Socialism

Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man,

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

for the Writing saith, `An ox treading out thou shalt not muzzle,' and `Worthy <FI>is<Fi> the workman of his reward.'

let no one seek his own--but each another's.

Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion, — read the full passage →

And I say unto them: `If good in your eyes, give my hire, and if not, forbear;' and they weigh out my hire--thirty silverlings.

`Thou dost not steal.

`And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee; — read the full passage →

The words of a tale-bearer <FI>are<Fi> as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down <FI>to<Fi> the inner parts of the heart. — read the full passage →

and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats--let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals--in like manner let him do.' — read the full passage →

Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

who doth serve as a soldier at his own charges at any time? who doth plant a vineyard, and of its fruit doth not eat? or who doth feed a flock, and of the milk of the flock doth not eat?

`At the end of three years thou dost bring out all the tithe of thine increase in that year, and hast placed <FI>it<Fi> within thy gates; — read the full passage →

`This <FI>is<Fi> the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: Gather of it each according to his eating, an omer for a poll; and the number of your persons, take ye each for those in his tent.' — read the full passage →

And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God, that hath been given in the assemblies of Macedonia, — read the full passage →

Trust not in princes--in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.

As to the rest, pray ye, brethren, concerning us, that the word of the Lord may run and may be glorified, as also with you, — read the full passage →

and whether one member doth suffer, suffer with <FI>it<Fi> do all the members, or one member is glorified, rejoice with <FI>it<Fi> do all the members;

Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon <FI>you<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

`Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart--worthless, saying, Near <FI>is<Fi> the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin; — read the full passage →

`And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase; — read the full passage →

Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled <FI>with<Fi> poverty. — read the full passage →

and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately. — read the full passage →

`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard, — read the full passage →

`When thou comest in unto the vineyard of thy neighbour, then thou hast eaten grapes, according to thy desire, thy sufficiency; but into thy vessel thou dost not put <FI>any<Fi> . — read the full passage →

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

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted; — read the full passage →

The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness--a true reward. — read the full passage →

He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause <FI>them<Fi> to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world. — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth. — read the full passage →

And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain. — read the full passage →

Sworn hath Jehovah by His right hand, Even by the arm of His strength: `I give not thy corn any more <FI>as<Fi> food for thine enemies, Nor do sons of a stranger drink thy new wine, For which thou hast laboured. — read the full passage →

After these things did Jesus manifest himself again to the disciples on the sea of Tiberias, and he did manifest himself thus: — read the full passage →

`Ye do not add to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks, as heretofore--they go and have gathered straw for themselves; — read the full passage →

And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners, said to his disciples, `Why--that with the tax-gatherers and sinners he doth eat and drink?' — read the full passage →

dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers? — read the full passage →

Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death. — read the full passage →

thou dost surely wear away, both thou, and this people which <FI>is<Fi> with thee, for the thing is too heavy for thee, thou art not able to do it by thyself. — read the full passage →

As for you, ye devised against me evil--God devised it for good, in order to do as <FI>at<Fi> this day, to keep alive a numerous people; — read the full passage →

For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four--it is not able to bear: — read the full passage →

In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh. — read the full passage →

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. — read the full passage →

By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone. — read the full passage →

Righteous <FI>is<Fi> the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him. — read the full passage →

`The Roebuck, O Israel, On thy high places <FI>is<Fi> wounded; How have the mighty fallen! — read the full passage →

not as Cain--of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous. — read the full passage →

And from thence having risen, he went away to the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and having entered into the house, he wished none to know, and he was not able to be hid, — read the full passage →

Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth. — read the full passage →

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten? — read the full passage →

if any one be teaching otherwise, and do not consent to sound words--those of our Lord Jesus Christ--and to the teaching according to piety, — read the full passage →

for to me to live <FI>is<Fi> Christ, and to die gain. — read the full passage →

for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

and Peter raised him, saying, `Stand up; I also myself am a man;' — read the full passage →

Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and, lo, a basket of summer-fruit. — read the full passage →

