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Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. — read the full passage →

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. — read the full passage →

Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

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

Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. — read the full passage →

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. — read the full passage →

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. — read the full passage →

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

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. — read the full passage →

Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. — read the full passage →

I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. — read the full passage →

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. — read the full passage →

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.

O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. — read the full passage →

I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. — read the full passage →

Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. — read the full passage →

Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. — read the full passage →

And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; — read the full passage →

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. — read the full passage →

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory 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 the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

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

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

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

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

For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? — read the full passage →

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.

Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.