KARMA IN THE BIBLE

KARMA IN THE BIBLE

THE DREAM OF KARMA VS THE BIBLE

compiled by Dee Finney

10-13-2001 - THE DREAM

I was in someone's garage, gathering the laundry to be done. There was so much,
I was running out of baskets and containers to put it in. The last white basket was
so delapitated, it didn't have a rim on it.

There was a Mexican housekeeper woman there who was going to do the actual
washing. She demanded an extra 2 cents in wages because someone had left a
length of toilet tissue in the wash basket and she washed it with a toy rabbit and
then had to pick the wet toilet tissue off the rabbit.

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
hour. I thought that was awfully high to pay a teen for wages, but that was the
current minimum wage and the corn was standing in the garden waiting for the
harvest.

Laundry Dreams

Satan and the Credit Card

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
and didn't have a rim on it which seems to be that the chakra was wide open
and damaged, but when there is this much laundry to do (chakras needing this
much work) that the crown chakra needs to be closed to protect the person
from being attacked by negative influences.

The Mexican housekeeper woman represents the Aztec woman "Serpent Skirt"
(Coatlicue).

Pablos' Dream:

Krishnamurti and I are keeping vigil on a deceased person. He comments how,
after 35 years, other seven of psychological liberations follow. The housekeeper
complains about her lack of money."

From Joe Mason: The "Housekeeper" in Pablo's dream corresponds to the
Aztec "Coatlicue (Serpent Skirt). She is confined at Serpent Hill, sweeping to
atone for sins. As she is tidying things up in her custodial efforts, she becomes
pregnant by feathers floating down from Heaven. She seems to match the
woman with child in Revelation 12, as does Our Lady of Guadalupe, the
miraculous image that appeared on the cloak of an Aztec Indian in 1531, in
the same region. It is the virgin Mary shown pregnant, clothed by the sun,
with a crescent moon under her feet. "

"Coolxauhqui" (adorned with bells), the sister/moon corresponds to Kali.
She was defeated by her brother 'Huitzilopochtli" (Hummingbird-on-the left),
the sun-god son of the "sweeping' woman, and dismembered. This corresponds
to Vishnu incarnating as Krishna to save humanity from Kali. In 1978 a disk
was discovered beneath the streets of Mexico City, at the place that
symbolized the spot where Coyolxauhqui's body lay dismembered. It was a
stone relief depicting the dismembered moon goddess.

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Jesus tells us, "But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak
they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment, for by thy words, thou
shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned -
Matthew - 12: 36,37

James 2:13 For there will be no mercy for you if you have not been merciful
to others. But if you have been merciful, then God's mercy toward you will
win out over his judgment against you.

James 5-7 - Dear brothers and sisters, you must be patient as you wait for
the Lord's return. Consider the farmers who eagerly look for the rains in the
fall and in the spring. They patiently wait for the precious harvest to ripen.

5:8 You, too, must be patient. And take courage, for the coming of the Lord
is near. 5:9 Don't grumble about each other, my brothers and sisters, or God
will judge you. For look! The great Judge is coming. He is standing at the door!
5:10 For examples of patience in suffering, dear brothers and sisters, look
at the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 5:11 We give great honor
to those who endure under suffering. Job is an example of a man who endured
patiently. From his experience we see how the Lord's plan finally ended in
good, for he is full of tenderness and mercy.

Commentary: Verses 7-11 Consider him that waits for a crop of corn; and
will not you wait for a crown of glory? If you should be called to wait longer
than the husbandman, is not there something more worth waiting for? In
every sense the coming of the Lord drew nigh, and all his people's losses,
hardships, and sufferings, would be repaid. Men count time long, because
they measure it by their own lives; but all time is as nothing to God; it is as a
moment.

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Karma, a Sanskrit word meaning "action," is regarded as a law of absolute
universal justice, in which effect is linked with cause. It covers all causality in
the universe, but the emphasis is on ethical causality or responsibility.
According to Eastern doctrines, no living being is excepted from karma, not
even a god, though the karma of a god is on a different level from that of a
man, who is often guided by personal desires and selfish motivations.

WHAT EXACTLY THE LAW OF KARMA? Hindus believe in life after
death. They also believe in the concept, "WHATEVER A MAN SOWETH,
THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP" [GAL 6:7]. This is the basis of Karmic
law. Every action has a result. There is no such thing that an action without
a result. Every action and every thought is weighed on the scales of eternal
justice. Nobody can get away from the claws of karma.

The concept of karma is closely associated with reincarnation. Karma is
essentially the law of cause and effect. Those that profess belief in karma
teach that the deeds (good or bad) of one's past lives affect this present life.
Further, one’s present deeds will have ramifications for future lives. In other
words, the law of sowing and reaping is not limited to this present life but
rather continues throughout eternity.

Christianity refutes Karma and Reincarnation

Karma and Judgment

Karma is the natural process whereby all things balance out. In a most
profound way, it is our "Final Judgment Day". Except it is an ongoing
process which follows us every moment of every day.

For every ACTION, there is a REACTION

All of our thoughts, actions, and reactions have an effect upon us, now or
in the future. The things we do (and sometimes don't do) can affect our
lives in profound ways.

Because of this, we can't get away with anything. No one is watching us
(like God), but we are watching and judging ourselves constantly.

Why study Metrology? One of the central ideas of ancient metrology is
explained by the much read and little understood Fifth Book of Aristotle’s
Ethics, in which the idea of justice is explained by referring to money and
to the price structure.

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)
The Convenants Old and New

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.

JUDGING
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?
JUDGMENTS

JUDGING
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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HYPOCRISY
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.
SLANDER

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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