Dee Finney's blog
start date July 20, 2011
today's date April 15, 2013
page 483
TOPIC: MERCY AND GRACE
4-14-13 - GRACE IS PREGNANT WITH MERCY'S CHILDREN
DREAM - I woke up wondering if Grace was indeed pregnant with Mercy's babies. That was just a dream, wasn't it?
Mercy remembered several weeks earlier when Mercy had told her she didn't want to have David's babies and she attempted to abort them.
Grace couldn't handle that any child should be unwanted, so she took Mercy's babies and inserted them into her own womb.
Grace hadn't felt any morning sickness, so she assumed that nothing had really happened and it was all just a dream.
Yet! She knew that David's children would be borne unto herself.
AMAZING GRACE by Susan Boyle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l9jjten9Ic
| Where was Mary - the Mother of Jesus Born? Her name was Mary, a form of the name Miriam. The name was common
among Jewish women in those days. After the death of her mother, Ann remained in Nazareth where, between the age of 18 and 25, she met and married a virtuous and holy shepherd by the name of Joachim. According to historians, Ann and Joachim made many trips to Jerusalem where they prayed and offered sacrifices to God, because the Jewish people expected the coming of the Messiah at this time. Even though 20 or more years had passed and it did not seem that Joachim and Ann would have a child, the more vehemently they would pray. God granted their wish and Mary, the Mother of God, was born to them.
The name Ann signifies "grace and mercy". St. Ann is the mirror of patience and mercy.
Note from Dee: Almost no one knows that 'Ann' is my middle name. Was this a lesson from spirit to myself, just for that reason?
A well-known tradition says she was born in Jerusalem, the daughter of Joachim and Ann. Other early sources say Mary was born in Nazareth. There is even an ancient record that points to Sepphoris, a town a few miles from Nazareth, as her birthplace. The book, The Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God by Bishop Ullathorne on page 82 states that St. Hippolytus, the martyr, in Apud Niceph. L. ii. C. 3, records that Salome, Zebedee’s wife, was the mother of James and John. He also records that Salome and the Blessed Virgin Mary were cousins. The fact that they are called "sisters" in the Bible shows that the word "sister" had a less restricted meaning and included close relatives. ( The Greek word used in the Bible is the feminine version of ADELPHOS.) |
3-10-13 - DREAM - Just to be brief, I wanted to be near my friend named David (means love) and other people kept getting in the way.
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4-15-13 DREAM I was at work, editing many Bible verses. I did this for many hours. (I'm actually working on the book of Revelations on my computer)
A woman came to the door of my office and told me my Father was there.
I went from entrance to entrance (there were three of them) and didn't find my Father.
Then I went to the central courtyard, and there stood a priest dressed all in black.
Then I understood why the woman had used the term "Father"
and I woke up.
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4-15-13 - DREAM - After breakfast, I was trying to go back into the previous dream, and I saw myself standing at a table, with a baby several months old sitting on the table, and on the baby's diaper, it said, JASPER.
AARON'S ROD AND THE GLORY OF ZION http://www.greatdreams.com/aarons-rod.htm
And as concerning ZION, the Tabernacle of the Law of God: at the very beginning, as soon as God had established the heavens, He ordained that it should become the habitation of His glory upon the earth. And willing this He brought it down to the earth, and permitted MOSES to make a likeness of it. And He said unto him, "Make an ark (or, tabernacle) of wood that cannot be eaten by worms, and overlay it with pure gold. And thou shalt place therein the Word of the Law, which is the Covenant that I have written with Mine own fingers, that they may keep My law, the Two Tables of the Covenant."1 Now the heavenly and spiritual [original] within it is of divers colours, and the work thereof is marvellous, and it resembleth jasper, and the sparkling stone, and the topaz, and the hyacinthine stone (?), and the crystal, and the light, and it catcheth the eye by force, and it astonisheth the mind and stupefieth it with wonder; it was made by the mind of God and not by the hand of the artificer, man, but He Himself created it for the habitation of His glory. And it is a spiritual thing and is full of compassion; it is a heavenly thing and is full of light; it is a thing of freedom and a habitation of the Godhead, Whose habitation is in heaven, and Whose place of movement is on the earth, and it dwelleth with men and with the angels, a city of salvation for men, and for the Holy Spirit a habitation. And within it are a GOMOR of gold [containing] a measure of the manna which came down from heaven; and the rod of AARON which sprouted after it had become withered though no one watered it with water, and one p. 14 had broken it in two places, and it became three rods being [originally only] one rod.
And MOSES covered [the Ark] with pure gold, and he made for it poles wherewith to carry it and rings [in which to place them], and they carried it before the people until they brought it into the land of [their] inheritance, which is JERUSALEM, the City of ZION. And when they were crossing the JORDAN and the priests were carrying it, the waters stood upright like a wall until all the people had passed over, and after all the people had passed over the priests passed over bearing the Ark, and they set it down in the city of JUDAH, the land of [their] inheritance. And prophets were appointed over the children of ISRAEL in the Tabernacle of Testimony, and the priests wore the ephod, so that they might minister to the Tabernacle of Testimony, and the high priests offered up offerings, so that they might obtain remission of their own sins and of the sins of the people likewise.
And God commanded MOSES and AARON to make holy vessels for the Tabernacle of Testimony for the furnishing of the Holy of Holies, namely, vessels of gold, bowls and pots, pitchers and sacred tables, netted cloths and tops for pillars, lamps and vessels for filling them, torch-holders and snuffers, tongs, candlesticks, and rings and rods for carrying them, large bowls and lavers, embroidered curtains and hangings, crowns and worked vestments, purple cloths and leather work, carpets and draperies, unguents for anointing priests and kings, hyacinthine and purple hangings, rugs of double thickness and hangings of silk (?), skins of kids and red hides of rams, and sardius stones, and rubies, and sapphires, and emeralds [and to place them] in the Tabernacle of Witness, where dwelleth ZION, the habitation of His glory. [And God told them] to make for it the "belly of a ship" with the Two Tables, which were written by the fingers of God—ZION shall rest upon them—And thou shalt make for it a tabernacle of wood that the worms p. 15 cannot eat, whereon ZION shall rest, two cubits and half a cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and half a cubit the breadth thereof, and thou shalt cover it with pure gold, both the outside thereof and the inside thereof. And thou shalt make the fittings and the cover thereof of fine gold, and there shall be rings round about it; and thou shalt make in the four sides four holes for the carrying-poles. And thou shalt make it of wood that the worms cannot eat, and thou shalt cover it with pure gold, and in this ye shall carry the Tabernacle of the Law.
In this wise did God command MOSES on Mount SINAI, and He showed him the work thereof, and the construction and the pattern of the Tent, according to which he was to make it. And it (i.e., ZION) was revered and had exceedingly great majesty in ISRAEL, and it was acknowledged by God to be the habitation of His glory. And He Himself came down on the mountain of His holiness, and He held converse with His chosen ones, and He opened to them [a way of] salvation, and He delivered them from the hand of their enemies. And he spake with them from the pillar of cloud, and commanded them to keep His Law and His commandments, and to walk in the precepts of God.
SYMBOLISM
like a jasper
Jasper describes the light of, foundation, and walls of the holy
Jerusalem (Rev.
Rev.
21:11+,
Rev. 21:18-20+).
It was the last of the twelve stones representing the twelve tribes
of Israel which were mounted in the breastplate of the high priest
(Ex. Ex.
28:20;
Ex. 39:13).
When Satan was in the Garden of God, his covering included precious
stones like jasper (Eze.
Eze. 28:13-14). “Modern ignorance of ancient
terminology makes precise identification of the stones quite
tentative (Morris). Probably the equation of
iaspidi (‘jasper stone’) to the modern jasper which is dull
and opaque (Alford) is wrong because the modern stone is hardly
considered costly as the text implies.”1
“From Rev.
Rev.
21:11+,
where it is called most precious, which the jasper was not, Ebrard
infers it was a diamond.”2
like a sardius stone
“The sardius, better known in our day as the
carnelian, is red. Hengstenberg quotes ancient authorities who call
it ‘blood-colored’ and takes it to describe the righteous wrath of
God, the color of the fire of divine anger.”3
This stone is also mentioned as part of Satan’s covering in
the Garden of God (Eze.
Eze.
28:13). It is the sixth foundation stone of the holy Jerusalem
(Rev.
Rev. 21:19+)
and the first of the twelve stones representing the twelve tribes of
Israel in the breastplate of the high priest (Ex.
Ex. 28:17;
Ex. 39:10).
The inclusion of both the first stone, sardius, and last
stone, jasper from the breastplate denote the idea of all
Israel, first and last, beginning and end, or
alpha and omega (Rev.
Rev.
1:8+,
Rev.
1:17+;
Rev.
2:8+).
The jasper and the sardine stone are the first and last of these twelve stones [representing the tribes of Israel]. The jasper represented Reuben, the first of the tribes, since Reuben was the firstborn of Jacob. The sardine stone represented Benjamin, the youngest of the twelve sons of Jacob. In other words, the two stones represented the first and the last and therefore may be regarded as including all the other stones in between, that is, the whole of the covenanted people.4
Most see the references to precious stones here (and in Eze. Eze. 28:1) as a description of brilliant colored lights which radiate from God and His throne (Eze. Eze. 1:26-28): “We need not find symbolism in each element of the vision; it is enough to allow the archetypical imagery to create the impression of transcendent glory.”5a rainbow around the throne
The brilliant light emanating from the throne resembled a rainbow of
emerald hues. The rainbow was given as a sign
following Noah’s flood to remind God of His covenant never
again to destroy all flesh with a flood (Gen.
Gen. 9:13-16; Isa.
Isa. 54:9-10). Ezekiel saw this same rainbow as the brightness
around the throne (Eze.
Eze. 1:28).
The world that was previously perished in the flood. In the chapters
to follow, the judgment will be by fire (2Pe.
2Pe. 3:5-7).
As the rainbow was first reflected on the waters of the world’s ruin, and continues to be seen only when a cloud is brought over the earth, so another deluge, namely, of fire, shall precede the new heavens and earth: the Lord, as here, on His throne, whence (Rev. Rev. 4:5+) proceed “lightnings and thunderings,” shall issue the commission to rid the earth of its oppressors.6
The rainbow is around the throne implying a full circle like a halo.7 A rainbow adorns the head of the mighty angel whose cry precedes the seven thunders (Rev. Rev. 10:1-3+).
like an emerald
The color of the third stone of the high priest’s breastplate (Ex.
Ex. 28:17;
Ex. 39:10)
and also associated with Satan’s covering in the Garden of God (Eze.
Eze.
28:13). The stone of the fourth foundation of the holy Jerusalem
(Rev.
Rev. 21:19+).8
Notes
1 Robert L. Thomas, Revelation 1-7 (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1992), 342.
2 A. R. Fausset, “The Revelation of St. John the Divine,” in Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, and David Brown, A Commentary, Critical and Explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997, 1877), Rev. 4:2.
3 Donald Grey Barnhouse, Revelation (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1971), 90.
4 John F. Walvoord, The Revelation of Jesus Christ (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1966), 104.
5 Alan F. Johnson, Revelation: The Expositor’s Bible Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1966), Rev. 4:3.
6 Fausset, “The Revelation of St. John the Divine,” Rev. 4:3.
7 Thomas, Revelation 1-7, 343.
8 Mounce observes: Ex. 28:17-21 lists the twelve stones, each inscribed and representing a tribe in Israel. Note that the jasper and the carnelian (sardius) are the last and the first (Benjamin and Reuben; cf. Gen. Gen. 49:3-27). On this basis the emerald (no. 4) would stand for the tribe of Judah.”—Robert H. Mounce, The Book of Revelation (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1977), 134. But in the list of stones given by Exodus Ex. 28:17, the emerald is listed as the third stone—the last in the first row of three—and would represent the tribe of Levi, not Judah.
FOOTNOTES
MERCY: CHESED
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The spheres of the Tree of Life are arranged in
three columns. This represents the female side of man and contains
three sephira: The right column is called the Pillar of Mercy. This represents the male side of man and also
contains three sephira: The middle pillar is called the Pillar of Equilibrium.
THE SPHERES
Sphere 1:
Sphere 2:
Sphere 3:
Sphere 4:
Sphere 5:
Sphere 6:
Sphere 7:
Sphere 8:
Sphere 9:
Sphere10:
Sphere11:
The Four Worlds:
Atziluth:
Briah:
Yetzirah:
Assiah:
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DREAM - 10-4-05 - I was in a room with two children -a boy and a
girl - probably around 7 or 8 years old. I had a notebook and we
were going to list the tasks they planned to accomplish. They told
me what they planned and I wrote them down in order - #1, #2, etc.
I wrote down #3 and the girl said, "I don't want to be #3, I want
to be #5"
I said, "They have to go in order and not skip numbers."
Then my husband (or a companion) who was sitting behind my right
shoulder, said #10 is HOD, 11 is GEH, and when he said the words, a
symbol appeared on the page in the appropriate line.
I asked, "What language is that? I don't know what those words
mean."
He said, "Qabalistic Magic!"
I argued, "You are not going to be teaching these kids magical
words. You know that if you speak certain words, you draw certain
beings to you that know you understand what they are saying. I've
had experiences where beings have come to me and spoken to me for
hours because they know I know what they are saying. I'm not going
to have these kids experience that with strange beings because they
know Qabalistic magic words."
end of dream
Comments?
http://www.isisbooks.com/hod.asp
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10-31-05 - VISION - I was given a thick manila envelope with a lot of words on it and I could read except the word HOD. I think that's the third time I've dreamed that word. Right before that I was dreaming about cleaning a huge room with a broom. It was so dirty, I put down some water to hold down the dust. In one place the dust turned to purple/blue ink and it was running the wrong way because the floor was slanted in the wrong direction and the cats were in the way, playing right where I wanted to sweep. I then put down newspapers on the floor and pick up the dampness from the water I had spread to catch the dust. Some mothers and their daughters came in then and I ran to pick up the newspapers and a mother said, "Don't pick up the newspapers, they are perfect for us to sit on and they all sat on the newspapers and brought in wedding gifts for the bride and groom. I went out into the back hall feeling very guilty for doing such a bad job of cleaning. Someone said to me, "You shouldn't judge yourself so harshly. The best man to judge the job you are doing is the man who had the job before you." I looked up and a young, tall man in a beige colored robe stood there before me. |
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| The Sepher Yetzirah tells us that the universe was
Created when Divinity arranged the 22 Hebrew letters in a particular
order. Indeed, we are told in a Jewish folk-tale of the letters
themselves, each begging Yahweh to be the one that the Creation would
happen through (the winner was, of course, Beth [B]....hence the first
word of Genesis "Berashith"). We can see what all of this means when we
look at the Hebrew Alphabet through a mystic's eyes. Each of the 22
letters is assigned to an elemental or astrological component of the
universe. The energies of the 12 signs of the zodiac, the 7 planets, and
the 3 elements (remember that Earth is not a literal element) all
compose the very fabric of existance. Further, each letter is also
attributed to a Tarot Trump, and all of the deep mystical ideals
contained therein. Genesis I contains ten instances of "Elohim Said...";
these are the ten Sephiroth of the Tree of Life. However, these ten
vessels of Divine Power would be useless without the 22 paths, each with
a Letter attributed to it, that connect them and allow the Energy to
flow. The paths, by the way, is exactly what the Sepher Yetzirah is
refering to when it speaks of the arrangement of the Letters. So, what
does this mean for you and I? It means that those 22 Letters govern
every aspect of our lives. If we could somehow divine how the Letters
are arranged for us at any given time, then we could learn much about
our lives and how to live them. We could ensure ourselves that we are
traveling with the flow of Divine Energy, and not fighting the current.
