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and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

have ye not known that those running in a race--all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain; — read the full passage →

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any;

And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn; — read the full passage →

The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour--honour.

and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches, — read the full passage →

If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil--hand to mouth! — read the full passage →

if to boast it behoveth <FI>me<Fi> , of the things of my infirmity I will boast;

For seven <FI>times<Fi> doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.

In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful, — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy; — read the full passage →

only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

be strong and courageous, fear not, nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> He who is going with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee.'

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

And the righteous layeth hold <FI>on<Fi> his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And--dumb are they all.

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increaseth might. — read the full passage →

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

And he saith unto her, `As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield. — read the full passage →

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift <FI>is<Fi> the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all.

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; — read the full passage →

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 →

and he stationeth himself in the midst of the portion, and delivereth it, and smiteth the Philistines, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation.

And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways,

For by Thee I run--a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.

I do fully testify, then, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge living and dead at his manifestation and his reign-- — read the full passage →

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding-- — read the full passage →

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!

Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly <FI>is<Fi> wisdom.

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,

From Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth. — read the full passage →

to whom <FI>is<Fi> the glory to the ages of the ages. Amen.

I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because--at my right hand I am not moved.

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility,

for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

for the weapons of our warfare <FI>are<Fi> not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,

For we do not make bold to rank or to compare ourselves with certain of those commending themselves, but they, among themselves measuring themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise, — read the full passage →

And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.

Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not. — read the full passage →

Sons of Reuben, and the Gadite, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, of sons of valour, men bearing shield and sword, and treading bow, and taught in battle, <FI>are<Fi> forty and four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going out to the host. — read the full passage →

Go up, ye horses; and boast yourselves, ye chariots, And go forth, ye mighty, Cush and Phut handling the shield, And Lud handling--treading the bow.

`And the sons come in, and possess the land, and Thou humblest before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and givest them into their hand, and their kings, and the peoples of the land, to do with them according to their pleasure.

For near <FI>is<Fi> the day of Jehovah, on all the nations, As thou hast done, it is done to thee, Thy deed doth turn back on thine own head.

For My sake, for Mine own sake, I do <FI>it<Fi> , For how is it polluted? And Mine honour to another I give not.

Cease for you from man, Whose breath <FI>is<Fi> in his nostrils, For--in what is he esteemed?

Jesus said to her, `I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live; — read the full passage →

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.' — read the full passage →

and out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace;

And the king Zedekiah saith, `Lo, he <FI>is<Fi> in your hand: for the king is not able for you <FI>in<Fi> anything.'

And Jesus answering said to him--`It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.' — read the full passage →

that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man, — read the full passage →

for if according to the flesh ye do live, ye are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body ye put to death, ye shall live; — read the full passage →

`And now, lo, I--bound in the Spirit--go on to Jerusalem, the things that shall befall me in it not knowing, — read the full passage →

for to every one having shall be given, and he shall have overabundance, and from him who is not having, even that which he hath shall be taken from him; — read the full passage →

His hands rings of gold, set with beryl, His heart bright ivory, covered with sapphires, — read the full passage →

Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings. — read the full passage →

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

and the Writing having foreseen that by faith God doth declare righteous the nations did proclaim before the good news to Abraham-- — read the full passage →

who also sealed us, and gave the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. — read the full passage →

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you, — read the full passage →

because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard of before in the word of the truth of the good news, — read the full passage →

and they say unto Joshua, `Surely Jehovah hath given into our hand all the land; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.' — read the full passage →

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind; — read the full passage →

and all this assembly do know that not by sword and by spear doth Jehovah save, that the battle <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah's, and He hath given you into our hand.' — read the full passage →

And after the three days and a half, a spirit of life from God did enter into them, and they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell upon those beholding them, — read the full passage →

for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail <FI>doth<Fi> her who is with child, and they shall not escape;

But I say, Did not Israel know? first Moses saith, `I will provoke you to jealousy by <FI>that which is<Fi> not a nation; by an unintelligent nation I will anger you,' — read the full passage →

and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles. — read the full passage →

not concerning you all do I speak; I have known whom I chose for myself; but that the Writing may be fulfilled: He who is eating the bread with me, did lift up against me his heel. — read the full passage →

and Jesus having called them near, said, `Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God; — read the full passage →

and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger. — read the full passage →

`And by his understanding he hath also caused deceit to prosper in his hand, and in his heart he exerteth himself, and by ease he destroyeth many; and against the prince of princes he standeth--and without hand he is broken.

He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit. — read the full passage →

Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, <FI>Is<Fi> a man boasting himself in a false gift. — read the full passage →

He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy. — read the full passage →

Singers have been before, Behind <FI>are<Fi> players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels. — read the full passage →

Skin and flesh Thou dost put on me, And with bones and sinews dost fence me. — read the full passage →

And Gideon saith unto God, `If Thou art Saviour of Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken, — read the full passage →