`Ah, Lord Jehovah, lo, Thou hast made the heavens and the earth by Thy great power, and by Thy stretched-out arm; there is nothing too wonderful for Thee: — read the full passage →

Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee. — read the full passage →

O Jehovah, my God <FI>art<Fi> Thou, I exalt Thee, I confess Thy name, For Thou hast done a wonderful thing, Counsels of old, stedfastness, O stedfast One. — read the full passage →

And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace. — read the full passage →

for as the lightning that is lightening out of the one <FI>part<Fi> under heaven, to the other part under heaven doth shine, so shall be also the Son of Man in his day; — read the full passage →

`And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, my standing <FI>is<Fi> for a strengthener, and for a stronghold to him; — read the full passage →

And the sentence hath gone forth, and the wise men are being slain, and they have sought Daniel and his companions to be slain. — read the full passage →

Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness--Then am I propitious to her. — read the full passage →

and I fell before his feet, to bow before him, and he saith to me, `See--not! fellow servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren, those having the testimony of Jesus; bow before God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of the prophecy.' — read the full passage →

not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,

and Paul said, `I did not know, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it hath been written, Of the ruler of thy people thou shalt not speak evil;' — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, `Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.' — read the full passage →

And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, `With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.' — read the full passage →

Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts. — read the full passage →

Good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him. — read the full passage →

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me. — read the full passage →

And Elisha spake unto the woman whose son he had revived, saying, `Rise and go, thou and thy household, and sojourn where thou dost sojourn, for Jehovah hath called for a famine, and also, it is coming unto the land seven years.' — read the full passage →

The burden of a word of Jehovah on Israel. An affirmation of Jehovah, Stretching out heaven, and founding earth, And forming the spirit of man in his midst. — read the full passage →

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is--to God. — read the full passage →

A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not, — read the full passage →

And I say, `I beseech thee, O Jehovah, God of the heavens, God, the great and the fearful, keeping the covenant and kindness for those loving Him, and for those keeping His commands, — read the full passage →

And there is a famine in the days of David three years, year after year, and David seeketh the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah saith, `For Saul and for the bloody house, because that he put to death the Gibeonites.' — read the full passage →

And the Canaanite--king Arad--dwelling in the south, heareth that Israel hath come the way of the Atharim, and he fighteth against Israel, and taketh <FI>some<Fi> of them captive. — read the full passage →

and it was given to them that they may not kill them, but that they may be tormented five months, and their torment <FI>is<Fi> as the torment of a scorpion, when it may strike a man; — read the full passage →

`But I have against thee a few things: That thou dost suffer the woman Jezebel, who is calling herself a prophetess, to teach, and to lead astray, my servants to commit whoredom, and idol-sacrifices to eat; — read the full passage →

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber; — read the full passage →

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you--they have their reward! — read the full passage →

Wine <FI>is<Fi> a scorner--strong drink <FI>is<Fi> noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise. — read the full passage →

The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident. — read the full passage →

Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen. — read the full passage →

because of their wickedness that they have done, by provoking Me to anger, by going to make perfume, by serving other gods, that they knew not, they, ye, and your fathers. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent, — read the full passage →

Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart <FI>is<Fi> war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they <FI>are<Fi> drawn <FI>swords<Fi> . — read the full passage →

Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart. — read the full passage →

and go out unto his presence doth Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, and saith unto king Jehoshaphat, `To give help to the wicked, and to those hating Jehovah, dost thou love? and for this against thee <FI>is<Fi> wrath from before Jehovah, — read the full passage →

and the king hearkened not unto the people, for the revolution was from Jehovah, in order to establish His word that Jehovah spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat. — read the full passage →

`When there ariseth in your midst a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he hath given unto thee a sign or wonder, — read the full passage →

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,

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

Woe to him who is building his house by unrighteousness, And his upper chambers by injustice, On his neighbour he layeth service for nought, And his wage he doth not give to him. — read the full passage →

For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor. — read the full passage →

I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it. — read the full passage →

And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper. — read the full passage →

`Ye do not turn unto the idols, and a molten god ye do not make to yourselves; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God. — read the full passage →

And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.' — read the full passage →