Relationships, Work & Justice

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hadeswill not prevail against it.

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.

Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’