Provocation

A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

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

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

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

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

Therefore to him 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.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

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

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb. — read the full passage →

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

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

And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

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

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

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: — read the full passage →

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. — read the full passage →

For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: — read the full passage →

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

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 mankind, — read the full passage →

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.

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

But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.

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

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

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

Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

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

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 →

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

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

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

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, 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 →

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

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

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own 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 God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

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.

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

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

After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. — 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;

And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.

For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, — read the full passage →

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

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

Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

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

And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

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

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

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

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

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

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

Can two walk together, except they be 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, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

The word of the Lord 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, to get dishonest gain.

And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet 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 seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

Therefore the Lord himself shall 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 the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: 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 vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

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

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.