Christianity · Christian readings & everyday care
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Matthew 5:9
King James Version · excerpt
Context before application
A Beatitude in the Sermon on the Mount. Peacemaking need not require contact with an unsafe person.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath
James 1:19
King James Version · excerpt
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An excerpt from a letter about hearing and doing. Listening can include a pause and a firm boundary.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Bear ye one another’s burdens
Galatians 6:2
King James Version · excerpt
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Paul addresses a community about mutual responsibility. Sharing a burden is different from taking over another person’s choices.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Be still, and know that I am God
Psalm 46:10
King James Version · excerpt
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A psalm about refuge amid upheaval. Stillness is an invitation here, not a demand to suppress distress.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Romans 12:18
King James Version · excerpt
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A letter offering guidance for community life. The qualifying words matter: another person’s conduct is outside your control.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them
Matthew 7:12
King James Version · excerpt
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An excerpt within the Sermon on the Mount. Ask what the other person actually wants rather than assuming shared preferences.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Judaism · Other perspectives
thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself
Leviticus 19:18
English text as displayed by Mechon-Mamre · excerpt
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Part of the Holiness Code in the Torah. Read alongside the surrounding responsibilities to neighbors; this is not a command to tolerate abuse.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Justice, justice shalt thou follow
Deuteronomy 16:20
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A Torah passage concerning judges and justice. Explore fair processes as well as personal intentions.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven
Ecclesiastes 3:1
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Wisdom literature naming changing times. This excerpt does not prescribe a deadline for grieving.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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A soft answer turneth away wrath
Proverbs 15:1
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A wisdom saying about speech. It is not a guarantee that a calm answer will stop aggression.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Islam · Islamic readings & dignity
have made you nations and tribes that ye may know one another
Qur’an 49:13
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · excerpt
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An address to humankind within a chapter on communal conduct. Difference is not a reason to assume an individual’s beliefs or practices.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Islam · Islamic readings & dignity
But lo! with hardship goeth ease
Qur’an 94:5
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · excerpt
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A short surah of reassurance. This is not a prediction of when a person’s suffering will end.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Islam · Islamic readings & dignity
There is no compulsion in religion.
Qur’an 2:256
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · excerpt
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The opening sentence of a longer verse concerning faith and guidance. Read the full verse and seek qualified interpretation for theological questions.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Islam · Islamic readings & dignity
Deal justly, that is nearer to your duty.
Qur’an 5:8
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · excerpt
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An excerpt calling believers to equity even amid hostility. This wording is Pickthall’s English rendering, not the Arabic text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Buddhism · Other perspectives
For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.
Dhammapada 5
F. Max Müller · 1881 translation · excerpt
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An early Buddhist verse about cycles of hatred. Feeling anger is not the same as choosing retaliatory harm.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Not to commit any sin, to do good, and to purify one's mind
Dhammapada 183
F. Max Müller · 1881 translation · excerpt
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An excerpt summarizing ethical practice. The historical translator’s word “sin” is not a clinical label or a universal Buddhist translation.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good
Dhammapada 223
F. Max Müller · 1881 translation · excerpt
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An excerpt about responses to anger and harmful conduct. Care can coexist with protection and accountability.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Hinduism · Other perspectives
Let right deeds be Thy motive, not the fruit which comes from them.
Bhagavad Gita · chapter II (corresponding to 2:47)
Edwin Arnold · The Song Celestial (1885) · English verse rendering, excerpt
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Krishna and Arjuna discuss action and duty in a battlefield dialogue. Arnold’s poetic rendering is not a literal translation. Ethical action still requires attention to consequences.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Let each man raise The Self by Soul, not trample down his Self
Bhagavad Gita · chapter VI (corresponding to 6:5)
Edwin Arnold · The Song Celestial (1885) · English verse rendering, excerpt
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A poetic rendering about the self and disciplined practice. It should not be used to blame someone for illness or imply that support is unnecessary.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Daoism · Other perspectives
The first is gentleness; the second is economy; and the third is shrinking from taking precedence of others.
