The Bad Good

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. — read the full passage →

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. — read the full passage →

Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing: only let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach.” — read the full passage →

Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good. — read the full passage →

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”

who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, — read the full passage →

Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. — read the full passage →

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, — read the full passage →

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. — read the full passage →

As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh? — read the full passage →

But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets; — read the full passage →

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and falling headlong, his body burst open, and all his intestines gushed out.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?” — read the full passage →

Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced, — read the full passage →

He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.

For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ — read the full passage →

He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:

“Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. — read the full passage →

The hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Yahweh, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. — read the full passage →

For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord Yahweh: therefore turn yourselves, and live.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

“Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. — read the full passage →

“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old. — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them. — read the full passage →

Yahweh of Armies will stir up a scourge against him, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. His rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up like he did against Egypt.

Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, — read the full passage →

“‘So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruits of the land, you shall keep the feast of Yahweh seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. — read the full passage →

But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life, — read the full passage →

Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. — read the full passage →

Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?”

Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you. — read the full passage →

Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me. — read the full passage →

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’” — read the full passage →

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →

God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food. — read the full passage →