Provocation

A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

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

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb. — read the full passage →

looking carefully lestthere beany man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, — read the full passage →

And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.

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

And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and his witness is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye also may believe.

and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: — read the full passage →

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man: — read the full passage →

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

I marvel that ye are so quickly removing from him that called you in the grace of Christ unto a different gospel; — read the full passage →

But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

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 →

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.

but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.

And I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith Jehovah; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.

And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.

Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words.

Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set one upon his throne;

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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 →

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

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.

Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues which are written in this book: — read the full passage →

and they shall see his face; and his name shall be on their foreheads.

and from Jesus Christ, who isthe faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;

To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

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.

but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.

for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

After these things Jesus manifested himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and he manifestedhimselfon this wise. — read the full passage →

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. — read the full passage →

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),

it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon’s porch.

for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.

it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus;

Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, — read the full passage →

And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him. — read the full passage →

And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?

But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

and Judah begat Perez and Zerah of Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron begat Ram;

For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?

And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you and to the strangers that sojourn among you, who shall beget children among you; and they shall be unto you as the home-born among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

And as for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom.

If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.