Dao De Jing · chapter 67
James Legge · 1891 translation · excerpt
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The chapter describes three treasures. Other translations use compassion, frugality, and humility; these terms are interpretive choices. Economy does not make poverty a virtue imposed on others.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Confucian tradition · Other perspectives
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Analects 15.24 · numbering varies
James Legge · translation · excerpt
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A response about reciprocity in the Analects. Mutual respect includes asking about preferences, power, and the effect of an action.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Sikhi · Other perspectives
Service is prayerful action.
Sikh Coalition · Beliefs
Contemporary community educational text · not a scripture quotation
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The Sikh Coalition explains seva within Sikhi’s account of devotion and equality. Learn from Sikh communities rather than treating service as a ritual detached from its tradition.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Humanism · Other perspectives
the worth and dignity of the individual
Declaration of Modern Humanism · 2022
Humanists International · philosophical declaration · excerpt, not scripture
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A contemporary humanist declaration. Nonreligious meaning can be grounded in human dignity, ethical reflection, relationships, and responsibility.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Ubuntu · Other perspectives
I am because we are.
More Than Therapy motto
Organizational motto · Ubuntu reflection, not an ancient scripture quotation
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Ubuntu is a family of relational ideas associated with southern African traditions. Tutu is one influential interpreter. It is not a single African religion, and belonging does not erase individual boundaries.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Mercy & grace
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Psalm 103:8
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A psalm’s poetic voice and images need the surrounding song. Studio application is an invitation to explore mercy & grace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:12
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A psalm’s poetic voice and images need the surrounding song. Studio application is an invitation to explore mercy & grace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Lamentations 3:22
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A lament in a larger text of communal grief; it is not a prediction of an individual recovery date. Studio application is an invitation to explore mercy & grace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:23
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A lament in a larger text of communal grief; it is not a prediction of an individual recovery date. Studio application is an invitation to explore mercy & grace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Luke 6:36
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Read the larger narrative, including the people, power, and setting involved. Studio application is an invitation to explore mercy & grace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Ephesians 2:8
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore mercy & grace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Ephesians 2:9
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore mercy & grace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Titus 3:5
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore mercy & grace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore mercy & grace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore mercy & grace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans 8:1
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore mercy & grace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
Psalm 145:9
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A psalm’s poetic voice and images need the surrounding song. Studio application is an invitation to explore mercy & grace, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Love of neighbor
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Mark 12:30
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Read this verse within the surrounding scene and teaching in Mark. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Mark 12:31
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Read this verse within the surrounding scene and teaching in Mark. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
Luke 10:33
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Read the larger narrative, including the people, power, and setting involved. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Luke 10:34
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Read the larger narrative, including the people, power, and setting involved. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
Luke 10:35
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read the larger narrative, including the people, power, and setting involved. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John 13:34
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read the surrounding narrative and theological argument in John. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
John 13:35
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read the surrounding narrative and theological argument in John. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Love of neighbor
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 13:4
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
1 Corinthians 13:5
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Love of neighbor
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
1 Corinthians 13:6
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Love of neighbor
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
1 Corinthians 13:7
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. The surrounding chapter uses love language. “Beareth all things” must not be imposed as a demand to tolerate abuse or waive accountability. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Love of neighbor
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:18
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore love of neighbor, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Lament, grief & presence
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalm 13:1
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A psalm’s poetic voice and images need the surrounding song. Studio application is an invitation to explore lament, grief & presence, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Lament, grief & presence
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Psalm 13:2
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A psalm’s poetic voice and images need the surrounding song. Studio application is an invitation to explore lament, grief & presence, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Lament, grief & presence
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psalm 34:18
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A psalm’s poetic voice and images need the surrounding song. Studio application is an invitation to explore lament, grief & presence, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Lament, grief & presence
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Psalm 42:5
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A psalm’s poetic voice and images need the surrounding song. Studio application is an invitation to explore lament, grief & presence, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Lament, grief & presence
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
Psalm 56:8
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A psalm’s poetic voice and images need the surrounding song. Studio application is an invitation to explore lament, grief & presence, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Lament, grief & presence
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalm 62:8
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A psalm’s poetic voice and images need the surrounding song. Studio application is an invitation to explore lament, grief & presence, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Lament, grief & presence
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Psalm 147:3
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A psalm’s poetic voice and images need the surrounding song. Studio application is an invitation to explore lament, grief & presence, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Lament, grief & presence
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 5:4
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Read this verse within the surrounding scene and teaching in Matthew. Studio application is an invitation to explore lament, grief & presence, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Lament, grief & presence
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.
