The Jezebel Spirit

`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;

And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass--hath it been light his walking in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat? --then he taketh a wife, Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and goeth and serveth Baal, and boweth himself to it,

And it cometh to pass, at Jehoram's seeing Jehu, that he saith, `Is there peace, Jehu?' and he saith, `What <FI>is<Fi> the peace, while the whoredoms of Jezebel thy mother, and her witchcrafts, are many?'

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

surely there hath none been like Ahab, who sold himself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, whom Jezebel his wife hath moved,

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

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;

And Elisha the prophet hath called to one of the sons of the prophets, and saith to him, `Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-Gilead, — read the full passage →

`Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel's slaying the prophets of Jehovah, that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

`And also of Jezebel hath Jehovah spoken, saying, The dogs do eat Jezebel in the bulwark of Jezreel;

And it cometh to pass, after these things, a vineyard hath been to Naboth the Jezreelite, that <FI>is<Fi> in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab king of Samaria, — read the full passage →

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

and the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, in which he led astray those who did receive the mark of the beast, and those who did bow before his image; living they were cast--the two--to the lake of the fire, that is burning with brimstone;

and the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phenician by nation--and was asking him, that the demon he may cast forth out of her daughter. — read the full passage →

And he answereth and speaketh unto me, saying: `This <FI>is<Fi> a word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying: Not by a force, nor by power, But--by My Spirit, said Jehovah of Hosts.

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 it leadeth astray those dwelling on the land, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling upon the land to make an image to the beast that hath the stroke of the sword and did live,

And the days are many, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Elijah in the third year, saying, `Go, appear unto Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground;' — read the full passage →

And a word of Jehovah is unto Jehu son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying, — read the full passage →

Because of this it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside, — read the full passage →

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

`In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision hath appeared unto me--I Daniel--after that which had appeared unto me at the beginning. — read the full passage →

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing. — read the full passage →

and I saw <FI>come<Fi> out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs-- — read the full passage →

and the woman that thou didst see is the great city that is having reign over the kings of the land.'

Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

Jesus saith to her, `Thy brother shall rise again.'

Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace <FI>are<Fi> his lips, a king <FI>is<Fi> his friend. — read the full passage →

And the men of Ephraim say unto him, `What <FI>is<Fi> this thing thou hast done to us--not to call for us when thou didst go to fight with Midian?' and they strive with him severely; — read the full passage →

greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward; — read the full passage →

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly. — read the full passage →

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

By sons of Korah. --A Psalm, a song. His foundation <FI>is<Fi> in holy mountains. — read the full passage →

`To the messenger of the Ephesian assembly write: These things saith he who is holding the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the midst of the seven lamp-stands--the golden: — read the full passage →

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

and no wonder--for even the Adversary doth transform himself into a messenger of light; — read the full passage →

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 I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, — read the full passage →

have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? `for they shall be--saith He--the two for one flesh.' — read the full passage →

for yet ye are fleshly, for where <FI>there is<Fi> among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not fleshly, and in the manner of men do walk? — read the full passage →

And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb, — read the full passage →

and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, `The sinless of you--let him first cast the stone at her;' — read the full passage →

And having ended all temptation, the Devil departed from him till a convenient season. — 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 →

And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts, saying: — read the full passage →

And the messenger who is speaking with me goeth forth, and saith unto me, `Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see what <FI>is<Fi> this that is coming forth?' — read the full passage →

And kept habitually are the statutes of Omri, And all the work of the house of Ahab, And ye do walk in their counsels, For My giving thee for a desolation, And its inhabitants for a hissing, And the reproach of My people ye do bear!

A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, that he hath seen concerning Samaria and Jerusalem: — read the full passage →

`Rejoice not, O Israel, be not joyful like the peoples, For thou hast gone a-whoring from thy God, Thou hast loved a gift near all floors of corn. — read the full passage →

`Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment <FI>is<Fi> for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor. — read the full passage →

Purify themselves, yea, make themselves white, yea, refined are many: and the wicked have done wickedly, and none of the wicked understand, and those acting wisely do understand;

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

And thou, lift up a lamentation unto princes of Israel, — read the full passage →

But hear, ye women, a word of Jehovah, And your ear receiveth a word of His mouth, And teach ye your daughters wailing, and each her neighbour lamentation. — read the full passage →

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom enlarge ye the mouth? Prolong ye the tongue? Are not ye children of transgression? a false seed? — read the full passage →

Come down, and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the earth, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, `O tender and delicate one.' — read the full passage →

Take a harp, go round the city, O forgotten harlot, play well, Multiply song that thou mayest be remembered.

And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart <FI>is<Fi> nets and snares, her hands <FI>are<Fi> bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her. — 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 →

Also, without knowledge the soul <FI>is<Fi> not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning. — read the full passage →

A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame. — read the full passage →

A ring of gold in the nose of a sow--A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour. — read the full passage →

Balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight <FI>is<Fi> His delight. — read the full passage →

The commencement of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones <FI>is<Fi> understanding. — read the full passage →

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, — read the full passage →

To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things, — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, on the octave. --A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men: — read the full passage →

And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart. — read the full passage →

And David cometh in to Nob, unto Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembleth at meeting David, and saith to him, `Wherefore <FI>art<Fi> thou thyself alone, and no man with thee?' — read the full passage →

And a messenger of Jehovah goeth up from Gilgal unto Bochim, — read the full passage →

`And if one person sin in ignorance, then he hath brought near a she-goat, daughter of a year, for a sin-offering; — read the full passage →

and a spirit of jealousy hath passed over him, and he hath been jealous of his wife, and she hath been defiled; --or, a spirit of jealousy hath passed over him, and he hath been jealous of his wife, and she hath not been defiled-- — read the full passage →

they are holy to their God, and they pollute not the name of their God, for the fire-offerings of Jehovah, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy. — read the full passage →

for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that <FI>is<Fi> in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it. — read the full passage →

and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, <FI>it is<Fi> an unruly evil, full of deadly poison, — read the full passage →

And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up; — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies. — read the full passage →

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him; — read the full passage →

who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

For we--wilfully sinning after the receiving the full knowledge of the truth--no more for sins doth there remain a sacrifice, — read the full passage →

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price, — read the full passage →

prophesyings despise not; — read the full passage →

For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another, — read the full passage →

because, having known God they did not glorify <FI>Him<Fi> as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened, — read the full passage →

and others mocking said, --`They are full of sweet wine;' — read the full passage →

and he said to them, `I was beholding the Adversary, as lightning from the heaven having fallen; — read the full passage →

and then shall many be stumbled, and they shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another. — read the full passage →

`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it; — read the full passage →

`But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna. — read the full passage →

Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly--as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like! — read the full passage →

Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me. — read the full passage →

And Joseph hath been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners, an Egyptian man, buyeth him out of the hands of the Ishmaelites who have brought him thither. — read the full passage →