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Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his 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, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them. — read the full passage →

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

If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed until now: — 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 fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

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

but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again? — read the full passage →

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:

Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good. — read the full passage →

neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; so do I now. — read the full passage →

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete 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 on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven.

The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Isriches, and honor, and life. — read the full passage →

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

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death, — read the full passage →

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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

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

(for we walk by faith, not by sight); — read the full passage →

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

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

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

But his countenance fell at the saying, and he went away sorrowful: for he was one that had great possessions. — read the full passage →

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

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

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

Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

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

The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith. — read the full passage →

And he said, Against to-morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word; that thou mayest know that there is none like unto Jehovah our God.

It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not? — read the full passage →

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

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this 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 love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have come to reign without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. — read the full passage →

who will render to every man according to his works: — read the full passage →

And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations, even the unclean things of her fornication, — read the full passage →

and from Jesus Christ, who isthe faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood; — read the full passage →

And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:

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

Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also. — read the full passage →

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

And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

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

For, He that would 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 elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed. — read the full passage →

Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

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

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

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:

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

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

But ye did not so learn Christ; — read the full passage →

among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:— — read the full passage →

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

Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: but indeed ye do bear with me. — read the full passage →

Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia; — read the full passage →

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth. — read the full passage →

and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him. — read the full passage →

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

Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying, — read the full passage →

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight 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 also will forget thy children.

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

Then Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake I unto them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own 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 be radiant, and thy heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee. — read the full passage →

For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and my glory will I not give to another.

Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,—I cannot away with iniquity and 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 vapor driven to and fro by 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 →

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.

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 arrogant, 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 Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart. — read the full passage →

Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot. — read the full passage →

If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit — read the full passage →

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless 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, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

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

Jehovah 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 →