John 11:33
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read the surrounding narrative and theological argument in John. Studio application is an invitation to explore lament, grief & presence, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Lament, grief & presence
Jesus wept.
John 11:35
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read the surrounding narrative and theological argument in John. This very short verse sits within John’s narrative of Lazarus’ death. Read the surrounding story rather than interpreting the line alone. Studio application is an invitation to explore lament, grief & presence, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Lament, grief & presence
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Romans 12:15
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore lament, grief & presence, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Lament, grief & presence
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Revelation 21:4
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore lament, grief & presence, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Hope & endurance
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Romans 5:3
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. This line must not be used to glorify abuse, assign a purpose to someone else’s suffering, or discourage protection. Studio application is an invitation to explore hope & endurance, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Hope & endurance
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Romans 5:4
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore hope & endurance, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Hope & endurance
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Romans 5:5
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore hope & endurance, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Hope & endurance
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Romans 15:13
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore hope & endurance, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Hope & endurance
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
Hebrews 6:19
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore hope & endurance, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Hebrews 10:23
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore hope & endurance, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
James 1:3
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore hope & endurance, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
James 1:4
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore hope & endurance, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Isaiah 40:29
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A prophetic text addressed to a historical community; distinguish that setting from a modern personal application. Studio application is an invitation to explore hope & endurance, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore hope & endurance, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Galatians 6:9
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore hope & endurance, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Prayer, rest & attention
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 6:6
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Matthew 6:9
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew 6:11
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Prayer, rest & attention
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Matthew 6:13
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Matthew 11:29
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
Mark 6:31
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
Luke 5:16
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Philippians 4:6
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. The KJV word “careful” here concerns anxious concern. Symptoms of anxiety do not establish a failure of faith or a reason to stop treatment. Studio application is an invitation to explore prayer, rest & attention, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:7
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore prayer, rest & attention, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Psalm 23:2
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Psalm 23:3
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Wisdom & discernment
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
James 1:5
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
James 3:17
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:6
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A wisdom saying describes a pattern rather than guaranteeing an outcome. Studio application is an invitation to explore wisdom & discernment, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A wisdom saying describes a pattern rather than guaranteeing an outcome. Studio application is an invitation to explore wisdom & discernment, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:6
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A wisdom saying describes a pattern rather than guaranteeing an outcome. Studio application is an invitation to explore wisdom & discernment, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs 4:7
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A wisdom saying describes a pattern rather than guaranteeing an outcome. Studio application is an invitation to explore wisdom & discernment, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Proverbs 11:14
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A wisdom saying describes a pattern rather than guaranteeing an outcome. Studio application is an invitation to explore wisdom & discernment, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Proverbs 18:13
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A wisdom saying describes a pattern rather than guaranteeing an outcome. Studio application is an invitation to explore wisdom & discernment, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Proverbs 19:20
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A wisdom saying describes a pattern rather than guaranteeing an outcome. Studio application is an invitation to explore wisdom & discernment, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Wisdom & discernment
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Proverbs 20:5
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A wisdom saying describes a pattern rather than guaranteeing an outcome. Studio application is an invitation to explore wisdom & discernment, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Wisdom & discernment
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Romans 12:2
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore wisdom & discernment, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Wisdom & discernment
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore wisdom & discernment, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Forgiveness & accountable repair
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Matthew 5:23
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Read this verse within the surrounding scene and teaching in Matthew. Studio application is an invitation to explore forgiveness & accountable repair, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Forgiveness & accountable repair
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Matthew 5:24
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read this verse within the surrounding scene and teaching in Matthew. Studio application is an invitation to explore forgiveness & accountable repair, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Forgiveness & accountable repair
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Matthew 18:15