This, as you probably have heard, is the one cause of all pain in life.
Pain vanishess once you learn to "go with the flow", and the true Adept
has learned how to navigate along that flow. You have certainly heard of
one system that uses this idea: Astrology. All but three of the Hebrew
letters are assigned to Zodiacal or Planetary forces. A great knowledge
of Astrology is not necessary to use the system presented here, but you
will need to know the basic correspondences between the letter and the
Astrological Force it represents. However, it should be known that the
more you understand Astrology, the better you will be able to use what I
am going to be teaching you in this booklet. Likewise the Tarot is
another way of divining the arrangement of the Letters. The Golden Dawn
Tarot Deck features the Hebrew Letters printed on each card for easy
reference. You will need to know the basic correspondences of the Tarot
to the Hebrew Letters to use this system. These attributions will be
listed in the Appendix of this booklet. This system will allow you to
receive direct Divine messages pertaining to the afore mentioned Flow.
It will show you how the 22 letters are arranged in accordance with any
object, idea, or situation, and then allow you to begin navigating that
Flow.
Have you ever wondered why so many Angelic Names end in "el" (Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, Uriel, etc)? It is because of what the word "El" means. First, it is a Hebrew word for "Divinity" (or God). Therefore, Gabriel is the "Strength of Divinity" (Gebur + El = Gabriel). This name does not imply that Gabriel is separate from Divinity Itself. Instead, He actually embodies the Strength of Divinity. Further, there is also another reason. It involves exactly what the letters E and L mean. E (or A, it is the Hebrew Aleph) relates Power, as well as Benevolence. L (the Hebrew Lamed) means an extension, as well as a Guide. Therefore, El is appended to Angelic Names because Angels themselves are an extension of Divine Power. Excerpted from: http://ladyoftheearth.com/divination/angelic.txt |
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The word Qabbalah finds its root in the Hebrew word Qibel
meaning 'to receive by oral tradition'. Qabbalah refers to an oral tradition of esoteric or secret knowledge
concerning 'essentially' the mysteries of Nature, and more overtly, the
hidden teachings concerning the Hebrew Torah. The Torah is, of course,
the first five books of what Christians call the Old Testament, and the
oldest surviving of the Judaic liturgical texts. The Kabala is an ancient Hebrew mystical system of thought. It is a
symbolic representation of the path the Divine followed in the creation
of the universe, including man. It is, by definition, humanity's process
of returning to divinity along the same path. Kabbala, also spelled KABALA, KABBALAH, CABALA, CABBALA, OR CABBALAH, is an esoteric Jewish mysticism as it appeared in the 12th and following centuries. Kabbala has always been essentially an oral tradition in that initiation into its doctrines and practices is conducted by a personal guide to avoid the dangers inherent in mystical experiences. Esoteric Kabbala is also "tradition" inasmuch as it lays claim to
secret knowledge of the unwritten Torah (divine revelation) that was
communicated by God to Moses and Adam. Though observance of the Law of
Moses remained the basic tenet of Judaism, Kabbala provided a means of
approaching God directly. It thus gave Judaism a religious dimension whose mystical approaches
to God were viewed by some as dangerously pantheistic and heretical.
The earliest roots of Kabbala are traced to Merkava mysticism. It
began to flourish in Palestine in the 1st century AD and had as its main
concern ecstatic and mystical contemplation of the divine throne, or
"chariot" (merkava), seen in a vision by Ezekiel, the prophet (Ezekiel
1). The earliest known Jewish text on magic and cosmology, Sefer Yetzira
("Book of Creation"), appeared sometime between the 3rd and the 6th
century. It explained creation as a process involving the 10 divine
numbers (sefirot; see sefira) of God the Creator and the 22 letters of
the Hebrew alphabet. Taken together, they were said to constitute the "32 paths of secret
wisdom." A major text of early Kabbala was the 12th-century Sefer ha-bahir
("Book of Brightness"), whose influence on the development of Jewish
esoteric mysticism and on Judaism in general was profound and lasting. The Bahir not only interpreted the sefirot as instrumental in
creating and sustaining the universe but also introduced into Judaism
such notions as the transmigration of souls (gilgul) and strengthened
the foundations of Kabbala by providing it with an extensive mystical
symbolism. FROM: http://www.crystalinks.com/kabala.html
Modern science stems from the energy in this level, as
it is the solar level of consciousness that tries to quantify the
universe and everything around it. Hod is a good place to meet with the Archangel Michael.
Michael is a being to call upon when you need protection or are in some
kind of danger. As such Hod is a place to go for protection from the
things that are unseen and things that are beyond your own ability to
defend against. The energy of this sphere is well suited for acquiring
knowledge and wisdom of any scientific or of a concrete physical-like
nature. But more so, this sphere is the place to go to find or touch God
within these physical constructs. The Beney Eloheem's primary
responsibility is the transmission of knowledge to unite man with God.
So here, for example, you not only acquire knowledge but also about how
that knowledge touches the universe. Because the energy of Hod is skewed toward the
application of knowledge through divine means, Hod is a great place to
uncover deception and to find the truth of things. The light of God here
is powerful enough to illuminate all falsehoods. Visit here when you
feel someone is being untruthful and you want to discover the true
nature of these things. Then use this knowledge to help you but not as a
weapon to be used against another. The pitfall here in Hod is the use of truth and of
knowledge as a weapon against others or in some kind of game to gain
superiority over another. You do not always have to be correct. And the
real truth is that the more knowledge you acquire the more humble you
must become. So if you find yourself falling into the trap of using
knowledge against others, visit the sphere of
Yesod where
knowledge is secondary to the powerful unknown forces that shape
existence through mysterious ways. If used correctly Hod can be a great place to acquire
the energy of discovery. Knowledge will seek out knowledge and open more
and more doorways for you, if you just give it the time. This action
will also keep you safe and protected from the often double-edge nature
of knowledge that is acquired by force or too quickly. FROM:
http://www.wisdomsdoor.com/tol/hod.shtml RAPHAEL: The Divine Physician. Raphael is also the Archangel of Air.
He is lord of the Beney Elohim. One of the Seven.Archangels. Who are the Beney Elohim? The Old Testament references to "sons of God." This phrase is
translated from the Hebrew beney 'elohim [ בני אלהים
], beney ha'elohim [ בני האלהים ], and beney 'elim
[ בני אלים ]: GENESIS 6:1 When men began to increase on earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the divine beings [beney ha'elohim] saw how beautiful the daughters of men were and took wives from among those that pleased them. 3 The Lord said, "My breath shall not abide in man forever, since he too is flesh; let the days allowed him be one hundred and twenty years." 4 It was then, and later too, that the Nephilim appeared on earth when the divine beings [beney ha'elohim] cohabited with the daughters of men, who bore them offspring. They were the heroes of old, the men of renown. (Tanakh, the new Jewish Publication Society translation according to the traditional Hebrew text) DEUTERONOMY 32:8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of men, he fixed the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God [beney 'elohim]. (RSV) JOB 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God [beney ha'elohim] came to present themselves before the Lord and Satan also came among them. (NKJV) JOB 2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God [beney ha'elohim] came to present themselves before the Lord and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord. (NKJV) JOB 38:4 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. 5 Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? 6 To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, 7 when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God [beney 'elohim] shouted for joy? (NKJV) PSALM 29:1 O give the Lord you sons of God [beney 'elim], give the Lord glory and power; 2 give the Lord the glory of his name. Adore the Lord in his holy court. PSALM 89:5 The heavens proclaim your wonders, O Lord; the assembly of your holy ones proclaims your truth. 6 For who in the skies can compare with the Lord or who is like the Lord among the sons of God [beney 'elim]? (The Psalms: A New Translation)As you can see, each reference above is to angels. There are no instances in the Old Testament where the phrase "sons of God" refers to men. Let's see what E.W. Bullinger has to say about these "sons of God" in Appendix 23 to The Companion Bible: "The Sons of God" in Gen. 6.2, 4.Now let's look at Genesis 6:9, which discusses Noah's genealogy. This Scripture is further proof that fallen angels had interbred with humans. GENESIS 6:9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect [tamim] in his generations. Noah walked with God. (NKJV)In Genesis 6:9, the Hebrew word tamim, here translated "perfect," means "physically without blemish." As the first sentence makes clear, it's referring to the genealogy of Noah; it does not refer to moral perfection. Below is what Appendix 26 of The Companion Bible has to say about this word as used in verse 9 of Genesis 6: The Heb. word tamim means without blemish, and is the technical word for bodily and physical perfection, and, not moral. Hence it is used of animals of sacrificial purity . It is rendered without blemish in Ex. 12.5; 29.1; Lev. 1.3, 10; 3.1, 6; 4.3, 23, 28, 32; 5.12, 18; 6.6; 9.2, 3; 14.10; 22.19; 23.12, 18; Num. 6.14; 28.19, 31; 29.2, 8, 13, 20, 23, 29, 32, 36; Ezek. 43.22, 23, 25; 45.18, 23; 46.4, 6, 13. Now let's examine what Jude said about the fallen
angels in the New Testament: JUDE 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. (KJV) Because of the punctuation of verse 7, this Scripture appears to
say that Sodom and Gomorrah, as well as the cities around them, gave
themselves over to sexual immorality. However, the underlying Greek text
does not support this interpretation. Kenneth Wuest writes of verse 7: This verse begins with hos, an adverb of comparison having meanings of "in the same manner as, after the fashion of, as, just as." Here it introduces a comparison showing a likeness between the angels of verse 6 and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha of this verse. But the likeness between them lies deeper than the fact that both were guilty of committing sin. It extends to the fact that both were guilty of the same identical sin. The punctuation of the A.V. [KJV] is misleading, as an examination of Greek text discloses. The underlying Greek text indicates that the fallen
angels left their own domain and indulged in sexual immorality, going
after "strange," or "other" flesh. The KJV obscures this
fact, probably because the view that the fallen angels were "the sons of
God" spoken of in Genesis 6:2, 4 was not accepted when it was translated
in 1611. However, some translations do more clearly show the meaning of
this passage. The New English Bible better presents what
Jude was saying: JUDE 6 Remember too the angels, how some of them were not content to keep the dominion given to them but abandoned their proper home; and God has reserved them for judgement on the great Day, bound beneath the darkness in everlasting chains. 7 Remember Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbouring towns; like the angels, they committed fornication and followed unnatural lusts; and they paid the penalty in eternal fire, an example for all to see. (NEB) It's clear that Jude wrote of the fornication of the angels as a fact. In verse 7 of his epistle, he compares the sexual wickedness in Sodom, Gomorrah, and the surrounding cities to the sin of the angels. The nature of the angels' fall is also clearly stated
in Jude 6, where it is said that they left their own "abode" (Gr.
oiketerion). This word occurs in the New Testament only here and
in II Corinthians 5:2, where it is used of the spiritual body of a
resurrected saint. II CORINTHIANS 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation [oiketerion] which is from heaven, (NKJV) There is a great deal revealed in the Bible about
angels. Angels could and did assume human form and even eat men's food
(Gen. 18-19). Although the Bible doesn't tell us how, Jude 6 shows that
some angels left their proper abode (their spiritual bodies) and took on
fleshly bodies so as to marry and produce offspring by the daughters of
men. Although the angels committed sexual sins and
corrupted the human lineage to some extent, they did something else that
threatened to foil God's plan for humanity. Let's go back to 1 Enoch to
see what these fallen angels did that affected the human race
enormously: 1 ENOCH 8:1 And Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all 2 colouring tinctures. And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they 3 were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. Semjaza taught enchantments, and root- cuttings, Armaros the resolving of enchantments, Baraqijal (taught) astrology, Kokabel the constellations, Ezeqeel the knowledge of the clouds, Araqiel the signs of the earth, Shamsiel the signs of the sun, and Sariel the course of the moon. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven . . . (From The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, translated by R.H. Charles) As the text above shows, the angels brought with them knowledge which humanity did not have beforehand. This information led to a rapid advance in the knowledge base of the antediluvian society, including the invention of advanced methods of waging warfare. In the NKJV translation of Genesis 6:4, the nephilim are called "mighty men who were of old, men of renown;" however, the NRSV translates that same phrase as "heroes that were of old, warriors of renown." Genesis 6:11 shows that the earth was filled with
violence; this is very likely the direct result of the nephilim,
who apparently were mighty warriors. If the ancient legends are indeed
based in fact, as they appear to be, these angelic offspring were
superhuman in size and great in strength. There is also an indication
from the ancient text known as the Book of Jasher that
this corruption of bloodlines extended to the animals also. JASHER 4:18 And their judges and rulers went to the daughters of men and took their wives by force from their husbands according to their choice, and the sons of men in those days took from the cattle of the earth, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and taught the mixture of animals of one species with the other, in order therewith to provoke the Lord; and God saw the whole earth and it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon earth, all men and all animals. 19 And the Lord said, I will blot out man that I created from the face of the earth, yea from man to the birds of the air, together with cattle and beasts that are in the field . . .(From The Book of Jasher, published by J.H. Parry & Company, 1887) The Book of Jasher is mentioned twice in
the Bible (Jos. 10:13; II Sam. 1:18). While it's evident the copy of
this book that has survived to our time has been corrupted to some
extent, the Scriptures seem to confirm the information contained in this
section of Jasher: GENESIS 6:7 So the LORD said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them." (NKJV) It appears likely that the objectives of the Flood
were the destruction of the polluted human and animal bloodlines and the
eradication of the forbidden knowledge that humanity had learned from
the fallen host. There is one other New Testament passage which hints
at the sin of the angels before the flood. It is an enigmatic scripture
found in Paul's first letter to the Corinthian church. I CORINTHIANS 11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. 8 For man is not from woman, but woman from man. 9 Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man. 10 For this reason the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. (NKJV) In I Corinthians 11, Paul states the position of women
in relation to men and says that the symbol of authority on a woman's
head is needed "because of the angels." Without an understanding of what
took place anciently between the fallen host and women, this verse is
cryptic at best. There is opposition to the view that the fallen angels
are the "sons of God" referred to in Genesis 6. Some cite Matthew
22:29-30 and Mark 12:24-25 as objections, saying that these Scriptures
clearly teach that angels do not marry. MATTHEW 22:29 Jesus answered and said to them [the Sadducees], "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven." (NKJV)First, these verses do not state whether angels can marry or procreate. Here Christ was referring only to the way things will be after the first resurrection of the dead. Additionally, the angels in heaven who did not sin are the example cited, not the angels confined to Tartarus because they sinned by marrying humans and producing offspring. To get a better perspective of what Christ was saying, let's look at the parallel account of this conversation in Luke's Gospel. LUKE 20:34 And Jesus answered and said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. 35 But those who are counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; 36 nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection." (NKJV) Christ's primary purpose in his answer was to affirm
the reality of the resurrection to these questioning Sadducees, who did
not believe that there would be a resurrection. As you can clearly see
from Luke's account of this confrontation, Christ is making two points
about the age to come: (1) Resurrected humans will not marry, and (2)
resurrected humans will be given eternal life, which the holy angels now
have. Interpreting these Scriptures to mean that angels have never been
able to marry or procreate reads more into them than was intended by
Jesus. Some also object by saying that Genesis 6:4 shows that
there were nephilim on the earth before "the sons
of God" came in to "the daughters of men" and also afterward; therefore,
these giants cannot be the offspring of this union. Does the phrase "in
those days, and also afterward" mean that the nephilim
were present before the the sons of God cohabited with the daughters of
men? "In those days" plainly means the time after the "sons
of God" had come down to earth; the fact that they had taken wives is
disclosed in Genesis 6:2. In time sequence, chapter six of Genesis
should follow chapter four; the fifth chapter is an inset into the story
flow. "Afterward" specifies after the flood, when we see another
instance of giants appearing, this time in the land of Canaan which the
Israelites were to inherit (Num. 13:33). Satan once again tried to
thwart God's plan by using these savage hybrids to occupy the land of
Canaan and keep Abraham's offspring out. Obviously none of the
nephilim survived the Flood. These giants are often mentioned in the early books of
the Old Testament until the last of them were finally killed off. The
word nephilim only appears twice in the Old Testament (Gen
6:4; Num. 13:33), but these giants are also referred to as gibbor
(Gen 6:4; Num. 13:33; Job 16:14) and rephaim when they
reappear in a more limited fashion after the flood (Gen. 14:5; 15:20;
Deu. 2:11, 20; 3:11, 13; Jos. 12:4; 13:12; 15:8; 17:15; 18:16; II Sam.
