Rules

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

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 →

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

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 all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.

Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

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 →

Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. — read the full passage →

For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

And he went up from thence unto Beth–el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. — read the full passage →

When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets: — read the full passage →

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. — read the full passage →

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. — read the full passage →

Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. — read the full passage →

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the Lord commanded Moses.

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

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

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

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, — read the full passage →

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →

By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. — read the full passage →

He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. — read the full passage →

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

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

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

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

Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, — read the full passage →

For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

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 →

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

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 →

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

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.

Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. — 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.

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; — read the full passage →

Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. — read the full passage →

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

And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.