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read this verse within the surrounding scene and teaching in Matthew. This is not a requirement to confront an unsafe person alone. Safety, power, consent, and appropriate qualified support come first. Studio application is an invitation to explore forgiveness & accountable repair, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Forgiveness & accountable repair
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Luke 17:3
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read the larger narrative, including the people, power, and setting involved. Studio application is an invitation to explore forgiveness & accountable repair, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Luke 17:4
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
Read the larger narrative, including the people, power, and setting involved. Studio application is an invitation to explore forgiveness & accountable repair, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
Luke 19:8
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians 4:32
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore forgiveness & accountable repair, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Forgiveness & accountable repair
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Colossians 3:13
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore forgiveness & accountable repair, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A psalm’s poetic voice and images need the surrounding song. Studio application is an invitation to explore forgiveness & accountable repair, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Proverbs 28:13
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A wisdom saying describes a pattern rather than guaranteeing an outcome. Studio application is an invitation to explore forgiveness & accountable repair, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Romans 12:17
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore forgiveness & accountable repair, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:21
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
Context before application
A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore forgiveness & accountable repair, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Justice & service
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Micah 6:8
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Read the surrounding prophetic argument, not only an isolated maxim. Studio application is an invitation to explore justice & service, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Isaiah 1:17
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A prophetic text addressed to a historical community; distinguish that setting from a modern personal application. Studio application is an invitation to explore justice & service, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Isaiah 58:6
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A prophetic text addressed to a historical community; distinguish that setting from a modern personal application. Studio application is an invitation to explore justice & service, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Isaiah 58:7
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A prophetic text addressed to a historical community; distinguish that setting from a modern personal application. Studio application is an invitation to explore justice & service, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Amos 5:24
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Prophetic speech concerns communal conduct and justice. Studio application is an invitation to explore justice & service, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Proverbs 31:8
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A wisdom saying describes a pattern rather than guaranteeing an outcome. Studio application is an invitation to explore justice & service, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:9
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A wisdom saying describes a pattern rather than guaranteeing an outcome. Studio application is an invitation to explore justice & service, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Matthew 25:35
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Matthew 25:36
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke 4:18
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Read the larger narrative, including the people, power, and setting involved. The KJV uses historical disability language in a proclamation drawn from Isaiah. It is not a diagnosis or a judgment of disabled people. Studio application is an invitation to explore justice & service, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
James 2:15
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore justice & service, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
James 2:16
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A verse from a letter or larger theological text; read the surrounding chapter before applying it. Studio application is an invitation to explore justice & service, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Read the source in context ↗Christianity · Gratitude & stewardship
The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Psalm 24:1
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A psalm’s poetic voice and images need the surrounding song. Studio application is an invitation to explore gratitude & stewardship, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Psalm 65:9
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
Psalm 100:4
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A psalm’s poetic voice and images need the surrounding song. Studio application is an invitation to explore gratitude & stewardship, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
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O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Psalm 104:24
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalm 107:1
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Luke 12:15
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Luke 16:10
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1 Timothy 6:6
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That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
1 Timothy 6:18
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
1 Peter 4:10
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Colossians 3:17
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
Romans 12:4
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Romans 12:5
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Romans 12:10
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Romans 12:13
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
1 Corinthians 12:21
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
1 Corinthians 12:25
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians 12:26
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Ephesians 4:2
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Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Ephesians 4:3
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Hebrews 10:24
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
1 Peter 4:9
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
Acts 2:44
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 12:18
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 15:4
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Proverbs 17:27
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 18:21
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Ephesians 4:15
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Ephesians 4:25
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Ephesians 4:26
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Ephesians 4:29
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Colossians 4:6
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
James 3:5
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
James 3:9
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Matthew 5:14
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew 6:34
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?
