James 2:8
But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:
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James 2:8
But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:
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Exodus 18:21
But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;
Exodus 23:2
Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:
Exodus 23:3
But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.
Exodus 23:7
Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.
Exodus 23:8
Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
Leviticus 19:35
Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.
Deuteronomy 1:17
In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
Deuteronomy 25:13
Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;
Deuteronomy 25:14
Or in your house different measures, a great and a small.
Deuteronomy 25:15
But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 25:16
For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.
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Exodus 20:12
Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Exodus 20:13
Do not put anyone to death without cause.
Exodus 20:14
Do not be false to the married relation.
Exodus 20:15
Do not take the property of another.
Exodus 20:16
Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
Exodus 20:17
Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.
Deuteronomy 5:16
Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 5:17
Do not put anyone to death without cause.
Deuteronomy 5:18
Do not be false to the married relation.
Deuteronomy 5:19
Do not take the property of another.
Deuteronomy 5:20
Do not give false witness against your neighbour;
Deuteronomy 5:21
Or let your desire be turned to your neighbour's wife, or his house or his field or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is your neighbour's.
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Numbers 21:22
Let me go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway till we have gone past the limits of your land.
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Deuteronomy 4:6
So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.
Deuteronomy 6:5
And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Psalms 119:34
Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:16
Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?
Mark 12:29
Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;
Mark 12:30
And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.
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Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.
2 Chronicles 19:6
And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.
2 Chronicles 19:7
So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.
Job 32:21
Let me not give respect to any man, or give names of honour to any living.
Job 34:19
Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
Psalms 82:2
How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)
Proverbs 11:3
The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
Proverbs 18:5
To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.
Proverbs 24:23
These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
Proverbs 28:21
It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.
Matthew 12:36
And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.
Jude 1:16
These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.
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1 Kings 8:18
But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name;
2 Kings 7:9
Then they said to one another, We are not doing right. Today is a day of good news, and we say nothing: if we go on waiting here till the morning, punishment will come to us. So let us go and give the news to those of the king's house.
Matthew 25:23
His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.
Philippians 4:14
But you did well to have care for me in my need.
3 John 1:6
Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants of God:
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Psalms 15:4
Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change.
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Psalms 51:13
Then will I make your ways clear to wrongdoers; and sinners will be turned to you.
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Leviticus 19:10
And do not take all the grapes from your vine-garden, or the fruit dropped on the earth; let the poor man, and the man from another country, have these: I am the Lord your God.
Psalms 41:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.
Psalms 140:12
I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.
Proverbs 14:31
He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.
Proverbs 22:16
He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
Proverbs 29:7
The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.
Isaiah 3:12
As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.
Isaiah 3:13
The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.
Isaiah 3:14
The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.
Isaiah 3:15
By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.
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Isaiah 16:1
And they will send...to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
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Habakkuk 2:4
As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.
Matthew 5:20
For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.
Romans 3:19
Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
Romans 3:20
Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
Romans 3:21
But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets;
Romans 3:31
Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.
Romans 8:4
So that what was ordered by the law might be done in us, who are living, not in the way of the flesh, but in the way of the Spirit.
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Matthew 7:24
Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
James 2:14
What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?
James 2:15
If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,
James 2:16
And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?
1 John 3:18
My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.
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Matthew 25:21
His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.
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1 Chronicles 22:13
And all will go well for you, if you take care to keep the laws and the rules which the Lord gave to Moses for Israel: be strong and take heart; have no fear and do not be troubled.
Isaiah 33:22
For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our law-giver, the Lord is our king; he will be our saviour.
Matthew 3:15
But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.
Matthew 5:18
Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.
Mark 7:9
And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.
John 1:17
For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
Acts 13:22
And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have taken David, the son of Jesse, a man dear to my heart, who will do all my pleasure.
Romans 2:17
But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God,
Galatians 3:10
For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.
Galatians 3:11
Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.
Galatians 3:12
And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.
Galatians 3:13
Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:
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Luke 18:20
You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.
Colossians 3:20
Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
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2 Samuel 1:26
I am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.
Matthew 22:29
But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.
Luke 24:32
And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings?
John 15:14
You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.
John 15:15
No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.
Acts 20:32
And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.
Romans 16:26
But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;
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Romans 12:15
Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.
Romans 14:19
So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.
Romans 14:20
Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.
Romans 14:21
It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.
Romans 14:22
The faith which you have, have it to yourself before God. Happy is the man who is not judged by that to which he gives approval.
Romans 15:3
For Christ did not give pleasure to himself, but, as it is said, The bitter words of those who were angry with you came on me.
1 Corinthians 8:12
And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:21
To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.
1 Corinthians 10:24
Let a man give attention not only to what is good for himself, but equally to his neighbour's good.
1 Corinthians 12:22
No, those parts which seem to be feeble are the more necessary;
1 Corinthians 12:23
And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect;
1 Corinthians 12:24
But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it;
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Matthew 18:6
But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.
1 Corinthians 8:9
But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.
1 Corinthians 8:10
For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?
1 Corinthians 8:11
And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.
1 Corinthians 8:13
For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.
1 Corinthians 10:32
Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.
1 Corinthians 10:33
Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.
1 Corinthians 13:13
But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
2 Corinthians 6:3
Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;
Galatians 2:12
For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
Philippians 2:4
Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.
2 Peter 1:19
And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;
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Acts 15:1
Now certain men came down from Judaea, teaching the brothers and saying that without circumcision, after the rule of Moses, there is no salvation.
Acts 15:29
To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.
1 Corinthians 12:25
So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another.
1 Corinthians 12:26
And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.
1 Corinthians 13:1
If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;
1 Corinthians 13:5
Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;
2 Corinthians 6:1
We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.
2 Corinthians 11:29
Who is feeble and I am not feeble? who is in danger of falling, and I am not angry?
Galatians 4:14
And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
Philippians 2:21
For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.
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John 13:15
I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.
2 Corinthians 5:15
And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.
Ephesians 5:2
And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
1 John 2:8
Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.
1 John 2:9
He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.
1 John 2:10
He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.
1 John 2:11
But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.
1 John 4:8
He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.
1 John 4:9
And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.
1 John 4:10
And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.
1 John 4:19
We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.
1 John 4:20
If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?
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Ephesians 6:5
Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;
Ephesians 6:6
Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;
Ephesians 6:7
Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:
Ephesians 6:9
And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.
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1 Timothy 6:11
But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.
1 Timothy 6:12
Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.
1 Timothy 6:13
I give you orders before God, the giver of life, and Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate gave witness to the faith,
1 Timothy 6:14
To keep the word untouched by evil, clear from all shame, till the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Revelation 11:7
And when they have come to the end of their witness, the beast which comes up out of the great deep will make war on them and overcome them and put them to death.
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Malachi 2:16
For I am against the putting away of a wife, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and against him who is clothed with violent acts, says the Lord of armies: so give thought to your spirit and do not be false in your acts.
1 Timothy 6:5
Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
2 Timothy 3:2
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, uplifted in pride, given to bitter words, going against the authority of their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion,
2 Timothy 3:4
False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;
2 Peter 2:1
But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.
2 Peter 2:2
And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.
2 Peter 2:3
And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
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John 13:14
If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean.
1 John 4:11
My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.
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