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Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. — read the full passage →

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; — read the full passage →

If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

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.

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? — read the full passage →

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. — read the full passage →

Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. — read the full passage →

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life. — read the full passage →

Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, — read the full passage →

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; — read the full passage →

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) — read the full passage →

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. — read the full passage →

And he left all, rose up, and followed him. — read the full passage →

And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions. — read the full passage →

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. — read the full passage →

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

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. — read the full passage →

And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? — read the full passage →

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. — read the full passage →

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. — read the full passage →

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. — read the full passage →

Who will render to every man according to his deeds: — read the full passage →

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. — read the full passage →

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. — read the full passage →

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. — read the full passage →

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. — read the full passage →

Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. — read the full passage →

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; — read the full passage →

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; — read the full passage →

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 →

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

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 this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. — read the full passage →

But ye have not so learned Christ; — read the full passage →

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. — read the full passage →

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. — read the full passage →

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

Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; — read the full passage →

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. — read the full passage →

And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. — read the full passage →

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. — read the full passage →

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. — read the full passage →

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. — read the full passage →

For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.

Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. — read the full passage →

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. — read the full passage →

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. — read the full passage →

These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. — read the full passage →

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. — read the full passage →

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. — read the full passage →

The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. — read the full passage →

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; — read the full passage →

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? — read the full passage →

But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. — read the full passage →

Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will entice him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? — read the full passage →

The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. — read the full passage →