5:18, 22; 21:16, 18, 20, 22; 23:13; I Chr. 11:15; 14:9; 20:4, 6, 8; Isa.
17:5; 26:14). They were known by the proper names of Rephaim, Emim,
Anakim, and Zamzummim. CONCLUSIONAs shown above, the evidence that "the sons of God"
mentioned in Genesis 6 are fallen angels is substantial. By their sexual
immorality, these angels produced offspring which were strong and
violent. The concept of a race of giants which resulted from the union
of gods and humans is virtually universal in the world's early
civilizations. The original intent of the angels may have only been
to satisfy their forbidden lust. Yet the knowledge they brought with
them and taught mankind caused society to develop at a more rapid
technological pace than God had intended. This societal development was
not positive, and it gave rise to a very violent society, one in which
the nephilim apparently played a large role. God was
forced to restrain in the Abyss the wicked angels that produced the
nephilim, and cleanse the earth of them and the violence they
brought with the great Flood. Bryan T. Huie FROM:
http://users.aristotle.net/~bhuie/gen6sons.htm Bene Elohim - Also bene Elim, a group of angels who belong to the order or choir of thrones. Meaning "sons of God," the bene Elohim are considered a part or division of the thrones, receiving the duty of forever singing the ineffable praise of God. As the sons of God, they are sometimes counted as the beings mentioned in the Book of Genesis (6:2) who save the daughters of men "and took to wife such of them as they chose." The result of this union were the giants, the anakim, "the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown." The bene Elohim are also thought to be the angels called the ischim. "...The geologist Christian O'Brien argued that these
[ancient Hebrew and Sumerian] texts describe a race of beings called
Shining Ones - his translation of the Hebrew word Elohim. These beings
created modern humans from earlier human forms by genetic manipulation.
Some of these beings, called Watchers, mated with humans,
and this was considered a crime by the Shining Ones. One of the Watchers
was named Shemjaza, and Yahweh was one of the Shining Ones. O'Brien
argued that the Shining Ones were superior but mortal beings of unknown
origin."
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THE TREE OF LIFE 1-23-98 - VISION - As I was falling asleep, I was watching two little girls playing with a ball of light. They ended up standing on the ball of light which was flaming around their feet, but it was not hot. It was cool white light. In the dream that followed, I was shown this symbol which is very similar to the Tree Of Life. It was made all of golden light flowing like golden threads between golden balls of light. I watched it for a long time. It was so beautiful, it still makes me cry to think about how beautiful it was.
6-13-99 - DREAM - I was near a city park somewhere. In the park was a dead tree, peeled of all it's bark. All it's branches and leaves were gone. I knew that when the cops caught a criminal, they peeled all the bark off a tree. I was standing, pinned between a large tree which I was hugging and a black wrought iron fence about 5 feet high. There seemed to be something behind me as well because I could not move backwards either. I was trying to figure out how the cops could peel the bark off this tree to catch the 'other' criminal while I was pinned to it. I was struggling to move away from the tree, but it was impossible. End of Dream After I woke up and was laying there remembering my dreams, I first had a vision of a futuristic black lazer gun hanging in the air, and then heard a voice say, "You influence the Pentagon". A rather heady message to be sure, but I find Geralds' and this dream list's opinions to be of more value. :-) Love, Light, and Joy Lady Dee ***************** I lay down to meditate on the tree dream to find out if I missed anything important in the dream. I was shown another bare trunked tree without branches and shown that I had dreamed about it before: 5-12-98 - DREAM - I went back and forth between typing on a computer page about alien abduction and people dreams. The most memorable people dream was this: I was sitting by the window at my 16th St. house and the tree in the backyard began swinging it's branches like they were arms and the branches jumped off the top of the tree like leaping into the next yard to start its own tree. Meanwhile the remaining tree trunk turned white and died. Although no people seemed to be involved, I could see that the stumps of the tree were obviously sawed. EOD 11-14-98 - VISION - I saw a piece of white paper. The words, "WHAT IF?" appeared and below it was a bunch of scribbles like an explosion drawn by a child. I flipped the paper over and the word 'SEE' appeared on the left side of more explosion scribbles and a tree trunk and all branches were gone. All that was left was the bare trunk. by Dee EOD In a message dated 06/13/1999 From: gdaoust@icrdl.net (Gerald D'Aoust) Howdee! Lady Dee, Boy! you are quick on your skates today. Hey! Thanks for Joel! Wow! Rapido Presto! This version seems to be fine. I especially love this passage here... 15 Ah, ah, ah, for the day: because the day of the Lord is at hand,... How funny?!! ah! ah! ah! :) Anyways, a most wonderful dream again... and don't worry it's not scary, just exciting a little... because the Big Gun is on your side... Beware Pentagon! :) I also love this possible link to the two trees of Revelation... which could very well be another solid lead? I tell you what... we'll sleep on it and see what the Night will bring? This dream has many folds! Great Work! Lady Dee! In the Best of Both Worlds! Cheers! To You! Gérald >> Now, this thing about a Tree getting peeled by the cops, when they caught a criminal, reminds me very much of a major criminal by the name of Jesus who a couple thousands of years ago or so, according to some was pinned to a Tree, like a butterfly in a collection, instead than on a couple crossed plancks of wood!! So, the next criminal in this case, which could get pinned on this tree which has not yet been barked is obviously the Coming One... the Great King of Terror, which is always the most hated man in the world when he comes in the flesh!!! :) It is very well known and established fact that whenever he comes in the flesh at a certain time he becomes the most wanted dangerous criminal on the planet and of course because he is a shit-disturber all the authorities want to get rid of him and kill him... which is quite normal in a materialistic minded world! However, his chances of survival in the present society in a world of communication his chances of survival are a slightly better than usual especially if some people work to prevent this calamity. Yes! Exactly as stated by Erich Neumann... " ....even if at first, the genius is hounded down, starved to death, and silenced by the democracy of consciouness. The fact that millions of human beings work together consciously and are simultaneously concerned with the vital problems of the collective- political, scientific, artistic, or religious- makes the probability of his acceptance ever (not "even"...ever) greater. The time lag between the appearance of a genius and his assimilation by the democracy of consciousness is relatively small. For the Great Individual himself it may be tragic, but so far as humanity is concerned, it is irrelevant." (end of the chapter of "The Group and the Great Individual" taken from "Origins and History of Consciousness, by E. Neumann, p.435) ... which means that if people care enough about the Creator his chances of survival are better because it is obvious that he disturbs the material establishment and those who rule the world by force symbolically represented in this dream by the Pentagon for example. However, this guy, a tiny poor little human, is much more powerful than anything on Earth, from the Spiritual World point of view... because as the Ruler of both Heaven and Hell, he is the ones who has the last word on who is to live eternally or die in the Spiritual World after material death, of course. He is the one who will judge all the Deads or Ghosts of such, if you prefer and will decide which ones which shall enjoy heavenly bliss or suffer what has been referred as the Second Death. There is no need to be afraid of powerful earthly establishment like the Pentagon or the nuclear bomb which can surely kill the material because these things cannot destroy nor the souls nor the ghost bodies that we embody in our dreams! :) "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but who cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Hell." (Mat. 10,28.) And the Second Death phenomenon is very well explained in the Book of Revelation... in chapter 20... 11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. ...and again in chapter 21... 6 He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars-their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." ... and this is very easy to understand. For example, take these dreams of these two guys which were killed in recent previous lives by Nuclear Explosions... -----Original Message----- From: hal9000@hypermetrics.com <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> I have had two or three dreams like that. In the most vivid one, I saw the bright flash way off in the distance, followed by the stereotypical mushroom cloud... it was in absolute silence, because the sound had not reached me yet. (That was the scary part -- it was so realistic.) I remember I could see the shock wave approaching me -- debris and such -- and I remember thinking, "I'll bet I've already received a lethal dose of radiation. I'll bet I'm dead already." Very, very spooky. Hal - - <phoenix98@home.nospam.com> wrote: Anyone have dreams about nuclear explosions? For some reason I have had a lot of them over the years, sometimes I am killed, and I then continue on as some sort of ghost. In the dreams it doesn't feel like there is a nuclear war going on, the explosions are always unexpected. Hal Fulton ************** .... and you see, this guy even noticed that he remained as a ghost afterwards... Anyone have dreams about nuclear explosions? For some reason I have had a lot of them over the years, sometimes I am killed, and I then continue on as some sort of ghost. ... which is exactly what happens!! :) However, the terrifying thing bout this promised eternal life is that it can be cut very short for anyone who doesn't believe that the earthly world should be ruled by the same person who rules the Spiritual World... which is exactly what Jesus said for example... "But those ennemies of mine who did not want me to be King over them - bring them here and kill them in front of me." (Luke 19,27) ... who was making an allusion to what would happen to anyone who didn't want him as the King on earth as soon as they would enter heaven. God is not a mass murderer, but as the life giver in both worlds, he knows what to do with the ungrateful assholes whom he has created and cannot return some little courtesy. :) Here is a little dream, from Mrs. Barbro Nygren from Sweden, which was posted in the Core of Electric dreams on Fridaty the 6th of march 98, which show this type of power which this funny guy possesses... Dreamed about a barn and there was a threat. The threat was terrible, more worse than a atomic bomb effect, worse than plague, starvation and dead. I manage to flee down to people so that they could phone to the police. All took protection in a house with glassed-in roof. The threat destroyed everything in its way and suddenly can I see the threat. The threat are on the roof as a shadow and I realizes that, the threat do not become dangerously if I find out what it is. I says to the police to not fire and decides me, in order to see were the threat takes its way. Goes in to the woods, to a cottage. On this garden was all possible things, old automobiles, timber, animals and hens. I see a man that repair an autocycle and I knows that he is the threat in the barn. Then we goes besides each other on a way, talking and the feeling is a calmness. ... and you see, this tiny little friendly guy, who is the Verb, is the Sovereing Lord of Hosts, The Lord of All Spirits!! ... and truly he is more dangerous than anything you could ever imagine... and whether he gets assassinated or allowed to live a long earthly life that doesn't change nothing to the fact that he is the Commander of the Divine Army of Heaven and the appointed Ruler of the Eternal World and the Judge of the Deads! In other words there is nothing which can happen to the Winged-Horse Rider which can alter his presence in the Other World! So, that is the so-called criminal(s) of the dream of Lady Dee... the one who was crucified nearly 2000 years and who unfortunately is here again... and will cause the big war with his big mouth which is represented by the futuristic weapon also seen by Lady Dee. However, as I mentioned earlier the main thing in this dream is the confirmation by the scene of the Barked Tree which is that the Day of the Lord is at hand... which is the beauty of this dream... which relates to the prophecy of Joel. Actually, this opens up to all kinds of other things and several other dreams which just occured recently... For example... 17 The beasts have rotted in their dung ... and this of course has reminded me of this dream of mine which I posted a couple weeks ago... However, the best part of the dream was at the end, when I entered, still with Bob Hart, at dawn, when the day was about to rise, an awful outside court of an Animal Slaughter House. On the south side of the court was the building where they slaughtered the animals. On the north side, was a corral with the animals to be slaughtered... mostly horses and cattle... beautiful and intelligent looking ones. In the courtyard, which was covered by this thick brown-reddish blood and excrement juice, was prevailing an awful stinking putrefaction smell and basically in the center of it was this heap or stack of manure mixed with guts and bone carcasses of dead slaughtered animals. My disgusted eyes were attracted by the pittyful sight of the nearly skinless carcass of a newborn foal which laid on its side, all twisted up, at the bottom southern side of this pile and I was all moved by this inhumane death scenery. To my utmost surprise, the dead foal, who listening to my caring words, opened its eyes and with supreme effort raised its head. I was shocked. A guy, dressed as a city cowboy and working there, came by as I moved around the pile keeping my eyes on this most horrifying foal and told the guy... "There's a foal which is alive in the pile... why isn't it taken care of?" and he replied something like... "Yes! it was born when we slaughtered a mare... so how could we take care of it?" ... and as he said that, I could see the foal who was trying to get up and noticed, because it was now resting on its belly, that it had a funny bunched-up pack of bones on its shoulder zone... as the guy escorted me by a wide opened gate to see the animals which were going to be soon slaughtered. My heart was greatly suffering seeing all these beautiful and friendly animals which were coming by themselves to be patted as the sun was rising... still thinking about the poor orphan foal which seemed to desperately wish to live. Before we decided to head out from this awful place, I went back, by curiosity, to see the poor dying foal for a last time... and, beyong my wildest imagination, it was up, rapidly healing and to my pure wonderment, now up and facing the sun, I noticed that it had grown up quite a bit, to the size of one which was about a month old or so???... and was now drying up and proudly STRETCHING AND EXERCISING ITS WINGS of which I could see the bones especially the larger ones at the base which were still exposed and not yet totally healed... as it was moving its wings up and down... and happily thought to myself... "This Newborn of the Dead... "Baby Winged-Horsed-Sun" won't be staying here, in this filthy death place, much longer... whether the people care about it or not?!!" ...as I finally walked out of this animal hecatomb with a bizarre feeling of mixed emotions caused by the sight of this unthinkable victory of life of over death which somehow put a big smile on my face." EOD *************** always remember... as stated in Psalms 68,20... "Our God is a god who saves; from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death." and then 68,32-33... "Sing to God...to him who rides the ancient sky above..." Gérald ******************* From: gdaoust@icrdl.net (Gerald D'Aoust) Dear Dreamers, This Wish Granting Tree which is growing through my Ghost Body is most revealing attribute of an Eternal Life-Giving Diety... it is very simple and again universal. I am doing here a little again cross-cultural presentation on the subject as usual... and I must have about 5 times more material on this magical tree, from all the Mythologies which I am not even touching here, but that should be enough... for today. This first time the story comes from Islam and relates to the Trees of Paradise which the Muslims call the Garden.... and comes from a book which I don't even have the title... but is divided into some 46 short chapters which all begin by "Concerning" this or that... and the following is from the 45th chapter, from pages 129 to 132...which is entitled "Concerning the Trees and Houris of the Garden". The Houris are somekind of Fairies and I will expose only the Trees. "Ka'b, may Allah be pleased with him, said: " I asked the Messenger of Allah about the Trees of the Garden", and he, the Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him, said: "Their branches do not dry up nor their leaves fall and their fruits do not vanish. The largest of the trees of the Garden is the Tree of Tuba. Its roots are of pearl, its trunk of ruby, its branches of chrysolite, and its leaves of silk brocade. On it are seventy thousand branches, and these branches are connected to a leg of the Throne (of Allah). The nearest of its branches are in the nearest heaven. There is not a room, nor a dome, nor a tree in the Garden that doesn't have a