Satire

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. — read the full passage →

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, — read the full passage →

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; — read the full passage →

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

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

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. — read the full passage →

Do not err, my beloved brethren. — read the full passage →

Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. — read the full passage →

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. — read the full passage →

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. — read the full passage →

And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. — read the full passage →

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. — read the full passage →

Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; — read the full passage →

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. — read the full passage →

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. — 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.

To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. — read the full passage →

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? — read the full passage →

Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: — read the full passage →

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell? — read the full passage →

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. — read the full passage →

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; — read the full passage →

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. — read the full passage →

For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? — read the full passage →

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; — read the full passage →

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. — read the full passage →

Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

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

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. — read the full passage →

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. — read the full passage →

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; — read the full passage →

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. — read the full passage →

But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? — read the full passage →

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

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; — read the full passage →

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

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; — read the full passage →

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: — read the full passage →

And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?