God-- — read the full passage →

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

and having known that he is a Jew, one voice came out of all, for about two hours, crying, `Great <FI>is<Fi> the Artemis of the Ephesians!'

The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.

Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon <FI>you<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

so that your enemy have I become, being true to you?

Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one--My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth. — read the full passage →

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming--I am;' — read the full passage →

They were ashamed that one hath trusted, They have come unto it and are confounded. — read the full passage →

he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice, — read the full passage →

for the Writing saith, `An ox treading out thou shalt not muzzle,' and `Worthy <FI>is<Fi> the workman of his reward.'

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God? — read the full passage →

Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few. — read the full passage →

`But woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.

And as he is going forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, `Teacher, see! what stones! and what buildings!' — read the full passage →

and Paul said, `I did not know, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it hath been written, Of the ruler of thy people thou shalt not speak evil;' — read the full passage →

The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge. — read the full passage →

And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land, — read the full passage →

and many days <FI>are<Fi> to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law, — read the full passage →

Hearken unto Me, ye who know righteousness, A people, in whose heart <FI>is<Fi> My law, Fear ye not the reproach of men, And for their reviling be not affrighted, — read the full passage →

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering; — read the full passage →

And the man who acteth with presumption, so as not to hearken unto the priest (who is standing to serve there Jehovah thy God), or unto the judge, even that man hath died, and thou hast put away the evil thing from Israel,

as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee. — read the full passage →

Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and, lo, a basket of summer-fruit. — read the full passage →

The violence hath risen to a rod of wickedness, There is none of them, nor of their multitude, Nor of their noise, nor is there wailing for them. — read the full passage →

And--thou dost not look on the day of thy brother, On the day of his alienation, Nor dost thou rejoice over sons of Judah, In the day of their destruction, Nor make great thy mouth in a day of distress. — read the full passage →

The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness--a true reward. — read the full passage →

`At that time hath Jehovah said unto me, Grave for thee two tables of stone, like the first, and come up unto Me, into the mount, and thou hast made for thee an ark of wood, — read the full passage →

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready, — read the full passage →

for also our God <FI>is<Fi> a consuming fire. — read the full passage →

On that day hath the king Ahasuerus given to Esther the queen the house of Haman, adversary of the Jews, and Mordecai hath come in before the king, for Esther hath declared what he <FI>is<Fi> to her, — read the full passage →

for a sin of divination <FI>is<Fi> rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim <FI>is<Fi> stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also doth reject thee from <FI>being<Fi> king.' — read the full passage →

for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail <FI>doth<Fi> her who is with child, and they shall not escape;

and he who died came forth, being bound feet and hands with grave-clothes, and his visage with a napkin was bound about; Jesus saith to them, `Loose him, and suffer to go.' — read the full passage →

And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd, — read the full passage →

Lo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened. — read the full passage →

`Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life. — read the full passage →

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

having stripped the principalities and the authorities, he made a shew of them openly--having triumphed over them in it. — read the full passage →

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends; — read the full passage →

judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.' — read the full passage →

make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father--Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham; — read the full passage →

And I turn back, and lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, four chariots are coming forth from between two of the mountains, and the mountains <FI>are<Fi> mountains of brass. — read the full passage →

Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me. — read the full passage →

Bow and halbert they seize, Cruel <FI>are<Fi> they, and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea soundeth, and on horses they ride, Set in array as a man for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> with me, as a terrible mighty one, Therefore my persecutors stumble and prevail not, They have been exceedingly ashamed, For they have not acted wisely, Confusion age-during is not forgotten. — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth. — read the full passage →

And I--I said, `Surely these <FI>are<Fi> poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God. — read the full passage →

And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness--Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age. — read the full passage →

Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied. — read the full passage →

By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone. — read the full passage →

All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked <FI>worketh<Fi> for a day of evil. — read the full passage →

Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me. — read the full passage →

Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity? — read the full passage →

If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents. — read the full passage →

Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity; — read the full passage →

And I proclaim there a fast, by the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our God, to seek from Him a right way for us, and for our infants, and for all our substance, — read the full passage →

for from Jehovah it hath been to strengthen their heart, to meet in battle with Israel, in order to devote them, so that they have no grace, but in order to destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.' — read the full passage →

for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God, — read the full passage →

For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously. — read the full passage →

Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence <FI>are<Fi> before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift <FI>itself<Fi> up, — read the full passage →

and thou hast been mad, because of the sight of thine eyes which thou dost see. — read the full passage →

among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath--as also the others, — read the full passage →

for I say to you, that to every one having shall be given, and from him not having, also what he hath shall be taken from him, — read the full passage →

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is--to God. — read the full passage →

And I have sent a fire against Moab, And it hath consumed the palaces of Kerioth, And dying with noise is Moab, With shouting, with voice of a trumpet. — read the full passage →

And I also deal in fury, Mine eye doth not pity, nor do I spare, and they have cried in Mine ears--a loud voice--and I do not hear them.' — read the full passage →

The burden of Egypt. Lo, Jehovah is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He hath entered Egypt, And moved have been the idols of Egypt at His presence, And the heart of Egypt melteth in its midst. — read the full passage →

Mine enemies rejoice not over me <FI>with<Fi> falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: -- — read the full passage →

And he goeth up thence to Beth-El, and he is going up in the way, and little youths have come out from the city, and scoff at him, and say to him, `Go up, bald-head! go up, bald-head!' — read the full passage →

and the serpent did cast forth after the woman, out of his mouth, water as a river, that he may cause her to be carried away by the river, — read the full passage →

who being reviled--was not reviling again, suffering--was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

by the decree of the sifters <FI>is<Fi> the sentence, and by the saying of the holy ones the requirement, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it, and the lowest of men He doth raise up over it. — read the full passage →

and they say unto Joshua, `Surely Jehovah hath given into our hand all the land; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.' — read the full passage →

and he turneth hither and thither, and seeth that there is no man, and smiteth the Egyptian, and hideth him in the sand. — read the full passage →

And the unbelieving Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to them of the loungers certain evil men, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having assailed also the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring <FI>them<Fi> to the populace, — read the full passage →

being grieved because of their teaching the people, and preaching in Jesus the rising again out of the dead-- — read the full passage →

And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: `Happy the poor--because yours is the reign of God. — read the full passage →

and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea. — read the full passage →

The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying <FI>it<Fi> to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one. — read the full passage →

Full of stirs--a noisy city--an exulting city, Thy pierced are not pierced of the sword, Nor dead in battle. — read the full passage →

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Rivulets of waters <FI>is<Fi> the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it. — read the full passage →

The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it--shame, And a reprover of the wicked--his blemish. — read the full passage →

By rivers of Babylon--There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. — read the full passage →

Princes also sat--against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes, — read the full passage →

For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make, — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. --A Psalm of David. Only--toward God <FI>is<Fi> my soul silent, From Him <FI>is<Fi> my salvation. — read the full passage →

The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit. — read the full passage →

Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity? — read the full passage →

For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple, — read the full passage →

And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name <FI>is<Fi> Micah, — read the full passage →