branch of the Tree of Tuba shading it. Its roots are in Heaven and its light reaches every corner. On it are fruits whose rareness is desired in this world, and which are not in this world." As Allah-ta'ala said: "Its clusters nigh to gather, Eat and Drink with wholesome appetite, for what you did long ago, in the days gone by." ( Holy Kuran, 69:23-24 ) "When the wind blows, the leaves of the Tree strike each other, and a sound comes from them whose beauty has not been heard. From its top come out "Robes of Honour" (Immortal Ghostly Spiritual Bodies), and from its base "Horses with Wings", saddled with saddles inlaid in pearl and ruby, which do not drop dung nor urinate. The Awliya (friends) of Allah ride them, and fly with them in the Garden." "Those who are lower than them will say: " O Lord, for what reason have you given these "Servants of Yours" this Karama (Miracle)?" "So, Allah-ta'ala will say to them: " These are the Ones who prayed while you were sleeping, fasted while you ate, fought Jihad while you were sitting with your women, and were spending their wealth in the Way of Allah while you were miserly." And so the Prophet, peace be upon him said: " In the Garden is a Tree, and a Rider (on a Winged-Horse) could travel for one hundred years in its shade and not pass from it." As Allah-ta'ala said: "Have you not regarded your Lord, how he extended the shadows? (3:19) And so the Prophet, peace be upon him said: "Shall I tell you about an Hour which is most like the Hours of the Garden? It is the Hour which is before the Rising of the Sun, when its Shade spreads." ******************** So, you see the Winged-Horse Burak is associated with this Magical Tree... and now let's go to India... The best narrative illustration of the powers of this most fantastic Jewel can be found in "The Jatakas"... in the Vidhura Pandita Jataka... #545 Vol.VI , book XII, p.127 to 156.... or in your language, if you prefer, may be translated as " Stories of the Buddha's Former Births", translated by H.T.Francis, Cambridge and by various hands, under the editiorship of Professor E.B.Caldwell, published in 1973, by the Pali Text Society, London, with the collaboration by the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works... just to know where it comes from... and beginning by a dream, goes something like this... "Now on that very day on morning-tide (I love those Indian words) the King saw a dream, and this is what he saw. At the door of the King's palace there stood a Great Tree... whose trunk was Wisdom, and whose branches and boughs were like Virtues, and its fruits the five sacred products of the Holy Cow, and it was covered with Elephants and Horses richly caparisoned; and a great multitude with folded hands were worshipping it with all reverence. Then a man, clothed in red cloth, and wearing hearings of red flowers, and bearing weapons in his hand, came up and cut the tree down by the roots in spite of the expostulations of the multitude, and dragged it off and went away, and trhen came back and planted it again in its old place and departed. Then the King as he comprehended the dream said to himself, "The sage Vidhura and no one else is like the Great Tree; that youth and no other, who carried off the sage, is like the man who cut the tree down by the roots in spite of the expostulations of the multitude; and verily he will come back and set him at the door of the Hall of Thruth and depart. We shall behold the Seer again today." So he joyfully ordered the whole city to be decorated and the Hall of Thruth to be got ready and a pulpit in a pavillion adorned with jewels; and himself surrounded by a hundred kings, with their counsellors, and a multitude of citizens and country people, he consoled them all by saying, " Fear not, you will see the Sage again to-day", and he seated himself in the Hall of Thruth, looking for the Sage's return." In this very long but very good story of one of the lives of Buddha, the Buddha tells about his life as Vidhura when he soared in the Air with the Winged-Horse... to obtain the Fabulous Jewel... which would allow him to obtain the hand of a beautifulful princess. In the story, Vidhura is a poor guy, and in order to receive some respect from the King... he decides to use the name of a previous incarnation... Punnakha... who himself had also flown on the Winged-Horse and had obtained the Jewel of the Universal Monarch. ... all in perspective that the Buddha, that we know, also flew on the Winged-Horse. But, being poor, he also decides to challenge the King to play a gambling game... in which he will bet his own Winged-Horse which is the most fantastic Jewel of the World. "Punnaka, having mounted his horse, a charger fit for bearing the gods, himself richly adorned... went through the Sky!" (132)... actually it looks as if Punnaka obtained his "charger with ears of gold and hooves of ruby, and mail-armour of molten gold" from Varuna ( the other one which flew on the Winged-Horse!) ... and goes to see Kuvera... (the Horse-Headed God).... before going to get that glorious Jewel of the Universal Monarch. "Now there is a precious jewel of price belonging to the Universal Monarch, in the Vepulla Mountain ...." " When he saw the glorious precious gem thus flashing light, gleaming so splendidly with its beauty, shining like lightning in the sky,- he at once seized the precious lapis lazuli, the jewel of priceless value, and mounted on his peerless steed, himself of noble beauty, he rushed through the space in the Sky!" (134) And then he went to the King and presented himself to him under the name of a previous life...and said that he was Punnaka... and offered the King to gamble for the Jewel of the Universal Monarch. "This is a fascinating jewel of mine, it is a glorious jewel which brings wealth: and the gamester who conquers me shall win this peerless steed which plagues all ennemies." When the King heard him, he replied: "What will one Jewel do, O Youth? and what will one thoroughbred avail? Many precious jewels belong to a King, and many peerless steeds swift like the wind." When he heard the King's speech, he said, "O King, why dost thou say this? There is one Horse, and there are also a thousand and a hundred thousand horses ; there is one Jewel, and there are also a thousand jewels; but all the horses put together are not equal to this one, see what its swiftness is." So saying, he mounted the Horse and galoped it along the top of a wall, and the city wall seven leagues in lenght was as it were surrounded by horses striking neck against neck, and in the course of time neither horse nor Yakkha (Ghost-Rider) could be distinguished, and a single strip of of red cloth tied on his belly seemed to be spread out all round the wall. Then he alighted from the Horse, and, telling him that he had now seen the Steed's Swiftness, he bade him mark something new : and lo he made the Horse gallop within the city garden on the surface of the water, and he leapt without wetting his hoofs; then he made him walk on the leaves of the lotus beds, and when he clapped his hand and stretched out his arm the Horse came and stood upon the palm of his hand. Then he said, "This is indeed a Jewel of a Horse!" "It is indeed, O Youth!" "Well, let the Jewel of the Horse be put on side for a while, - see now the Power of the Precious Jewel." "O Greatest of Men, behold this peerless Jewel of Mine ; in it are the (spiritual) bodies of women and the bodies of men ; the bodies of beasts are in it and the bodies of birds, the Naga Kings and suppanas, - all are created in this Jewel." "An Elephant Host, a Chariot Host, Horses, foot-soldiers, and banners, - behold this complete army created in the Jewel; elephant-riders, the king's body-guard, warriors fighting from chariots, warriors fighting from foot, and troops in battle array, - behold all created in this Jewel. "See, on the slopes of the mountains, troops of various deer, lions, tigers, boars, bears, wolves, and hyenas; rhinoceroses, gayals, buffaloes, red deer, rurus, antelopes, wild boars, nimkas and hogs, spotted kadali-deer, cats, rabbits, all kinds of Hosts of Beasts, created in the Jewel. (Please note that word Host means in this context...Angel or Spirit!) "Rivers well situated, paved with golden sand, clear with flowing waters and filled with quantities of fishes; crocodiles, sea-monsters are here and porpoises and tortoises... "Behold created in the Jewel all kinds of trees, filled with various birds, and a forest with its branches made of lapis lazuli. " See various troops of birds in the roads under the gateways, geese, herons, peacocks, ruddy geese and ospreys; cuckoos, spotted birds...- birds of every sort behold gathered together and created in the jewel. "See parks and forests, crags and mountains, pleasant to look at and full of strange monsters, - all created in the Jewel. "Behold created in this Jewel a city furnished with solid foundations and with many gateways and walls, and with many pleasant spots where four roads meet. Pillars and trenches, bars and bolts, watch-towers and gates, - behold all created in the Jewel. "See a marvelous city with grand walls, making the hair stand erect with wonder, pleasant with banners upraised, and with its sands all of gold, - see the hermitages divided in blocks, and the different houses and their yards, with streets and blind lanes between. "Behold the drinking shops and taverns, the slaughter-houses and cooks, shops, and the harlots and wantons, created in the Jewel. The garland-weavers, the washermen, the astrologers, the cloth merchants, the gold workers, the jewellers - behold created in the Jewel. "See drums and tambours, conchs and tambourines and all kinds of cymbals, created in the Jewel. "Cymbals and lutes, dance and song well executed, musical instruments and gongs, behold all created in the Jewel. "Jumpers and wrestlers too are here, and a sight of jugglers, and royal bards and barbers, behold created in the Jewel. "Crowds are gathered here of men and women, see the seats tiers beyond tiers created in the Jewel. "See the Sun and the Moon, shining on the four sides, as they go around Mount Sineru, - all created in the Jewel. "See the Earth surrounded by the Sea, with water everywhere, and diversified with trees. See too lakes well distributed in the four corners, filled with quantities of birds and abounding with fishes with broad scales, - all created in the Jewel. "See Sineru and Himavat and the miraculous sea and the four Guardians of the World - created in the Jewel. "Indra's Gardens... and his palace Vejajanta, - behold all created in the ."Indra's Palace Sudhamma (Sidharma... Spirit of the Sidh)... the Heaven of the Thirty-Three (Buddhas), the Heavenly Tree Pariochatta in full flower, and Indra's Elephant Airavata, behold created in the Jewel. "See here the maidens of the gods risen like lightning in the air, and wandering about in the Nandana, - all created in the Jewel. "See the heavenly maidens bewitching the sons of heaven, and the sons of heaven wandering about, all created in the Jewel. "Behold more than a thousand palaces covered with Lapis Lazuli, all created with brilliant colors in the Jewel. "And the beings of the Tavatimsa Heaven and the Yama heaven and the Tusita heaven, and those of the Paranimmita heaven all created in the Jewel. "See here pure lakes with transparent water (amrita) covered with heavenly coral trees and lotuses and water-lilies. "O King, best of Men, look at this bright flame like Jewel, perfect in all parts, - this the destined reward for him who wins." And Vidhura spoke the thruth to the King.... and the text is much longer... and finally at the end Vidhura wins everything even the Kingship among all Kings. And the real Punnaka, gave a signal to the Horse who was endowed with reason, and he forthwith bounded into the sky, carrying the Seer. "The Prince of Horses bearing Vidhura went up into the sky and soon reached the Kalagiri (Black Mountain) without coming into contact with the boughs of trees or the rocks." Anyways, the Story is too long... but finally at the end they say that ... "Abiding his teachings, and following their King all the inhabitants of the Kuru Kingdom gave gifts and performed good works and at the end of their lives went to swell the hosts of Heaven!" ****************************************** Anyways, here is a dream of Nanette to illustrate the Up Rooting of the Tree of Life... I was with Victor (Eric Braeden/Y&R...an actor) and his friend Douglas. We were at Victor's property where he was going to build a ranch. We were standing there (I don't recall a house, but we were looking out a window) when suddenly, out of nowhere, a storm started brewing. The skies were black. It was going to be a bad one. I wondered if we should even bother putting our cars in the garage, thinking they'd probably get damaged there as well. Directly in front of us stood a tree. It was of medium height (25-30 feet), had a trunk 4 feet in diameter and had millions of leaves which were small and waxy. Suddenly, out of the right side of the leaves there appeared a small, dimpled looking, beluga whale. The whale looked to be struggling to escape the leaves and branches; feet first, if you will. It finally broke free, but was then sucked immediately back in. Next, all of the leaves began turning color; green to black to white, finally turning into doves (but not flying away, staying in the tree). Next the doves turned into twelve ghosts (like Casper, The Friendly Ghost). All you can see are their heads poking through the leaves. I stood there in awe at what had transpired; my mind trying to comprehend all I had seen. In the blink of an eye, the storm had passed. The tree before us now forever broken. The trunk had been snapped completely off and was now shattered and splintered on each end. But the amazing thing was that the treetops were still in tact, hanging ominously above the tree stump, while the trunk itself was levitating sideways between the treetop and the stump. The kinetic energy surrounding us from the storm was remarkable. I grabbed my journal to write everything down that had happened. Over my shoulder, Victor began reading some of my previous entries (personal comments, quotes I'd made up and observations). One in particular, and my favorite, caught his eye. He read it out loud. I said to him, "You know, I felt like I had been touched by the hand of God when I wrote that. It was the most amazing feeling." I felt a buzzing feeling within my body. My blood flowed through me like electricity. I took my journal and sat down to write what we had all witnessed. My mind is racing, my hand can't process my thoughts fast enough. As I write, I suddenly realize that I'm sitting there topless (half naked), but I don't care. I'm wearing a brand new pair of jeans, the tag hanging off one of those plastic strings that are so annoying. I feel the coolness of the table as my bare breasts rub against it as I continue writing. I write faster and faster, not wanting to forget a single thing, my head nearly resting on the table by my hand. Victor watches me, mesmerized. I can feel myself get lightheaded, like I might pass out from the sheer exhiliration of it all. I feel my body start to tip over sideways, out of my chair. I find it increasingly hard to breathe. I take deeper and deeper breaths, reminding myself to breathe in and out. I wonder if Victor will catch me before I fall to the ground. (7/21/96) #446 **************** Also, in Buddhism, we know that it's an attribute of we already covered that already... but once again, from "Buddhism and Lamaïsm of Tibet", pages 86-88. "Godly Birth. The God is born at once "fully developed" within a halo of glory from a lotus flower.- the oriental symbol of immaterial birth and is provided with the special attributes of a God, viz, (1) a lotus-footstool, (2) splendid dress and ornaments, (3) goddess-companions (Apsaras, celestial nymphs- the "houris" awarded to heroes.), (4) a wish-granting Tree, which instantly yields any fruit or food wished for, and bends to the hand of the gatherer, its leaves yielding luscious food, its juice nectar, and its fruit jewels, (5) a wish-granting cow which yields any drink wished for, (6) self-sprung crops (usually painted as Indian corn or maize), ***** (7) in a golden stall...a jeweled Horse-of-foreknowledge which Pegasus-like carries his rider wherever wished, through-out the worlds of the past, present, and future,***** (8) a lake of perfumed nectar or ambrosia (Skt., Amrita) which is the elixir vitae and the source of the divine lustre. The cup-bearer is Dhanwantari, the Indian Ganymede. Shining is a peculiarly divine attribute, and the etymology of the word "divinity", is the root Div, "to shine", the parent of the Skt. Deva and latin Deus." You see, my Dreaming friends, the Tree in #4 and again the Pegasus Horse. They go together... because the Winged-Horse is the Guardian of this fabulous Tree. ******************** In the Judeo-Christian Lore the Tree of Life is called the Tree of Knowledge... Chapter 2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2 By the seventh day God had finished (or ceased- also in verse 3) the work that he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. 4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created. When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens-5 and no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to work the ground, 6 but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground-7 the Lord God formed the man (the Hebrew for man, adam, may be related to the Hebrew for ground, adamah; it is also the name Adam) from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. 8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 And the Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground-trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. **************** I dont think that there is any need to tell the story of Adam and Eve with this Tree, and I think that this story has been totally distorted by the Priests of Christianity??? I'm not sure but it looks as if they made it totally the contrary of what it is supposed to be... and I think that was made to treat woman as inferior being... because God wants everybody to eat from the Tree of Life Eternal. Normal phallocratic Judeo-Christian Priests behavior. :) However, the same tree reappears in a better context in the Book of Revelation... beginning with 2,7... 