Luke 16:12
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
Romans 12:6
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Galatians 5:22
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:23
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Colossians 3:23
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
James 1:22
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
James 2:17
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 4:11
King James Version · complete verse as transcribed in Project Gutenberg eBook 10
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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Qur’an 1:1
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,
Qur’an 1:2
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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The Beneficent, the Merciful.
Qur’an 1:3
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Say: Unto whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth? Say: Unto Allah. He hath prescribed for Himself mercy, that He may bring you all together to the Day of Resurrection whereof there is no doubt. Those who ruin their souls will not believe.
Qur’an 6:12
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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And when those who believe in Our revelations come unto thee, say: Peace be unto you! Your Lord hath prescribed for Himself mercy, that whoso of you doeth evil through ignorance and repenteth afterward thereof and doeth right, (for him) lo! He is Forgiving, Merciful.
Qur’an 6:54
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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And ordain for us in this world that which is good, and in the Hereafter (that which is good), Lo! We have turned unto Thee. He said: I smite with My punishment whom I will, and My mercy embraceth all things, therefore I shall ordain it for those who ward off (evil) and pay the poor-due, and those who believe Our revelations;
Qur’an 7:156
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Announce, (O Muhammad) unto My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,
Qur’an 15:49
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples.
Qur’an 21:107
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
Qur’an 39:53
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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The Beneficent
Qur’an 55:1
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Hath made known the Qur’an.
Qur’an 55:2
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
Qur’an 90:17
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Seek help in patience and prayer; and truly it is hard save for the humble-minded,
Qur’an 2:45
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O ye who believe! Seek help in steadfastness and prayer. Lo! Allah is with the steadfast.
Qur’an 2:153
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And surely We shall try you with something of fear and hunger, and loss of wealth and lives and crops; but give glad tidings to the steadfast,
Qur’an 2:155
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Who say, when a misfortune striketh them: Lo! we are Allah’s and lo! unto Him we are returning.
Qur’an 2:156
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Such are they on whom are blessings from their Lord, and mercy. Such are the rightly guided.
Qur’an 2:157
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O ye who believe! Endure, outdo all others in endurance, be ready, and observe your duty to Allah, in order that ye may succeed.
Qur’an 3:200
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And have patience, (O Muhammad), for lo! Allah loseth not the wages of the good.
Qur’an 11:115
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And they came with false blood on his shirt. He said: Nay, but your minds have beguiled you into something. (My course is) comely patience. And Allah it is Whose help is to be sought in that (predicament) which ye describe.
Qur’an 12:18
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Endure thou patiently (O Muhammad). Thine endurance is only by (the help of) Allah. Grieve not for them, and be not in distress because of that which they devise.
Qur’an 16:127
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O my dear son! Establish worship and enjoin kindness and forbid iniquity, and persevere whatever may befall thee. Lo! that is of the steadfast heart of things.
Qur’an 31:17
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Say: O My bondmen who believe! Observe your duty to your Lord. For those who do good in this world there is good, and Allah’s earth is spacious. Verily the steadfast will be paid their wages without stint.
Qur’an 39:10
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Lo! with hardship goeth ease;
Qur’an 94:6
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Therefore remember Me, I will remember you. Give thanks to Me, and reject not Me.
Qur’an 2:152
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O ye who believe! Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and render thanks to Allah if it is (indeed) He Whom ye worship.
Qur’an 2:172
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And when your Lord proclaimed: If ye give thanks, I will give you more; but if ye are thankless, lo! My punishment is dire.
Qur’an 14:7
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And if ye would count the favour of Allah ye cannot reckon it. Lo! Allah is indeed Forgiving, Merciful.
Qur’an 16:18
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And Allah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers knowing nothing, and gave you hearing and sight and hearts that haply ye might give thanks.
Qur’an 16:78
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And (Solomon) smiled, laughing at her speech, and said: My Lord, arouse me to be thankful for Thy favour wherewith Thou hast favoured me and my parents, and to do good that shall be pleasing unto Thee, and include me in (the number of) Thy righteous slaves.
Qur’an 27:19
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And verily We gave Luqman wisdom, saying: Give thanks unto Allah; and whosoever giveth thanks, he giveth thanks for (the good of) his soul. And whosoever refuseth - Lo! Allah is Absolute, Owner of Praise.
