Social Skills

in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling; — read the full passage →

`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did <FI>it<Fi> .

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready, — read the full passage →

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout to Jehovah, all the earth. — read the full passage →

therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.

And thou--be speaking what doth become the sound teaching; — read the full passage →

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy brass being poured forth, And thy nakedness is revealed in thy whoredoms near thy lovers, And near all the idols of thy abominations, And according to the blood of thy sons, Whom thou hast given to them; — read the full passage →

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which <FI>is<Fi> before thee, — read the full passage →

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

For the sons of Judah Have done the evil thing in Mine eyes, An affirmation of Jehovah, They have set their abominations in the house On which My name is called--to defile it, — read the full passage →

And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people <FI>is<Fi> my people, and thy God my God.

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 →

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; — read the full passage →

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David, in the coming in unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions. — 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,

and innocent blood is not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee--an inheritance, and there hath been upon thee blood.

forbidding to marry--to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,

(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her--

But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — 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 →

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.

Words of Amos--who hath been among herdsmen of Tekoa--that he hath seen concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the shaking; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken; — read the full passage →

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth; — read the full passage →

honour thy father and mother,

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know <FI>them<Fi> , because spiritually they are discerned;

And thou dost take thy sons and thy daughters Whom thou hast born to Me, And dost sacrifice them to them for food. Is it a little thing because of thy whoredoms, — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.

Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart.

Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;

These <FI>are<Fi> births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;

for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified;

and they, having disregarded <FI>it<Fi> , went away, the one to his own field, and the other to his merchandise;

for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.

`And this <FI>is<Fi> the matter of the man-slayer who fleeth thither, and hath lived: He who smiteth his neighbour unknowingly, and is not hating him heretofore,

and I--I set My face against that man, and have cut him off from the midst of his people, for of his seed he hath given to the Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary, and to pollute My holy name.

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

when the Christ--our life--may be manifested, then also we with him shall be manifested in glory.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'

If I ascend the heavens--there Thou <FI>art<Fi> , And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

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,

And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, — read the full passage →

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one <FI>point<Fi> , he hath become guilty of all;

My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,

without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,

As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of;

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.

in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

and the God of the peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved unblameably in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ;

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,

in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling;

not that in respect of want I say <FI>it<Fi> , for I did learn in the things in which I am--to be content;

for each one his own burden shall bear.

and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,

a servant--wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free--use <FI>it<Fi> rather;

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

according as it hath been written--`There is none righteous, not even one;

Nicodemus saith unto him, `How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'

And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them, — read the full passage →

saying, `A certain judge was in a certain city--God he is not fearing, and man he is not regarding--

`And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?

`And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory; — read the full passage →

and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out;

`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.

And I have sent a fire against the house of Hazael, And it hath consumed the palaces of Ben-Hadad.

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

Sayings of pleasantness <FI>are<Fi> a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.

Thou--Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.

The Rock! --perfect <FI>is<Fi> His work, For all His ways <FI>are<Fi> just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright <FI>is<Fi> He.