7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. ... and then the Tree of Life to Heal the Nations reappears in chapter 22 from 22,2 to 22,14... but in the context of the New World wished by All... 21 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death of mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." 5 He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." 6 He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars-their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." 9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. 11 It shone with the glory of God, sand its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. 13 There were tree gates on the east, three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three on the west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, it's gates and it's walls. 16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. 17 He measured its wall and it was 144 cubits thick, by man's measurement, which the angel was using. 18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. 19 The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 The fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 221 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass. 22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. 25 On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. 26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. 27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, not will anyone who does what is shameful and deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life. 22 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing form the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will ive them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. 6 The angel said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place. 7 "Behold I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book." 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. 9 But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all who keep the words of this book. Worship God!" 10 Then he told me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near. 11 Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile; let him who does right continue to do right; and let him who is holy continue to be holy." 12 "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he had done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 14 "Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 16 "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star. 17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the fee gift of the water of life. 18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take way from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. 20 He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen. ***************** Now, you can see why the stupid Priests did not dare to touch this one that much, although you have to change the stupid translation Lamb of God "Agnelus Dei" by Angel of God "Angelus Dei" if you wish to see what the Winged-Horse is doing there?? 18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take way from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. 20 He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. ***************** Anyways, I hope for your own eternal sake that you'll be able to understand a little something here... after all, all the Holy Scriptures have been written for a good purpose... "Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God? When the dead rise... they will be like the angels in heaven." (Words of Jesus in Mark 12, 24-25) ...and bear in mind... 7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. ...and hope that some of you can understand that the Spirit is the Winged-Horse... as menioned several places in the Bible and the Coran and so many other Holy Books. "And I saw heaven open and behold a white horse, and he that sat upon him....is called the Word of God...amid flaming fire (thunder and lightning)... (Rev.19,11) "The Lord(Christos) shall be revealed with his mighty angel in flaming fire." (2 Thessalonians 1,7-8) "Glory be to Him, who carried his Servant by Night from the sacred temple of Mecca to the Temple that is more remote, whose precinct we have blessed, that we might show him of our signs, for He is the Hearer and the Seer" (Qur'an 17,1) OK! That is not all that bad for a start, and feel free to eat from the Tree of Life if you believe in dreams... "For the Days of the Lord are coming..... . And it shall come to pass afterward, saith God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. Even on my servants and handmaidens I will pour out, in those days, my Spirit; and they shall prophesy." (Joël 2.28-30 in the Old Testament and in the New Testament in Acts 2.16-18.) "He who does not believe in the true dream does not believe in Allah nor in the Day of Reckoning!!" (Mohammed) ...and if you don't, no problem. :) Thanks, does that shake your Tree? :) Gérald |
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MERCY
Mercy (Middle
English, from
Anglo-French merci,
from
Medieval Latin merced-,
merces, from
Latin, "price paid, wages",
from merc-, merxi
"merchandise") is a broad term
that refers to benevolence,
forgiveness and kindness in
a variety of ethical, religious,
social and legal contexts.
The concept of a "Merciful God" appears in various religions, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam.. Performing acts of mercy as a component of religious beliefs is also emphasized through actions such as the giving of alms, and care for the sick and Works of Mercy.
In the social and legal context, mercy may refer both to compassionate behavior on the part of those in power (e.g. mercy shown by a judge toward a convict), or on the part of a humanitarian third party, e.g., a mission of mercy aiming to treat war victims.
One of the basic virtues of
chivalry,
Christian
ethics,
Islam, and
Judaism, it is also related
to concepts of
justice and
morality in behavior between
people.
In the
Old Testament God is
considered "Merciful and
Gracious" and is praised for it,
e.g. as in
Psalms 103 (8). The emphasis
on mercy appears in numerous
parts of the
New Testament, e.g., as in
the
Beatitudes in
Matthew 5:7: : "Blessed are
the merciful: for they shall
obtain mercy". In the
Parable of the Prodigal Sona>
(Luke
15:11-32) Jesus describes
fatherly mercy as "a gratuitous,
generous gift". In
Ephesians 2:4
Apostle Paul r refers to the
mercy of God in terms of
salvation: "God, being rich in
mercy,... even when we were dead
through our sins, made us alive
together with Christ".
This devotional element of mercy as part of the Christian tradition was echoed by Saint Augustine w who called mercy "ever ancient, ever new". The Works of Mercya> (seven corporal and seven spiritual works) are part of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox t traditions.
The
Catechism of the Catholic Church
emphasizes the importance of the
Works of Mercy (item 2447)
and in
Roman Catholic t teachings,
the mercy of God flows through
the work of the Holy Spirit.
Roman Catholic
liturgy includes frequent
references to mercy, e.g., as in
Kyrie eleison, Christe eleisona>: :
Lord have mercy, Christ have
mercy.
In the 20th century, there
was new focus on mercy in the
Roman Catholic Church, partly
due to the
Divine Mercy d devotion. The
primary focus of the Divine
Mercy devotion is the merciful
love of God and the desire to
let that love and mercy flow
through one's own heart towards
those in need of it.
Pope John Paul IIa> was a
follower of the Divine Mercy
devotion, due to Saint
Mary Faustina Kowalska
(1905–1938), who is known as the
Apostle of Mercy.<. Pope
John Paul II established
Divine Mercy Sundaya>. In his
long encyclical
Dives in Misericordia
(Latin for Rich in Mercy) )
he examined the role of mercy —
both God's mercy, and also the
need for human mercy.
A number of Roman Catholic
shrines are specifically
dedicated to Divine Mercy, e.g.
the
Basilica of Divine Mercy in
Krakow Poland, and the
National Shrine of The Divine
Mercy (Stockbridge,
Massachusetts).<. During the
dedication of the Basilica of
Divine Mercy John Paul II quoted
the Diary of Faustinaa> a and
called mercy the "greatest
attribute of God Almighty".
The first >World Apostolic
Congress on Mercy was held
in Rome in April 2008 and was
inaugurated by
Pope Benedict XVI.<.
In
Islam the title "Most
Merciful" (al-Rahman) is one of
the
names of Allah and
Compassionate (al-Rahim), is the
most common name occurring in
the
Quran. Rahman and Rahim both
derive from the root Rahmat,
which refers to tenderness and
benevolence.[2]
As a form of mercy, the giving
of alms (zakat)
is the fourth of the
Five Pillars of Islam and and
one of the requirements for the
faithful.
In the Jewish Bible mercy is one of the outstanding attributes of God. In the central revelation at Sinai is to recognize YHWH as "the Lord is a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness" (2 Exodus 34.6).[19] This is emphasized in the Babylonian exile, "The Lord has comforted his people and is kind to his arms. [...] Can a woman forget her infant, a mother of her womb? And even if they would forget him. I will never forget you "(Isaiah 49,13.15) why is the demand of mercy to the people". It is good to pray and fast, to be merciful and just "(Tobit 12:8).
Kwan Yin the goddess of
mercy and compassion, is one of
the best known and most
venerated
Bodhisattva in in Asia.
Karuṇā (often translated as "compassion") is part of the beliefs of both Buddhism and Jainism. Karuṇā is present in all schools of Buddhism and in Jainism it is viewed as one of the reflections of universal friendship.
In a legal sense, a defendant having been found guilty of a capital crime may ask for clemency from being executed.
.To be "mercy", the behavior
generally can not be compelled
by outside forces. A famous
literary example that alludes to
the impact of the ethical
components of the mercy on the
legal aspects is from
The Merchant of Venice whe when
Portia asks Shylock to show
mercy. He asks, "On what
compulsion, must I?" She
responds:
The quality of mercy is not strain'd./> It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
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GRACE
Zechariah -
Chapter 3
Then he showed
me Joshua the high priest
standing before the angel of the
Lord and Satan standing at his
right hand to accuse him.
2. And the Lord said to Satan,
"The Lord rebuke you, " Satan!
The Lord who has chosen
Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not
this a brand plucked from the
fire?"
3. No Joshua was standing before
the angel, clothes with filthy
garments
4.And the angel said to those who were standing before him, "Remove the filthy garment from him," And to him he said, "Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with rich apparel."
5. And I said,
"Let them put a clean turban on
his head." She the put a clean
turban on his head and clothed
him with garments; and the angel
of the Lord was standing by.
Zechariah 4 -
1. And the angel who talked with me came again, and waked me, like a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
2. And he said to me, "What do you see?"
3.I said, " "I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps which are on top of it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on it's left."
4.And I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
5.Then the angel who talked with me answered me. "Do you not know what these are?' I said, "No, my lord."
6. Then he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerub'babel: Not my might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
7. What are you, O great Lord of hosts.
7. What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerub''babel you shall become a plain; and he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of 'Grace, grace to it!"
8. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
9. "The hand of Zerub'babel have laid the foundation of this house; his hand shall also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you
10. For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see them plummet in the hand of Zerub''babel. "These seven are the eyes of the Lord, which range through the whole earth.
11. Then I said to him, "What are these two olive trees on the right and the let of the lampstand?"
12. And a second time I said to him, "What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the oil is poured out?
13. He said to me, "Do you not know what these are?' I said, "No, my lord,"
14. Then he said, "These are the two anointed who stand by the Lord of the whole earth."
ANGELS
The angelic beings, or celestial intelligences, are divided into three triads, containing the nine orders, and whose names, as we shall see, represent the divine attributes that they manifest to all below them. Continuing from the fine introduction to the work, Dionysius says these divine attributes also have an inner relation with every human soul, for through their ministrations the aspiring soul becomes liberated from the bondage of material things, receives knowledge of that soul's purpose, and is enabled to live its true life, ultimately attaining its divine likeness to the full.
The first order of the first triad is seraphim. They are described in the passage already quoted from Isaiah as the "burning" or "fiery" ones, from whom the stream of superessential grace flows (God transcends all essence). Like fire, the seraphim consume all that separates the human from God.
The second order is cherubim. The name "cherub" means "fullness of knowledge". Through cherubim, the energy of God streams forth as a transcendental light that perfectly illuminates the soul and unites it with the divine wisdom. It imparts a full and lucid understanding to the universal divine immanence.
In the Bible, cherubs are depicted as great winged creatures - for instance, in the construction of the Ark in the wilderness (Exodus 25.18 passim), King Solomon's majestic temple (1 Kings 6.23 passim) and the visions of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1.10 and 10.1 passim). In one passage, the cherub is portrayed as a flying creature on which God travelled in order to help King David (2 Samuel 22.11). All this shows how hard it is for the human mind to avoid conceptualizing a formless energy.
The third order of the first triad are the thrones; these are divine seats through which the soul is lifted up to God and becomes established in the constancy of the divine service. This first triad is closest at all times to the divine presence.
In the second triad come first the dominions, or dominations, that are free from all earthly passions, from all inward inclination to the bondage of discord, and from all that is low; they display a liberal superiority to harsh tyranny, and an exemptness from degrading servility. They are true lords, perpetually aspiring to true lordship, and to the Source of Lordship. The second order of the second triad are the virtues, that have a powerful and unshakable virility welling forth into all their God-like energies. There is no weakness in them: instead, they ascend unwaveringly to the superessential virtue which is the Source of Virtue, and flow forth providentially to those below.
The third order are the powers, or authorities, that are invested with a capacity to regulate intellectual and supermundane power which never debases its authority by tyrannical force, but is irresistibly urged onward in due order to the Divine. This order beneficently leads those below it, as far as possible, to the supreme power which is the Source of Power. It re-directs the forces that fetter the human mind to earthly things. Through this second triad, the soul is liberated from all that is below, and assimilated to that which is above.
The third, and lowest, triad is concerned with the final execution of the work of providence, which is God's beneficent care for his creatures. The principalities exhibit divine lordship and true service; through them, the soul may turn from attachment to earthly activities to the service of God, so as ultimately to become a co-worker with the divine ministers.
The archangels imprint the divine seal on all things, whereby the universe is the written word of God. They impart to the soul the spiritual light through which it may learn to read the Bible, and also to know and use its own faculties correctly. The lowest order of this triad is the angels, who minister to all things of nature, including humans, by purifying and uplifting them.
In this triadic scheme, the higher orders inspire those lower than they, but not vice versa. Thus it is clear that the third triad is nearest the world, and transmits the illumination received from above. The end of the process is the transfiguration of the whole of the universe in the glorious light that proceeds from on high.
This whole hierarchy spreads the divine light through the cosmos, that vast realm that includes the universe, as far as human understanding can define it, and also the psychic plane where we may meet the spirits of the dead and also the communion of saints and the ministry of angels.
The great work of the angelic hierarchy is to praise and glorify God. This praise is not a rational acclaim so much as a great paean of joy that the world is as it is and that the angels are privileged both to know it and to participate in it. This is how we should say the Gloria of the Eucharist: that we are privileged to partake of the body and blood of the Saviour If the whole cosmos could resound to that praise, and move beyond prejudice and emotional bonds, we would pour out peace and goodwill to all creatures.
The angelic hierarchy, with its enlightened will turned resolutely to the divine presence, helps to bring forward the Kingdom of God on earth - and elsewhere in our unimaginably glorious cosmos.
And so it is that all aspiring human souls move to the divine presence, aided by an immense angelic hierarchy, none more important than the other.
