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be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

having known that, not with corruptible things--silver or gold--were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers, — read the full passage →

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price.

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;

for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field. — read the full passage →

But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss; — read the full passage →

`Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?

I confess Thee, because that <FI>with<Fi> wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, And my soul is knowing <FI>it<Fi> well.

`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God, — read the full passage →

Precious she <FI>is<Fi> above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.

`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father; — read the full passage →

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

`Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find? — read the full passage →

for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold--good grace.

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, — read the full passage →

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

And Jesus having sat down over-against the treasury, was beholding how the multitude do put brass into the treasury, and many rich were putting in much, — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who doth sojourn in Thy tent? Who doth dwell in Thy holy hill? — read the full passage →

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' — read the full passage →

with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,

yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,

`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

`Beware! --ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor--being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

O the happiness of a man <FI>who<Fi> hath found wisdom, And of a man <FI>who<Fi> bringeth forth understanding. — read the full passage →

How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? --so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Since thou wast precious in Mine eyes, Thou wast honoured, and I have loved thee, And I appoint men in thy stead, And peoples instead of thy life.

And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum! — read the full passage →

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

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.

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living. — read the full passage →

When thy valuation hath been of the male from a son of twenty years even unto a son of sixty years, then hath been thy valuation fifty shekels of silver by the shekel of the sanctuary. — read the full passage →

Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one--the son of her womb? Yea, these forget--but I--I forget not thee.

Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you? — read the full passage →

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

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

Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.

`What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it? — read the full passage →

who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.

Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls <FI>are<Fi> before Me continually.

Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold. — read the full passage →

`He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;

`And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man; — read the full passage →

according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

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, — read the full passage →

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

Know that Jehovah He <FI>is<Fi> God, He made us, and we are His, His people--and the flock of His pasture.

and--if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them; — read the full passage →

`And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;

From afar Jehovah hath appeared to me, With love age-during I have loved thee, Therefore I have drawn thee <FI>with<Fi> kindness.

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, — read the full passage →

and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the Sadducees, were gathered together unto him; — read the full passage →

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing? — read the full passage →

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

but--the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

Pray for us, for we trust that we have a good conscience, in all things willing to behave well,

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

Better <FI>is<Fi> the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse <FI>in<Fi> his lips, who <FI>is<Fi> a fool.

For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

God <FI>is<Fi> in her midst--she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn!

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> lying lips, And stedfast doers <FI>are<Fi> his delight.

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

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

`And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth <FI>is<Fi> Mine;

having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, — read the full passage →

no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

and happy <FI>is<Fi> she who did believe, for there shall be a completion to the things spoken to her from the Lord.'

For an abomination to Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the perverted, And with the upright <FI>is<Fi> His secret counsel.

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

What <FI>is<Fi> the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

And precious <FI>is<Fi> the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased--to the age.

And the wisdom--whence is it found? And where <FI>is<Fi> this, the place of understanding? — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →