H O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. "Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And a lazy person will suffer hunger" ( Proverbs 19:15 ). For they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God. Love one another with brotherly affection. J J As he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. OpenBible.info All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. D E Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. There are countless Proverbs from the book of wisdom that warn against laziness. God said to Moses, I am who I am. And he said, Say this to the people of Israel: I am has sent me to you.. E K It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. K God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. R OpenBible.info If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned. Even the demons believeand shudder! T To shun is to deliberately avoid something or someone. L To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord). Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Exodus 20:16 "You must not testify falsely against your neighbor. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. I You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead. Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise: the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. Exodus 23:1 " You must not pass along false rumors. It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person., And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry. But God said to him, Fool! The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue; If he called them gods to whom the word of God cameand Scripture cannot be broken, It is written in the Prophets, And they will all be taught by God. Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. Be strong and courageous. He leads me beside still waters. Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. Psalms 53:1-6 - (To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm . For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. But someone will say, You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. Sometimes we are ignorant because we did not know there was a need to learn something. Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Cite this page: Editor: Stephen Smith. Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. And all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. B Here are the 30 most important Bible scriptures on offense. Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! Contact me: openbibleinfo (at) gmail.com. E I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me. Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall ravish her. C No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the Lord's food offerings; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God. So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Here are seven biblical warnings Christians need to stop ignoring. Visit the Bible online to search for words if you dont know the specific passage yourre looking for. You shall keep my statutes. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me. And they did evil in My sight Q Y At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. Deuteronomy 28:45-47 "Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. F For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them. Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. N But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up. Enter into the joy of your master.. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you shall not eat any of it. A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. From where does my help come? And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. Contact me: openbibleinfo (at) gmail.com. L Geocoding For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before themselves. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, This is my body, which is given for you. To the contrary, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.. Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. "The hand of . And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to me, declares the Lord. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. After three hours of wrangling, another juror and I finally had persuaded everyone of the woman's guilt, except for one woman. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. Psalms 34:12-18. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. D OpenBible.info Your eye shall have no pity. Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? G Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God? The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. And you are arrogant! Visit the Bible online to search for words if you dont know the specific passage yourre looking for. And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? Publication date: Apr 30, 2023. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin. For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. S Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness., But Peter said, By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.. Visit the Bible online to search for words if you dont know the specific passage yourre looking for. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth. Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, Cornelius. And he stared at him in terror and said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God. You shall have no other gods before me. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And God separated the light from the darkness. Ah, Lord God! Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Unfortunately, we all have to deal with mean people at one time or another. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. S But declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance. B And God saw that the light was good. U Do not say to your neighbor, Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give itwhen you have it with you. Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? - Sort By Book Order. See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known. Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him. The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. So Peter opened his mouth and said: Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. How can we who died to sin still live in it? However, God does not call us to ignore abuse or put ourselves in unwise situations to be taken advantage of by destructive people. Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. Speak to Aaron, saying, None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the bread of his God. These are all different facets of meanness, and it's inevitable that we encounter people driven by such behavior . E Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. K By no means! A Psalm of David. The Bible is straightforward about lying, deception, and falsehoodGod hates them. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. T For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. In the Bible, the word shun is applied to evil. Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. M For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. F You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk. Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? J For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. P For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing. Y Of David. Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord. With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. U For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. I struck you with blight and mildew; your many gardens and your vineyards, your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured; yet you did not return to me, declares the Lord. F A Psalm of David. My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