If the humble angel leads the way, the destination is through the cherub and seraph to the source of all being whom we call God. It may well be that much illumination from the Holy Spirit comes to us through the angelic hierarchy, centering on our own guardian angel. One thing is certain, though: we must worship the Holy Trinity and no other power.
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Did
he travel there in
583-560 BC from Egypt
around the same time of
the destruction of
Jerusalem, with: the
scribe Baruch,
Ebed-Melech, Tea Tephi
(daughter ... www.bibleprobe.com/lost.htm |
The Ark of the Covenant measured 1 1/2 cubits (one and a half), which today would be 2.5 feet.
But the Egyptian Royal cubit measurement was different, and below it mentions dividing it by 60.
I am probably on a wild goose chase here - but the point I am making is if the Ark of the Covenant - twin pillars of Moses concealed within the Ark of the Covenant were so small, for they had to be in order to fit into the Ark of the Covenant, then why the measurement of her burial place being 60 feet? Was it purely a hint of the Freemasonic connection, or one of latitude.
Downpatrick in Ireland, is 54 degrees North.
St Germain's (Merlin/Columba's) favourite Psalm about Tea Tephi's royal wedding, is Psalm 45. He could have given it any other number, i.e. Psalm 33, but he didn't.
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.
1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
9 Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
13 The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.
16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
Lot and the Angels at the Gate of Sodom - Ge 19:3;
19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing [them] rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where [are] the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as [is] good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said [again], This one [fellow] came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, [even] Lot, and came near to break the door.
10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
11 And they smote the men that [were] at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring [them] out of this place:
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 Behold now, this city [is] near to flee unto, and it [is] a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, ([is] it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father [is] old, and [there is] not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, [and] lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same [is] the father of the Moabites unto this day.
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same [is] the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
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Sanctifying the Tabernacle - Ex 29:2;
29:1 And this [is] the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,
:2 And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: [of] wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
:3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
:4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.
5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour [it] upon his head, and anoint him.
8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.
9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
The Israelites did evil and the Lord Turns them over to the Midianites for Seven Years:
6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: [and] because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which [are] in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
3 And [so] it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; [for] both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,
8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;
10 And I said unto you, I [am] the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which [was] in Ophrah, that [pertained] unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide [it] from the Midianites.
12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD [is] with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where [be] all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? 15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family [is] poor in Manasseh, and I [am] the least in my father's house.
16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set [it] before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought [it] out unto him under the oak, and presented [it].
20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay [them] upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that [was] in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
22 And when Gideon perceived that he [was] an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace [be] unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that [is] by it:
26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and [so] it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do [it] by day, that he did [it] by night.
28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that [was] by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar [that was] built.
29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.
30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that [was] by it.
31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst [it is yet] morning: if he [be] a god, let him plead for himself, because [one] hath cast down his altar.
32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; [and] if the dew be on the fleece only, and [it be] dry upon all the earth [beside], then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
Saul and the Philistines -
28:5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, [there is] a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me [him] up, whom I shall name unto thee.
9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, [As] the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou [art] Saul.
13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
14 And he said unto her, What form [is] he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he [is] covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it [was] Samuel, and he stooped with [his] face to the ground, and bowed himself.
15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
17 And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, [even] to David:
18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow [shalt] thou and thy sons [be] with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
:22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded [it], and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
25 And she brought [it] before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
According to Peter
Dawkins of the Francis Bacon
Research Trust, UK., the
number 33 is the Elizabethan
simple cipher for BACON,
(B=2, A=1, C=3, 0=14,
N =13), total 33. (Francis
Bacon was St Germain who
translated the Bible).
The late Alfred Dodd,
biographer of Francis Bacon
informs us in his book
titled Francis Bacon’s
Personal Life Story as
follows:
Thirty-Three: “‘33’
was the numerical
signature of Bacon as
well as the Highest Masonic
Degree, and the symbols of
‘T.T.’ run like a golden
thread throughout the
ceremonials of Masonry and
Rosicrucianism from the
first Masonic Step…’T’ and
the ‘33’ candles on the
Rosicrucian Altar.”
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| 10-13-2001 - THE DREAM
I was in someone's garage, gathering the laundry to be done.
There was so much, There was a Mexican housekeeper woman there who was going to
do the actual I thought it was awfully petty to charge 2 cents extra but she was paid anyway Then a young teen boy wanted to work for us,
but wanted to be paid $6.45 an |
| Interpretation: I have come to the conclusion previously that
doing laundry in dreams has to do with cleaning the chakras of the body. The white basket may represent the crown chakra. In this case
it was wide open The Mexican housekeeper woman represents the Aztec woman
"Serpent Skirt" Pablos' Dream: Krishnamurti and I are keeping vigil on a deceased person. He
comments how, From Joe Mason: The "Housekeeper" in Pablo's dream corresponds
to the "Coolxauhqui" (adorned with bells), the sister/moon
corresponds to Kali. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jesus tells us, "But I say unto you, that every idle word that
men shall speak James 2:13 For there will be no mercy for you if you have not
been merciful James 5-7 - Dear brothers and sisters, you must be patient as
you wait for 5:8 You, too, must be patient. And take courage, for the
coming of the Lord Commentary: Verses 7-11 Consider him that waits for a crop of
corn; and ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karma, a Sanskrit word meaning "action," is
regarded as a law of absolute WHAT EXACTLY THE LAW OF KARMA? Hindus believe in
life after The concept of karma is closely associated with
reincarnation. Karma is Christianity refutes Karma and Reincarnation Karma and Judgment Karma is the natural process whereby all things balance out.
In a most For every ACTION, there is a REACTION All of our thoughts, actions, and reactions have an effect
upon us, now or Because of this, we can't get away with anything. No one is
watching us Why study
Metrology? One of the central ideas of ancient metrology is
Remember James Baker, Jimmy Swaggert, and Jim Jones |
| MORTAL SINS VS VENIAL SINS
MORTAL SIN A. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines a mortal sin as follows: "Mortal sin destroys charity in the heart of man by a grave violation of God's law; it turns man away from God, who is his ultimate end and his beatitude, by preferring an inferior good to him." (C.C.C. # 1855) "Mortal sin, by attacking the vital principle within us - that is, charity - necessitates a new initiative of God's mercy and a conversion of heart which is normally accomplished within the setting of the Sacrament of Confession." (C.C.C. # 1856) "Mortal sin is a radical possibility of human freedom, as is love itself. It results in the loss of charity and the private of sanctifying grace, that is, of the state of grace. If it is not redeemed by repentance of God's forgiveness, it causes exclusion to make choices for ever, with no turning back. However, although we can judge that an act is in itself a grave offense, we must entrust judgment of persons to the justice and mercy of God." (C.C.C. # 1861) "To choose deliberately - that is, both knowing it and willing it - something gravely contrary to the divine law and to the ultimate end of man is to commit a mortal sin. This destroys in us the charity without which eternal beatitude is impossible. Unrepented, it brings eternal death." (C.C.C. # 1874) VENIAL SIN A. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines a venial sin as follows: "Venial sin allows charity to subsist, even though it offends and wounds it." (To "subsist" means to "exist.") (C.C.C. # 1855) "Venial sin constitutes a moral disorder that is reparable by charity, which it allows to subsist in us." (C.C.C. # 1875) "One commits venial sin when, in a less serious matter, he does not observe the standard prescribed by the moral law,or when he disobeys the moral law in a grave matter, but without full knowledge or without complete consent." (C.C.C. #. 1862) "Venial sin weakens charity; it manifests a disordered affection for created goods; it impedes the soul's progress in the exercise of the virtues and the practice of the moral good; it merits temporal punishment. Deliberate and unrepented venial sin disposes us little by little to commit mortal sin. However venial sin does not set us in direct opposition to the will and friendship of God; it does not break the covenant with God. With God's grace it is humanly reparable. 'Venial sin does not deprive the sinner of sanctifying grace, friendship with God, charity, and consequently eternal happiness.'" (C.C.C. # 1863) Mortal Sin - Quotes of the Famous Q. What is the difference between a mortal sin and a venial sin? A. For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must exist at the same time. 1. It must be of a grave matter; 2. It must be committed with full knowledge that it is a mortal sin; 3. It must be committed with full consent. [Full consent means to do it "voluntarily."] (C.C.C. # 1857) Grave matter is specified by the Ten Commandments, corresponding to the answer of Jesus to the rich young man: 'Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.' The gravity of sins is more or less great: murder is graver than theft. One must also take into account who is wronged: violence against parents is in itself graver than violence against a stranger." (C.C.C. # 1858) "Mortal sin requires full knowledge and complete consent. It presupposes knowledge of the sinful character of the act, of its opposition to God's laws. It also implies a consent sufficiently deliberate to be a personal choice. Feigned ignorance and hardness of heart do not diminish, but rather increase, the voluntary character of a sin." (C.C.C. # 1859) "When the will sets itself upon something that is of its nature incompatible with the charity that orients man toward his ultimate end, then the sin is mortal by its very object... whether it contradicts the love of God, such as blasphemy or perjury, or the love of neighbour, such as homicide or adultery... But when the sinner's will is set upon something that of its nature involves a disorder, but is not opposed to the love of God and neighbour, such as thoughtless chatter or immoderate laughter and the like, such sins are venial." (C.C.C. # 1856) |
| JUDGMENT
1 Chronicles 16, verse 33 33: Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth. Job 14, verse 17 17: My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. Job 21, verse 30 30: That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. Job 31, verses 13 - 15 13: If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14: What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? 15: Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? Psalms 9, verse 7 7: But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. Psalms 50, verses 3 - 6 3: Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. 4: He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. 5: Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. 6: And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. Psalms 96, verse 13 13: Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. Psalms 98, verse 9 9: Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. Ecclesiastes 3, verse 17 17: I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. Ecclesiastes 11, verse 9 9: Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Ecclesiastes 12, verse 14 14: For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. Ezekiel 18, verses 20 - 28 20: The soul that sinneth, it 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 upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. 21: But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 22: All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. 23: Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? 24: But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. 25: Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? 26: When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. 27: Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28: Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. Daniel 7, verses 9 , 10 9: I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. 10: A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. Amos 4, verse 12 12: Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. Matthew 3, verse 12 12: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Matthew 7, verses 22 , 23 22: Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23: And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Matthew 8, verse 29 29: And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? Matthew 10, verse 15 15: Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. Matthew 11, verse 22 22: But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. Matthew 12, verses 36 , 37 36: But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37: For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Matthew 12, verses 41 , 42 41: The men of Ninevah shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. 42: The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. Matthew 13, verse 30 30: Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. Matthew 13, verses 40 - 43 40: As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. 41: The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 42: And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43: Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Matthew 13, verse 49 49: So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, Matthew 13, verses 49 , 50 49: So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 50: And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 16, verse 27 27: For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Matthew 22, verses 11 - 13 11: And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: 12: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 13: Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 23, verse 14 14: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Matthew 25, verses 1 - 46 1: Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2: And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3: They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5: While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6: And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7: Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8: And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9: But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10: And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11: Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12: But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13: Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 14: For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15: And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightaway took his journey. 16: Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17: And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18: But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19: After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20: And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. 21: His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22: He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. 23: His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24: Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 26: His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 27: Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 28: Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 29: For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. 30: And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 31: When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34: Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35: For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37: Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38: When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39: Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40: And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 41: Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42: For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44: Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45: Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46: And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. Mark 4, verse 22 22: For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. Mark 8, verse 38 38: Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. Mark 13, verse 32 32: But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Luke 3, verse 17 17: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. Luke 10, verses 10 - 14 10: But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, 11: Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. 12: But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. 13: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14: But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. Luke 11, verses 31 , 32 31: The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. 32: The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Luke 12, verses 2 - 5 2: For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3: Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. 4: And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5: But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Luke 13, verses 24 - 29 24: Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25: When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 26: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27: But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 28: There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29: And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. Luke 19, verses 12 - 26 12: He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13: And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 14: But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. 15: And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. 16: Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 17: And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. 18: And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. 19: And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. 20: And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: 21: For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. 22: And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: 23: Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? 24: And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. 25: (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 26: For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. Luke 20, verses 45 - 47 45: Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples, 46: Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; 47: Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation. John 5, verse 22 22: For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: John 12, verse 48 48: He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. Acts 2, verses 19 - 21 19: And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 20: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: 21: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 10, verse 42 42: And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. Acts 17, verse 31 31: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Acts 24, verse 25 25: And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. Romans 2, verses 5 - 10 5: But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6: Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: 8: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness,indignation and wrath, 9: Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10: But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: Romans 2, verses 12 - 16 12: For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; 13: (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. 14: For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) 16: In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. Romans 14, verses 10 - 12 10: But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11: For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord,every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12: So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 1 Corinthians 3, verse 13 13: Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 1 Corinthians 4, verse 5 5: Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. 1 Corinthians 6, verse 2 2: Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 2 Corinthians 5, verse 10 10: For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 2 Thessalonians 1, verses 7 , 8 7: And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8: In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 Timothy 4, verse 1 1: I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Timothy 4, verse 8 8: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. Hebrews 6, verse 2 2: Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. Hebrews 9, verse 27 27: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: Hebrews 10, verse 27 27: But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 1 Peter 4, verse 5 5: Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. 1 Peter 4, verse 7 7: But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 2 Peter 2, verse 4 4: For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 2 Peter 2, verse 9 9: The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 2 Peter 3, verse 7 7: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 2 Peter 3, verses 10 - 12 10: But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11: Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12: Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 1 John 4, verse 17 17: Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. Jude 1, verse 6 6: And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Jude 1, verses 14 , 15 14: And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15: To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. Jude 1, verse 24 24: Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, Revelation 1, verse 7 7: Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. Revelation 6, verses 15 - 17 15: And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondsman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16: And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? Revelation 11, verse 18 18: And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. Revelation 20, verses 11 - 15 11: And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12: And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13: And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14: And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15: And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Revelation 22, verse 12 12: And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. |
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Isaiah 29, verses 20 , 21 20: For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 21: That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. Matthew 7, verses 1 - 5 1: Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2: For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3: And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4: Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5: Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. Luke 6, verses 37 - 42 37: Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 38: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. 39: And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40: The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. 41: And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 42: Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. Luke 12, verse 57 57: Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? John 7, verse 24 24: Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. John 8, verse 7 7: So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. Romans 2, verse 1 1: Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself;for thou that judgest doest the same things. Romans 14, verses 1 - 15 1: Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. 2: For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 3: Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. 4: Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. 5: One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. 6: He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day,to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. 7: For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. 8: For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the lord's. 9: For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. 10: But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11: For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord,every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12: So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 13: Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. 14: I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15: But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. 1 Corinthians 4, verses 3 - 5 3: But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. 4: For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. 5: Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. 1 Corinthians 4, verse 7 7: For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 1 Corinthians 13, verses 1 - 6 1: Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2: And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3: And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 4: Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5: Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6: Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; James 4, verses 11 , 12 11: Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12: There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? |
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Exodus 5, verse 21 21: And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. Exodus 14, verses 11 , 12 11: And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 12: Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. Numbers 32, verses 1 - 33 1: Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; 2: The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, 3: Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 4: Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: 5: Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. 6: And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? 7: And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? 8: Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. 9: For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them. 10: And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying, 11: Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: 12: Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. 13: And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. 14: And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. 15: For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. 16: And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 17: But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 18: We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. 19: For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. 20: And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war, 21: And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, 22: And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD. 23: But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. 24: Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. 25: And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. 26: Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: 27: But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith. 28: So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: 29: And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: 30: But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 31: And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32: We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours. 33: And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. Joshua 22, verses 11 - 31 11: And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. 12: And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them. 13: And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 14: And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel. 15: And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, 16: Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD? 17: Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, 18: But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. 19: Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God. 20: Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. 21: Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, 22: The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) 23: That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it; 24: And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel? 25: For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD. 26: Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: 27: But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD. 28: Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you. 29: God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. 30: And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them. 31: And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. 1 Samuel 1, verses 14 - 17 14: And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. 15: And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. 16: Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. 17: Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. 1 Samuel 17, verse 28 28: And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 2 Samuel 10, verse 3 3: And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? Job 8 1: Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2: How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? 3: Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? 4: If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; 5: If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 6: If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. 7: Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. 8: For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9: (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 10: Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11: Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? 12: Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 13: So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: 14: Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. 15: He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. 16: He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. 17: His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. 18: If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. 19: Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. 20: Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: 21: Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. 22: They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. Job 15 1: Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2: Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 3: Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? 4: Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. 5: For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6: Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7: Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? 8: Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? 9: What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us? 10: With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father. 