Vandalism

`God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.

`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters;

`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> he who is removing his neighbour's border, --and all the people have said, Amen.

`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put <FI>it<Fi> in a secret place, --and all the people have answered and said, Amen.

They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry, — read the full passage →

`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him; — read the full passage →

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.

And they have built out of thee the wastes of old, The foundations of many generations thou raisest up, And one calleth thee, `Repairer of the breach, Restorer of paths to rest in.'

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery--have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.

Woe to him who is building his house by unrighteousness, And his upper chambers by injustice, On his neighbour he layeth service for nought, And his wage he doth not give to him. — read the full passage →

A hard vision hath been declared to me, The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously, And the destroyer is destroying. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Media, All its sighing I have caused to cease.

having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;

for we hear of certain walking among you disorderly, nothing working, but over working, — read the full passage →

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat, — read the full passage →

that no one go beyond and defraud in the matter his brother, because an avenger <FI>is<Fi> the Lord of all these, as also we spake before to you and testified,

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

Men of scorning ensnare a city, And the wise turn back anger. — read the full passage →

Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,

A city broken down without walls, <FI>Is<Fi> a man without restraint over his spirit!

And David commandeth the young men, and they slay them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hang <FI>them<Fi> over the pool in Hebron, and the head of Ish-Bosheth they have taken, and bury <FI>it<Fi> in the burying-place of Abner in Hebron.

`And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body.

`When a man depastureth a field or vineyard, and hath sent out his beast, and it hath pastured in the field of another, <FI>of<Fi> the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard, he doth repay.

`When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;

and these, as irrational natural beasts, made to be caught and destroyed--in what things they are ignorant of, speaking evil--in their destruction shall be destroyed,

not purloining, but showing all good stedfastness, that the teaching of God our Saviour they may adorn in all things.

Servants--to their own masters <FI>are<Fi> to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying, — read the full passage →

Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God;

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

Woe to him who is building his house by unrighteousness, And his upper chambers by injustice, On his neighbour he layeth service for nought, And his wage he doth not give to him.

Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers. — read the full passage →

and thy vineyard thou dost not glean, even the omitted part of thy vineyard thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

`When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep. — read the full passage →

And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence <FI>to<Fi> the land, <FI>To<Fi> the city, and <FI>to<Fi> all dwelling in it.

For, lo, they have gone because of destruction, Egypt gathereth them, Moph burieth them, The desirable things of their silver, Nettles possess them--a thorn <FI>is<Fi> in their tents.

because thy heart <FI>is<Fi> tender, and thou art humbled because of Jehovah, in thy hearing that which I have spoken against this place, and against its inhabitants, to be for a desolation, and for a reviling, and dost rend thy garments, and weep before Me--I also have heard--the affirmation of Jehovah--

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, — read the full passage →

`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, --and all the people have said, Amen.

and the nations were angry, and Thine anger did come, and the time of the dead, to be judged, and to give the reward to Thy servants, to the prophets, and to the saints, and to those fearing Thy name, to the small and to the great, and to destroy those who are destroying the land.'

to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap, — read the full passage →

lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you--doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;

and let them learn--ours also--to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

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

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, — read the full passage →

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 shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;' — read the full passage →

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 →

Thou, then, who art teaching another, thyself dost thou not teach?

Thou, then, who art teaching another, thyself dost thou not teach? — read the full passage →

They do not build, and another inhabit, They do not plant, and another eat, For as the days of a tree <FI>are<Fi> the days of My people, And the work of their hands wear out do My chosen ones.

A heart devising thoughts of vanity--Feet hasting to run to evil--

Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee. — read the full passage →

Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.

Also--when wicked men have slain the righteous man in his own house, on his bed; and now, do not I require his blood of your hand, and have taken you away from the earth?'

`Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.

`Thou dost not steal.

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 my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, `Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly, — read the full passage →

And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, `Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.'

`When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep. — read the full passage →

Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon <FI>you<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

for also our God <FI>is<Fi> a consuming fire. — read the full passage →

and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all, — 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 →

And certain of the wandering exorcist Jews, took upon <FI>them<Fi> to name over those having the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, `We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul doth preach;' — read the full passage →

And Jesus said, `For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.' — read the full passage →

Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming--I am;' — read the full passage →

And the feast of the unleavened food was coming nigh, that is called Passover, — read the full passage →

and Jesus said to them, `Do ye not see all these? verily I say to you, There may not be left here a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.' — read the full passage →

`Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide <FI>is<Fi> the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it; — read the full passage →

Bend yourselves, yea, bend ye, O nation not desired, — read the full passage →

And--thou dost not look on the day of thy brother, On the day of his alienation, Nor dost thou rejoice over sons of Judah, In the day of their destruction, Nor make great thy mouth in a day of distress. — read the full passage →

Lo, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> on the sinful kingdom, And I have destroyed it from off the face of the ground, Only, I destroy not utterly the house of Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am stirring up against Babylon, And the inhabitants of Leb--My withstanders, A destroying wind, — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah, To His anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have laid hold on, To subdue nations before him, Yea, loins of kings I loose, To open before him two-leaved doors, Yea, gates are not shut: — read the full passage →

And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness--Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age. — read the full passage →

By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone. — read the full passage →

Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out. — read the full passage →

Rivulets of waters <FI>is<Fi> the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it. — read the full passage →

The beginning of contention <FI>is<Fi> a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife. — read the full passage →

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger. — read the full passage →

Whoso is slow to anger <FI>is<Fi> of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly. — read the full passage →

The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step. — read the full passage →

In transgression of the lips <FI>is<Fi> the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress. — read the full passage →

Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the fool to the wise of heart.

They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together, — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --`Destroy not,' by David. --A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high. — read the full passage →

If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.

Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn? — read the full passage →

And upon Azariah son of Oded hath been the Spirit of God, — read the full passage →