Tough Decisions

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. — read the full passage →

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

O Jehovah my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long go ye limping between the two sides? if Jehovah be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight. — read the full passage →

and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

For he will give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways. — read the full passage →

But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:

Every word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him.

Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.

This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Behold, Jehovah’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment; — read the full passage →

Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

not of works, that no man should glory.

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

Now even the firstcovenanthad ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world. — read the full passage →

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

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

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you. — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him. — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed, — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; — read the full passage →

For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.

that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

And as they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take ye: this is my body. — read the full passage →

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. — read the full passage →

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.