11: Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee? 12: Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at, 13: That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? 14: What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15: Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. 16: How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water? 17: I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18: Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19: Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20: The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21: A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22: He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23: He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. 24: Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. 25: For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. 26: He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: 27: Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. 28: And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. 29: He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. 30: He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. 31: Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. 32: It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. 33: He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. 34: For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. 35: They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. Job 22 1: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2: Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? 3: Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect? 4: Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? 5: Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? 6: For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7: Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8: But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. 9: Thou has sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10: Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; 11: Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. 12: Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! 13: And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? 14: Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. 15: Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16: Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 17: Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18: Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19: The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20: Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. 21: Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. 22: Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 23: If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 24: Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25: Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. 26: For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27: Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. 28: Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. 29: When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. 30: He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. Job 42, verses 7 , 8 7: And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. 8: Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. Job 11, verses 1 - 6 1: Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2: Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? 3: Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 4: For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. 5: But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 6: And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Job 20 1: Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2: Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 3: I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4: Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5: That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6: Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; 7: Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? 8: He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9: The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. 10: His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 11: His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12: Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 13: Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 14: Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. 15: He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. 16: He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. 17: He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 18: That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 19: Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; 20: Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. 21: There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. 22: In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. 23: When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24: He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25: It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. 26: All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27: The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. 28: The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. 29: This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. John 1, verse 46 46: And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. Acts 21, verse 28 28: Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. |
| FALSE ACCUSATIONS
Exodus 23, verse 1 1: Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Exodus 23, verse 7 7: Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. Leviticus 19, verse 16 16: Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD. Psalms 41, verses 5 - 9 5: Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? 6: And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 7: All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. 8: An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. 9: Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. Matthew 5, verse 11 11: Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Luke 3, verse 14 14: And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. 2 Timothy 3, verse 3 3: Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 1 Peter 4, verse 14 14: If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. Genesis 39, verses 7 - 20 7: And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 8: But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; 9: There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 10: And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. 11: And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within. 12: And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 13: And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14: That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: 15: And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. 16: And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. 17: And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: 18: And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out. 19: And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. 20: And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. Genesis 42, verses 9 - 14 9: And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10: And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. 11: We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. 12: And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 13: And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. 14: And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: Numbers 16, verse 3 3: And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? Numbers 16, verse 13 13: Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? 1 Samuel 22, verses 11 - 16 11: Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king. 12: And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord. 13: And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? 14: Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house? 15: Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more. 16: And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. 2 Samuel 3, verses 24 - 27 24: Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone? 25: Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. 26: And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not. 27: And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. 2 Samuel 10, verse 3 3: And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? 1 Kings 18, verses 17 , 18 17: And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? 18: And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. 1 Kings 21, verse 10 10: And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. 1 Kings 21, verse 13 13: And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. Ezra 4, verses 6 - 16 6: And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. 7: And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. 8: Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: 9: Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, 10: And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time. 11: This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time. 12: Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. 13: Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. 14: Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king; 15: That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. 16: We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. Nehemiah 6, verses 6 - 8 6: Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words. 7: And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. 8: Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. Jeremiah 26, verse 8 8: Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. Jeremiah 26, verse 11 11: Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. Jeremiah 37, verses 13 , 14 13: And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. 14: Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. Jeremiah 43, verses 2 , 3 2: Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: 3: But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. Amos 7, verses 10 , 11 10: Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. 11: For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. Matthew 1, verse 19 19: Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. Matthew 9, verse 34 34: But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. Matthew 10, verse 25 25: It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? Matthew 12, verses 2 - 14 2: But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 3: But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 4: How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? 5: Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? 6: But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. 7: But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. 8: For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. 9: And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: 10: And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. 11: And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 12: How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. 13: Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. 14: Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. Matthew 26, verses 59 - 61 59: Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; 60: But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, 61: And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. Mark 3, verse 22 22: And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. Mark 14, verses 53 - 65 53: And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. 54: And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. 55: And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. 56: For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. 57: And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, 58: We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. 59: But neither so did their witness agree together. 60: And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? 61: But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? 62: And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 63: Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? 64: Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. 65: And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. Luke 23, verse 2 2: And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. John 18, verse 30 30: They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. Acts 6, verse 11 11: Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. Acts 6, verse 13 13: And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: Acts 17, verse 7 7: Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. Acts 21, verse 28 28: Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. Acts 24, verses 5 , 6 5: For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: 6: Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. Acts 24, verse 13 13: Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. Acts 25, verse 2 2: Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him, Acts 25, verse 7 7: And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove. Romans 3, verse 8 8: And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. Acts 16, verses 20 , 21 20: And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 21: And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. Job 1, verses 9 , 10 9: Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 10: Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. Job 2, verses 4 , 5 4: And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. 5: But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. |
| FALSEHOOD
Exodus 20, verse 16 16: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Exodus 23, verse 1 1: Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Leviticus 6, verses 2 - 7 2: If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; 3: Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: 4: Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, 5: Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering. 6: And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: 7: And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein. Leviticus 19, verses 11 , 12 11: Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. 12: And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. Leviticus 19, verse 16 16: Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD. Job 13, verse 4 4: But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. Job 21, verse 34 34: How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? Job 27, verse 4 4: My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. Job 31, verses 5 , 6 5: If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 6: Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. Job 31, verse 33 33: If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: Job 36, verse 4 4: For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. Psalms 5, verse 6 6: Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. Psalms 5, verse 9 9: For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. Psalms 10, verse 7 7: His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. Psalms 12, verses 2 , 3 2: They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3: The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: Psalms 28, verse 3 3: Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. Psalms 31, verse 18 18: Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. Psalms 34, verse 13 13: Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Psalms 36, verse 3 3: The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. Psalms 50, verses 19 , 20 19: Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20: Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. Psalms 52, verses 2 - 5 2: Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully. 3: Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. 4: Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. 5: God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. Psalms 55, verse 21 21: The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. Psalms 55, verse 23 23: But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. Psalms 58, verse 3 3: The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. Psalms 59, verse 12 12: For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak. Psalms 62, verse 4 4: They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. Psalms 63, verse 11 11: But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. Psalms 101, verse 5 5: Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. Psalms 101, verse 7 7: He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. Psalms 109, verse 2 2: For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. Psalms 116, verse 11 11: I said in my haste, All men are liars. Psalms 119, verse 29 29: Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. Psalms 119, verse 69 69: The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. Psalms 119, verse 163 163: I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. Psalms 120, verses 2 - 4 2: Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3: What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4: Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. Psalms 144, verse 8 8: Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. Psalms 144, verse 11 11: Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: Proverbs 2, verses 12 - 15 12: To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13: Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14: Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15: Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: Proverbs 3, verse 3 3: Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: Proverbs 6, verses 12 , 13 12: A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13: He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; Proverbs 6, verses 17 - 19 17: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18: An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19: A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Proverbs 10, verses 9 , 10 9: He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. 10: He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. Proverbs 10, verse 18 18: He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. Proverbs 10, verse 31 31: The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. Proverbs 11, verse 9 9: An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. Proverbs 12, verse 17 17: He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit. Proverbs 12, verses 19 , 20 19: The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. 20: Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellers of peace is joy. Proverbs 12, verse 22 22: Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. Proverbs 13, verse 5 5: A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. Proverbs 14, verse 5 5: A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. Proverbs 14, verse 8 8: The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. Proverbs 14, verse 25 25: A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. Proverbs 17, verse 4 4: A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Proverbs 17, verse 7 7: Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. Proverbs 19, verse 5 5: A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. Proverbs 19, verse 9 9: A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. Proverbs 19, verse 22 22: The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. Proverbs 19, verse 28 28: An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. Proverbs 20, verse 17 17: Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. Proverbs 21, verse 6 6: The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. Proverbs 26, verses 18 , 19 18: As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, 19: So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? Proverbs 26, verses 24 - 26 24: He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25: When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26: Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation. Proverbs 26, verse 28 28: A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. Proverbs 27, verse 14 14: He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. Ecclesiastes 5, verse 6 6: Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? Isaiah 28, verse 15 15: Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: Isaiah 32, verse 7 7: The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. Isaiah 57, verse 11 11: And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? Isaiah 59, verses 3 , 4 3: For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 4: None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Isaiah 59, verses 12 , 13 12: For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; 13: In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. Isaiah 63, verse 8 8: For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. Jeremiah 7, verse 8 8: Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. Jeremiah 7, verse 28 28: But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. Jeremiah 9, verse 3 3: And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 9, verses 5 , 6 5: And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. 6: Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 9, verse 8 8: Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. Jeremiah 12, verse 6 6: For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. Jeremiah 50, verse 36 36: A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. Ezekiel 22, verse 9 9: In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. Hosea 4, verses 1 , 2 1: Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. 2: By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. Obadiah 1, verse 7 7: All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. Micah 6, verse 12 12: For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. Nahum 3, verse 1 1: Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; Zephaniah 3, verse 13 13: The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. Matthew 25, verses 44 - 46 44: Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45: Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46: And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. John 8, verses 44 , 45 44: Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45: And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. Ephesians 4, verse 25 25: Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Ephesians 4, verse 29 29: Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Colossians 3, verse 9 9: Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 1 Timothy 1, verses 9 , 10 9: Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10: For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; 1 Timothy 4, verse 2 2: Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 1 Peter 3, verse 10 10: For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 1 Peter 3, verse 16 16: Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. Revelation 21, verse 8 8: But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Revelation 21, verse 27 27: And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. Revelation 22, verse 15 15: For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. |
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Job 8, verses 13 - 15 13: So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: 14: Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. 15: He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. Job 13, verse 16 16: He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him. Job 15, verse 31 31: Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. Job 15, verses 33 , 34 33: He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. 34: For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. Job 17, verse 8 8: Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. Job 20, verses 4 - 18 4: Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5: That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6: Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; 7: Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? 8: He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9: The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. 10: His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 11: His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12: Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 13: Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 14: Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. 15: He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. 16: He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. 17: He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 18: That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. Job 27, verses 8 - 10 8: For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? 9: Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? 10: Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? Job 27, verses 13 - 18 13: This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 14: If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15: Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. 16: Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; 17: He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18: He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. Job 31, verses 33 , 34 33: If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: 34: Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? Job 34, verse 30 30: That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. Job 36, verses 13 , 14 13: But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. 14: They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. Psalms 5, verse 9 9: For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. Psalms 50, verses 16 , 17 16: But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 17: Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. Psalms 52, verse 4 4: Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. Psalms 55, verses 12 - 14 12: For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: 13: But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. 14: We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. Psalms 55, verse 20 20: He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. Psalms 55, verses 20 , 21 20: He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. 21: The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. Psalms 101, verse 7 7: He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. Proverbs 7, verses 10 - 21 10: And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11: (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12: Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) 13: So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, 14: I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. 15: Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 16: I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. 17: I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18: Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. 19: For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 20: He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. 21: With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. Proverbs 11, verse 9 9: An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. Proverbs 14, verse 8 8: The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. Proverbs 15, verse 8 8: The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. Proverbs 20, verse 14 14: It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. Proverbs 21, verse 27 27: The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? Proverbs 23, verses 6 - 8 6: Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: 7: For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. 8: The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. Proverbs 25, verse 19 19: Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. Proverbs 26, verses 18 , 19 18: As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, 19: So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? Proverbs 26, verses 23 - 26 23: Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. 24: He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25: When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26: Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation. Isaiah 1, verses 11 - 15 11: To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 12: When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13: Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14: Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. 15: And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Isaiah 9, verse 17 17: Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. Isaiah 10, verse 6 6: I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Isaiah 29, verse 13 13: Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: Isaiah 29, verses 15 , 16 15: Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? 16: Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? Isaiah 32, verses 5 , 6 5: The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. 6: For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. Isaiah 33, verse 14 14: The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? Isaiah 48, verses 1 , 2 1: Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. 2: For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. Isaiah 58, verses 2 - 5 2: Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. 3: Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. 4: Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. 5: Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? Isaiah 61, verse 8 8: For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. Isaiah 65, verse 5 5: Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. Isaiah 66, verses 3 - 5 3: He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. 4: I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. 5: Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. Jeremiah 3, verses 10 , 11 10: And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. 11: And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. Jeremiah 5, verse 2 2: And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. Jeremiah 6, verse 20 20: To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. Jeremiah 7, verse 4 4: Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. Jeremiah 7, verses 8 - 10 8: Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. 9: Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; 10: And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? Jeremiah 9, verse 4 4: Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. Jeremiah 9, verse 8 8: Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. Jeremiah 12, verse 2 2: Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. Jeremiah 17, verse 9 9: The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jeremiah 42, verses 20 - 22 20: For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. 21: And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you. 22: Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn. Lamentations 1, verse 2 2: She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. Ezekiel 5, verse 11 11: Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. Ezekiel 14, verse 4 4: Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; Ezekiel 14, verses 7 , 8 7: For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: 8: And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. Ezekiel 20, verse 39 39: As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. Ezekiel 33, verses 30 - 32 30: Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. 31: And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. 32: And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. Hosea 6, verse 4 4: O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. Hosea 7, verse 14 14: And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me. Hosea 7, verse 16 16: They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. Hosea 8, verses 2 , 3 2: Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. 3: Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. Hosea 8, verse 13 13: They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. Hosea 9, verse 4 4: They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD. Hosea 10, verse 1 1: Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. Hosea 10, verse 4 4: They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. Hosea 11, verse 12 12: Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints. Amos 5, verses 21 - 27 21: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. 22: Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. 23: Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. 24: But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. 25: Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? 26: But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. 27: Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. Obadiah 1, verse 7 7: All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. Micah 3, verse 11 11: The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us. Micah 7, verse 5 5: Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. Zechariah 7, verses 5 , 6 5: Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? 6: And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? Zechariah 13, verse 6 6: And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. Malachi 1, verses 6 - 14 6: A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? 7: Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. 8: And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. 9: And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts. 10: Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. 11: For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. 12: But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. 13: Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. 14: But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. Malachi 2, verse 13 13: And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. Malachi 3, verse 14 14: Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? Matthew 3, verses 7 , 8 7: But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8: Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: Matthew 6, verses 1 , 2 1: Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2: Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Matthew 6, verse 5 5: And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Matthew 6, verse 16 16: Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Matthew 6, verse 24 24: No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 7, verse 5 5: Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. Matthew 7, verse 15 15: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Matthew 7, verses 21 - 23 21: Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22: Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23: And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Matthew 9, verse 13 13: But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Matthew 15, verses 7 - 9 7: Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 8: This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 9: But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Matthew 16, verse 3 3: And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? Matthew 16, verse 6 6: Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Matthew 16, verse 12 12: Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Matthew 21, verses 28 - 32 28: But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. 