Rules

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them; — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

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

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”

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

If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies, and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.

“‘You shall keep my statutes. “‘You shall not cross-breed different kinds of animals. “‘You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; “‘neither shall there come upon you a garment made of two kinds of material.

“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)

“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no other commandment greater than these.”

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

“‘If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; and you shall kill the animal.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry. — read the full passage →

She doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!” — read the full passage →

When men strive against each other, and the wife of one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and takes him by his private parts, — read the full passage →

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

“‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves. — read the full passage →

“Say to Aaron, ‘None of your seed throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer the bread of his God. — read the full passage →

“‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.

but the fat, and the kidneys, and the cover from the liver of the sin offering, he burned upon the altar; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by 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 or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;

Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, — read the full passage →

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

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

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. — read the full passage →

through whom we received grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name’s sake;

Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill. — read the full passage →

“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

You will betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her. You will build a house, and you won’t dwell in it. You will plant a vineyard, and not use its fruit. — read the full passage →

He who is emasculated by crushing or cutting shall not enter into Yahweh’s assembly.

“‘If a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her flesh is blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening. — read the full passage →

The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of Yahweh your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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

knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, — read the full passage →

In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.

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

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

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

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

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

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

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

“‘You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don’t judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth, — read the full passage →

Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”

Samaria will bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”

Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Hazael said, “Why do you weep, my lord?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, and will dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.”