Self Defense

`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him; — read the full passage →

By David. Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

Then said he to them, `But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take <FI>it<Fi> up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword,

`When the strong man armed may keep his hall, in peace are his goods;

Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; — read the full passage →

A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, <FI>Is<Fi> the righteous falling before the wicked.

Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish; — read the full passage →

The builders on the wall, and the bearers of the burden, those lading, <FI>each<Fi> with one of his hands is working in the business, and one is laying hold of the missile. — read the full passage →

but I--I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

If possible--so far as in you--with all men being in peace;

And Moses speaketh unto the people, saying, `Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian;

`When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep. — read the full passage →

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

If <FI>from<Fi> delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter--thou keepest back.

`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

`And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man; — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

`No one is able the vessels of the strong man--having entered into his house--to spoil, if first he may not bind the strong man, and then his house he will spoil.

Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

`Thou dost not murder.

And I see, and rise up, and say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `Be not afraid of them; the Lord, the great and the fearful, remember ye, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.'

Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms.

that the king hath given to the Jews who <FI>are<Fi> in every city and city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize.

Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the chief priest's servant, and cut off his right ear--and the name of the servant was Malchus-- — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, — read the full passage →

Say unto them, I live--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I delight not in the death of the wicked, But--in the turning of the wicked from his way, And he hath lived, Turn back, turn back, from your evil ways, Yea, why do ye die, O house of Israel?

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

if the sun hath risen upon him, blood <FI>is<Fi> for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft;

`Happy the peacemakers--because they shall be called Sons of God.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water. — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

yea, it cometh to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the heads <FI>are<Fi> behind all the house of Judah. — read the full passage →

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

He chooseth new gods, Then war <FI>is<Fi> at the gates! A shield is not seen--and a spear Among forty thousand in Israel.

And David saith to his men, `Gird ye on each his sword;' and they gird on each his sword, and David also girdeth on his sword, and there go up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred have remained by the vessels.

Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the chief priest's servant, and cut off his right ear--and the name of the servant was Malchus--

even he who cometh in with his neighbour into a forest to hew wood, and his hand hath driven with an axe to cut the tree, and the iron hath slipped from the wood, and hath met his neighbour, and he hath died--he doth flee unto one of these cities, and hath lived,

And an artificer is not found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, `Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear;' — read the full passage →

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

And he said to them, `When I sent you without bag, and scrip, and sandals, did ye lack anything?' and they said, `Nothing.' — read the full passage →

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

Then said he to them, `But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take <FI>it<Fi> up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword, — read the full passage →

The builders on the wall, and the bearers of the burden, those lading, <FI>each<Fi> with one of his hands is working in the business, and one is laying hold of the missile.

For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me. — read the full passage →

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

And here is a fear of Jehovah on all kingdoms of the lands that <FI>are<Fi> round about Judah, and they have not fought with Jehoshaphat;

Jesus Christ yesterday and to-day the same, and to the ages;

`Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands--the least--and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach <FI>them<Fi> , he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.

For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed.

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might; — read the full passage →

and Jesus having taken up <FI>the word<Fi> , said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving <FI>him<Fi> half dead. — read the full passage →

And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

`Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things-- — read the full passage →

And they said, `Sir, lo, here <FI>are<Fi> two swords;' and he said to them, `It is sufficient.'

from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ye do number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron;

Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

And the builders <FI>are<Fi> each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a trumpet <FI>is<Fi> beside me.

For thus said Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty is taken, And the prey of the terrible is delivered, And with thy striver I strive, and thy sons I save.

And it hath been, in the day of battle, that there hath not been found sword and spear in the hand of any of the people who <FI>are<Fi> with Saul and with Jonathan--and there is found to Saul and to Jonathan his son. — read the full passage →

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

that we may not be over-reached by the Adversary, for of his devices we are not ignorant.

for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;

Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

and saith, `This is the custom of the king who doth reign over you: Your sons he doth take, and hath appointed for himself among his chariots, and among his horsemen, and they have run before his chariots;

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

that the king hath given to the Jews who <FI>are<Fi> in every city and city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize. — read the full passage →

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

And Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead, and he strengtheneth himself against Israel, — read the full passage →

And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;' — read the full passage →

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

`Happy the meek--because they shall inherit the land.

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

`Happy the mourning--because they shall be comforted.

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens: — read the full passage →

A city broken down without walls, <FI>Is<Fi> a man without restraint over his spirit!

And questioning him also were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, `Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'

Jesus, therefore, said to Peter, `Put the sword into the sheath; the cup that the Father hath given to me, may I not drink it?'

Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, `I <FI>am<Fi> mighty.'

and out of his mouth doth proceed a sharp sword, that with it he may smite the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he doth tread the press of the wine of the wrath and the anger of God the Almighty,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, <FI>near<Fi> Jericho, saying, — read the full passage →

in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.'

And a certain one of them smote the servant of the chief priest, and took off his right ear,