‘spit on me!’ This is considered rude and offensive even though it has a positive undertone; it doesn’t express the speaker well and is therefore not a good way of expressing yourself. However, swearing out loud isn’t necessarily different; it can have anegativeundertone even if it’s...
Some people argue that these “new tongues” are just referring to new speech, such as no more cursing or gossiping. Although this definitely happens when we become new believers, that is not what this is referring to here. We know this because the entire passage is mentioning nothing but ...
The Christian world is also one that was created in 6 days with Earth at its center, a world where Neanderthals, Homo erectus, and Homo habilis have no place in history, where dead people rose out of their graves, walked about the city and conversed with the living, a place where demon...
than ten rulers in a city. 20 Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins. 21 Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you—22 for you know in your heart that many times you yourself...
The donkey, an animal considered lowly, perceives the divine presence that Balaam, a renowned seer, fails to see. This irony highlights the theme of God using the humble to confound the wise, a recurring biblical motif. Behold, I have come out to oppose youThe angel's opposition to ...
Roberts says that the people of the East do not eat female sheep except when sterile, and that it would be considered folly and prodigality in the extreme to eat that which has the power of producing more (vide 'Oriental Illustrations,' p. 37). That which was torn of beasts (טְ...
We will “inherit” this Kingdom and be considered a child of God. The physical attributes of God’s Kingdom are beyond what our imagination can comprehend, but one of the original followers of Jesus/Yeshua, John, saw a glimpse of it when Jesus visited him (after Jesus had died and ...
But Jesus called them to Himself and said to them, "You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. {43} Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be ...
A swear word is a word or phrase that's generally considered blasphemous, obscene, vulgar, or otherwise offensive. These are also called bad words, obscenities, expletives, dirty words,profanities, and four-letter words. The act of using a swear word is known as swearing or cursing. ...
We were so helpless that we ended up cursing the guard when in fact he was only doing his job. Fast forward. After almost 12 years, I was reunited with Ilingin. It still acquires almost the same features even if so many years had passed during the last time I saw it. I will be ...