1.Often,Scriptures.Also calledHoly Scripture(orScriptures).the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together. 2.(often l.c.) any writing or book, esp. when of a sacred or religious nature. 3.(sometimes l.c.) a particular passage from the Bible. ...
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18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 5:20 20 ¶Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, ...
Psalm 112:5 - "A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with ___." 2. Psalm 112:7 - "He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is ___, trusting in the LORD." 3. Psalm 113:2 - "Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and ...
Serve God.Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence ...
the Sodomites’ punishment to the eternal punishment of the evil angels. Just as God did not spare the angels when they sinned but cast them into hell, so He did the same with the Sodomites when He “condemned them to extinction and made them an example to those who were to be ungodly...
the serpent temptsEvein theGarden of Edenby appealing to pride and envy, with the promise that she “will be like God, knowing good and evil” after eating the forbidden fruit. A famous proverb in theOld Testamentcautions, “Pride goes before destruction, and ahaughtyspirit before a fall” ...
“But each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death” (James 1:14-15).
Instead, we are to overcome evil with good (Rom 12:21), and to love our enemies and do good to those who hate us (Luke 6:27). As Christians, “We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love Him, to those who are called according to His purpose...
s a problem that needs to be resolved. A scroll needs to be opened. But no one is worthy to break its seals, open it, and look inside. The scroll is crucial to open because it will announce God’s response to evil in the world. It will reveal God’s justice and get it started....