29: He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. 30: And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. 31: Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. 32: For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. Matthew 22, verses 12 , 13 12: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 13: Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 22, verse 18 18: But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Matthew 23, verses 2 - 33 2: Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4: For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5: But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6: And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7: And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8: But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. 9: And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 10: Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. 11: But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12: And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. 13: But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 14: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 15: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. 16: Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! 17: Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 18: And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 19: Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20: Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21: And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22: And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 23: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 24: Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. 26: Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28: Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 30: And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31: Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. 32: Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33: Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Matthew 24, verses 50 , 51 50: The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51: And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 25, verse 3 3: They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: Matthew 25, verses 41 - 45 41: Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44: Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45: Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. Mark 7, verses 6 - 8 6: He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 7: Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 8: For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. Mark 8, verse 15 15: And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. Mark 9, verse 50 50: Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. Mark 12, verses 38 - 40 38: And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, 39: And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: 40: Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. Luke 6, verse 46 46: And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Luke 8, verse 18 18: Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have. Luke 11, verses 39 - 52 39: And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40: Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? 41: But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. 42: But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 43: Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. 44: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. 45: Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also. 46: And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 47: Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48: Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. 49: Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: 50: That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51: From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. 52: Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. Luke 12, verses 1 , 2 1: In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2: For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Luke 12, verses 54 - 56 54: And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. 55: And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 56: Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? Luke 13, verses 13 - 17 13: And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 14: And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. 15: The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? 16: And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? 17: And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. Luke 13, verse 26 26: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. Luke 13, verses 26 , 27 26: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27: But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. Luke 14, verses 34 , 35 34: Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? 35: It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Luke 16, verse 13 13: No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Luke 16, verse 15 15: And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. Luke 18, verses 11 , 12 11: The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12: I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. Luke 20, verses 46 , 47 46: Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; 47: Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation. Luke 21, verse 16 16: And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. John 6, verse 26 26: Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. John 6, verse 70 70: Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? John 7, verse 19 19: Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? John 15, verse 2 2: Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. John 15, verse 6 6: If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. Romans 1, verse 18 18: For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Romans 2, verse 1 1: Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself;for thou that judgest doest the same things. Romans 2, verse 3 3: And thinkest thou this, O man,that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? Romans 2, verses 17 - 29 17: Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18: And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19: And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 20: An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21: Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22: Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 23: Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? 24: For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. 25: For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. 26: Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? 27: And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfill the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? 28: For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of god. Romans 9, verses 6 , 7 6: Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: 7: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. Romans 16, verse 18 18: For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. 1 Corinthians 13, verse 1 1: Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 Corinthians 4, verse 2 2: But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 2 Corinthians 5, verse 12 12: For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. Galatians 6, verse 3 3: For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. Philippians 3, verse 2 2: Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. Philippians 3, verses 18 , 19 18: (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) 1 Timothy 4, verse 2 2: Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 2 Timothy 3, verse 5 5: Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 2 Timothy 3, verse 13 13: But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. Titus 1, verse 16 16: They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. James 1, verse 8 8: A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1, verses 22 - 24 22: But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23: For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. James 1, verse 26 26: If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. James 2, verses 14 - 26 14: What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15: If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16: And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17: Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18: Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19: Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 20: But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 21: Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22: Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23: And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 24: Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. 25: Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? 26: For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. James 3, verse 17 17: But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. James 4, verse 8 8: Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 1 Peter 2, verse 1 1: Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 1 Peter 2, verse 16 16: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. 2 Peter 2, verses 1 - 3 1: But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2: And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3: And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. 2 Peter 2, verse 17 17: These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 2 Peter 2, verse 19 19: While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 1 John 1, verse 6 6: If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 1 John 1, verse 10 10: If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 1 John 2, verse 4 4: He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 1 John 2, verse 9 9: He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 1 John 2, verse 19 19: They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 1 John 4, verse 20 20: If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? Jude 1, verses 12 , 13 12: These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 13: Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. Revelation 2, verse 9 9: I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Revelation 3, verse 1 1: And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Revelation 3, verse 9 9: Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. |
| TALEBEARER
Leviticus 19, verse 16 16: Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD. Psalms 15, verses 1 - 3 1: LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 2: He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 3: He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. Proverbs 11, verse 13 13: A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. Proverbs 16, verse 28 28: A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. Proverbs 17, verse 9 9: He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. Proverbs 18, verse 8 8: The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Proverbs 20, verse 19 19: He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. Proverbs 26, verses 20 - 22 20: Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. 21: As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. 22: The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. 1 Timothy 5, verse 11 11: But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; 1 Timothy 5, verse 13 13: And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. |
| SPEAKING EVIL
Exodus 22, verse 28 28: Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. Job 19, verse 18 18: Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. Psalms 10, verses 7 , 8 7: His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. 8: He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. Psalms 12, verses 3 , 4 3: The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: 4: Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? Psalms 34, verse 13 13: Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Psalms 35, verse 21 21: Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. Psalms 41, verses 5 - 9 5: Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? 6: And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 7: All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. 8: An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. 9: Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. Psalms 52, verses 2 - 4 2: Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully. 3: Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. 4: Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. Psalms 59, verse 12 12: For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak. Psalms 64, verses 2 - 5 2: Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3: Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4: That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5: They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? Psalms 69, verse 12 12: They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. Psalms 69, verse 26 26: For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. Psalms 70, verse 3 3: Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. Psalms 102, verse 8 8: Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. Psalms 106, verse 33 33: Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. Psalms 119, verse 23 23: Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. Psalms 120, verses 1 - 7 1: In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. 2: Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3: What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4: Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. 5: Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6: My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7: I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. Psalms 140, verse 3 3: They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. Psalms 140, verse 11 11: Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Proverbs 4, verse 24 24: Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Proverbs 6, verses 16 - 19 16: These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18: An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19: A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Proverbs 8, verse 13 13: The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. Proverbs 10, verse 11 11: The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Proverbs 10, verse 19 19: In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. Proverbs 10, verses 31 , 32 31: The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. 32: The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. Proverbs 11, verse 11 11: By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. Proverbs 12, verses 5 , 6 5: The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. 6: The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. Proverbs 12, verse 13 13: The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. Proverbs 12, verses 17 - 19 17: He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit. 18: There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. 19: The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Proverbs 13, verse 3 3: He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. Proverbs 14, verse 25 25: A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. Proverbs 15, verse 1 1: A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Proverbs 15, verse 4 4: A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. Proverbs 15, verse 28 28: The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. Proverbs 16, verses 27 , 28 27: An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. 28: A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. Proverbs 17, verse 4 4: A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Proverbs 17, verse 9 9: He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. Proverbs 17, verse 20 20: He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. Proverbs 18, verse 8 8: The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Proverbs 18, verse 21 21: Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Proverbs 18, verse 23 23: The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly. Proverbs 19, verse 1 1: Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Proverbs 19, verse 22 22: The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. Proverbs 19, verse 28 28: An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. Proverbs 24, verse 2 2: For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. Proverbs 25, verse 23 23: The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. Proverbs 26, verses 20 - 23 20: Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. 21: As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. 22: The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. 23: Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. Proverbs 26, verse 28 28: A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. Ecclesiastes 7, verse 22 22: For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. Ecclesiastes 10, verse 11 11: Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. Ecclesiastes 10, verse 20 20: Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. Isaiah 6, verse 5 5: Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. Isaiah 32, verses 6 , 7 6: For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7: The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. Jeremiah 20, verse 10 10: For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. Matthew 5, verse 22 22: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Matthew 5, verse 37 37: But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. Matthew 12, verses 34 - 37 34: O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35: A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36: But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37: For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Acts 23, verse 5 5: Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people. Romans 1, verses 29 , 30 29: Being filled with all unrighteousness,fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy,murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30: Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters,inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Romans 3, verses 13 , 14 13: Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 1 Corinthians 6, verse 10 10: Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. Ephesians 4, verse 25 25: Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Ephesians 4, verse 29 29: Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Ephesians 4, verse 31 31: Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: Ephesians 5, verse 4 4: Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. Titus 1, verses 10 , 11 10: For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: 11: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. Titus 3, verse 2 2: To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. James 1, verse 19 19: Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: James 1, verse 26 26: If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. James 3, verses 5 , 6 5: Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6: And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. James 3, verses 8 - 10 8: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9: Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. 10: Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. James 4, verse 11 11: Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 1 Peter 2, verse 1 1: Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 1 Peter 3, verses 9 , 10 9: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 10: For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 2 Peter 2, verses 7 , 8 7: And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) 2 Peter 2, verse 10 10: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. Jude 1, verses 8 - 10 8: Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 9: Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 10: But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. |
| PERSECUTION
Genesis 49, verse 23 23: The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: Job 1, verse 9 9: Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Job 2, verses 4 , 5 4: And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. 5: But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. Job 12, verses 4 , 5 4: I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. 5: He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. Psalms 11, verse 2 2: For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. Psalms 37, verse 32 32: The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. Psalms 38, verse 20 20: They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. Psalms 42, verse 3 3: My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? Psalms 42, verse 10 10: As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? Psalms 44, verses 15 - 18 15: My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, 16: For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. 17: All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 18: Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; Psalms 44, verse 22 22: Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Psalms 56, verse 5 5: Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. Psalms 69, verse 10 10: When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. Psalms 69, verse 12 12: They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. Psalms 74, verses 7 , 8 7: They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. 8: They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. Psalms 94, verse 5 5: They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. Psalms 119, verse 51 51: The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. Psalms 119, verse 61 61: The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. Psalms 119, verse 69 69: The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. Psalms 119, verse 78 78: Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. Psalms 119, verses 85 - 87 85: The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. 86: All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. 87: They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. Psalms 119, verse 95 95: The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. Psalms 119, verse 110 110: The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. Psalms 119, verse 157 157: Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. Psalms 119, verse 161 161: Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. Proverbs 29, verse 10 10: The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. Proverbs 29, verse 27 27: An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. Isaiah 26, verse 20 20: Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. Isaiah 29, verses 20 , 21 20: For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 21: That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. Isaiah 51, verses 12 , 13 12: I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; 13: And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? Isaiah 59, verse 15 15: Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. Jeremiah 2, verse 30 30: In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. Jeremiah 11, verse 19 19: But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. Jeremiah 15, verse 10 10: Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. Jeremiah 18, verse 18 18: Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. Jeremiah 20, verses 7 , 8 7: O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. 8: For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. Jeremiah 26, verses 11 - 14 11: Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. 12: Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. 13: Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you. 14: As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you. Jeremiah 50, verse 7 7: All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. Amos 5, verse 10 10: They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. Habakkuk 1, verse 13 13: Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? Matthew 5, verses 10 - 12 10: Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11: Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12: Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Matthew 5, verse 44 44: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; Matthew 10, verses 16 - 18 16: Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 17: But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 18: And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. Matthew 10, verses 21 - 23 21: And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. 22: And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. 23: But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. Matthew 10, verse 28 28: And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 20, verses 22 , 23 22: But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. 23: And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. Matthew 23, verses 34 , 35 34: Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Matthew 24, verses 8 - 10 8: All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9: Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10: And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. Mark 9, verse 42 42: And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. Mark 13, verse 9 9: But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. Mark 13, verses 11 - 13 11: But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. 12: Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. 13: And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Luke 6, verses 22 , 23 22: Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. 23: Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. Luke 6, verse 26 26: Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. Luke 17, verse 33 33: Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. Luke 21, verses 12 - 19 12: But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. 13: And it shall turn to you for a testimony. 14: Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: 15: For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. 16: And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. 17: And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. 18: But there shall not an hair of your head perish. 19: In your patience possess ye your souls. John 12, verse 42 42: Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: John 15, verses 18 , 19 18: If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19: If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. John 16, verses 1 , 2 1: These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. 2: They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. John 17, verse 14 14: I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Acts 4, verses 16 - 20 16: Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. 17: But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. 18: And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. 19: But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. 20: For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. Acts 5, verse 29 29: Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. Acts 5, verses 40 - 42 40: And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41: And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. 42: And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. Acts 7, verse 52 52: Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: Acts 8, verse 4 4: Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. Acts 28, verse 22 22: But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against. Romans 8, verse 17 17: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Romans 8, verses 35 - 37 35: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36: As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37: Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 1 Corinthians 4, verses 9 - 13 9: For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. 10: We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. 11: Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; 12: And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: 13: Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. 1 Corinthians 13, verse 3 3: And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 2 Corinthians 4, verses 8 - 12 8: We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9: Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10: Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11: For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12: So then death worketh in us, but life in you. 2 Corinthians 6, verses 4 , 5 4: But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5: In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; 2 Corinthians 6, verses 8 - 10 8: By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; 9: As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; 10: As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. 2 Corinthians 11, verses 23 - 27 23: Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 24: Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 25: Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26: In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27: In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 2 Corinthians 12, verse 10 10: Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. Galatians 4, verse 29 29: But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the spirit, even so it is now. Galatians 6, verse 12 12: As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. Galatians 6, verse 17 17: From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Philippians 1, verses 12 - 14 12: But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; 13: So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; 14: And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. Philippians 1, verse 28 28: And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. Philippians 1, verses 28 , 29 28: And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. 29: For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; Colossians 1, verse 24 24: Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church: 1 Thessalonians 1, verse 6 6: And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: 1 Thessalonians 2, verse 2 2: But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. 1 Thessalonians 2, verses 14 , 15 14: For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 15: Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 2 Thessalonians 1, verse 4 4: So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: 2 Timothy 1, verse 8 8: Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 2 Timothy 1, verse 12 12: For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. 2 Timothy 2, verses 9 - 12 9: Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. 10: Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 11: It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: 12: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: 2 Timothy 3, verses 2 , 3 2: For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3: Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 2 Timothy 3, verse 12 12: Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2 Timothy 4, verses 16 , 17 16: At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. 17: Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. Hebrews 10, verses 32 - 34 32: But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; 33: Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. 34: For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. Hebrews 11, verses 25 - 27 25: Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 26: Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. 27: By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. Hebrews 11, verses 33 - 38 33: Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34: Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35: Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: 36: And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 37: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; 38: (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. Hebrews 12, verses 3 , 4 3: For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. 4: Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. Hebrews 13, verse 13 13: Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. James 2, verse 6 6: But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? James 5, verse 6 6: Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. James 5, verse 10 10: Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 1 Peter 3, verse 14 14: But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; 1 Peter 3, verses 16 , 17 16: Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. 17: For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. 1 Peter 4, verses 3 , 4 3: For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 4: Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: 1 Peter 4, verses 12 - 14 12: Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14: If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 1 Peter 4, verse 16 16: Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. 1 Peter 4, verse 19 19: Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. 1 John 3, verse 1 1: Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 1 John 3, verse 13 13: Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. Revelation 2, verse 3 3: And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. Revelation 2, verse 10 10: Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Revelation 2, verse 13 13: I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. Revelation 6, verses 9 - 11 9: And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11: And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. Revelation 7, verses 13 - 17 13: And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 14: And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15: Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16: They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17: For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. Revelation 12, verse 11 11: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Revelation 17, verse 6 6: And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. Revelation 20, verse 4 4: And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. |
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