Working

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you; — read the full passage →

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. — read the full passage →

For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men: — read the full passage →

Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

Because you didn’t serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; — read the full passage →

So they, and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.

from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their divisions.

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, — read the full passage →

The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.” — read the full passage →

“‘You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am Yahweh your God. — read the full passage →

By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

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

Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. — read the full passage →

Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel. — read the full passage →

He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. — read the full passage →

As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehennaof fire.

I also tell you that you are Peter,and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hadeswill not prevail against it.

But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. — read the full passage →

“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered. — read the full passage →

If you love me, keep my commandments.

Then he said to them, “But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword.

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →

Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword. — read the full passage →

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehennaas yourselves.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →

The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

They all built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon; — read the full passage →

Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.” His servants said to him, “Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor.”

David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David; and two hundred stayed by the baggage.

So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. — read the full passage →

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears”; — read the full passage →

They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?