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Genesis
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Exodus
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
Leviticus
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
Numbers
And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
Deuteronomy
When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
2 Kings
And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
1 Chronicles
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
Nehemiah
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Job
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Psalms
12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Proverbs
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Ecclesiastes
9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Isaiah
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
59 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
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.
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.