Qur’an 31:12
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They made for him what he willed: synagogues and statues, basins like wells and boilers built into the ground. Give thanks, O House of David! Few of My bondmen are thankful.
Qur’an 34:13
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Nay, but Allah must thou serve, and be among the thankful!
Qur’an 39:66
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Allah it is Who hath made the sea of service unto you that the ships may run thereon by His command, and that ye may seek of His bounty, and that haply ye may be thankful;
Qur’an 45:12
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Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Qur’an 55:13
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Therefor of the bounty of thy Lord be thy discourse.
Qur’an 93:11
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It was by the mercy of Allah that thou wast lenient with them (O Muhammad), for if thou hadst been stern and fierce of heart they would have dispersed from round about thee. So pardon them and ask forgiveness for them and consult with them upon the conduct of affairs. And when thou art resolved, then put thy trust in Allah. Lo! Allah loveth those who put their trust (in Him).
Qur’an 3:159
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If Allah is your helper none can overcome you, and if He withdraw His help from you, who is there who can help you after Him? In Allah let believers put their trust.
Qur’an 3:160
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Then out spake two of those who feared (their Lord, men) unto whom Allah had been gracious: Enter in upon them by the gate, for if ye enter by it, lo! ye will be victorious. So put your trust (in Allah) if ye are indeed believers.
Qur’an 5:23
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They only are the (true) believers whose hearts feel fear when Allah is mentioned, and when His revelations are recited unto them they increase their faith, and who trust in their Lord;
Qur’an 8:2
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Say: Naught befalleth us save that which Allah hath decreed for us. He is our Protecting Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust!
Qur’an 9:51
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And Allah’s is the Invisible of the heavens and the earth, and unto Him the whole matter will be returned. So worship Him and put thy trust in Him. Lo! thy Lord is not unaware of what ye (mortals) do.
Qur’an 11:123
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For him are angels ranged before him and behind him, who guard him by Allah’s command. Lo! Allah changeth not the condition of a folk until they (first) change that which is in their hearts; and if Allah willeth misfortune for a folk there is none that can repel it, nor have they a defender beside Him.
Qur’an 13:11
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How should we not put our trust in Allah when He hath shown us our ways? We surely will endure the hurt ye do us. In Allah let the trusting put their trust.
Qur’an 14:12
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And trust thou in the Living One Who dieth not, and hymn His praise. He sufficeth as the Knower of His bondmen’s sins,
Qur’an 25:58
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And put thy trust in Allah, for Allah is sufficient as Trustee.
Qur’an 33:3
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And will provide for him from (a quarter) whence he hath no expectation. And whosoever putteth his trust in Allah, He will suffice him. Lo! Allah bringeth His command to pass. Allah hath set a measure for all things.
Qur’an 65:3
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He it is Who hath made the earth subservient unto you, so Walk in the paths thereof and eat of His providence. And unto Him will be the resurrection (of the dead).
Qur’an 67:15
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Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help.
Qur’an 1:5
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Show us the straight path,
Qur’an 1:6
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And when My servants question thee concerning Me, then surely I am nigh. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me. So let them hear My call and let them trust in Me, in order that they may be led aright.
Qur’an 2:186
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Who have believed and whose hearts have rest in the remembrance of Allah. Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest!
Qur’an 13:28
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Lo! I, even I, am Allah, There is no Allah save Me. So serve Me and establish worship for My remembrance.
Qur’an 20:14
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(Moses) said: My Lord! relieve my mind
Qur’an 20:25
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And ease my task for me;
Qur’an 20:26
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And loose a knot from my tongue,
Qur’an 20:27
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That they may understand my saying.
Qur’an 20:28
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Recite that which hath been inspired in thee of the Scripture, and establish worship. Lo! worship preserveth from lewdness and iniquity, but verily remembrance of Allah is more important. And Allah knoweth what ye do.
Qur’an 29:45
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O ye who believe! Remember Allah with much remembrance.
Qur’an 33:41
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And when the prayer is ended, then disperse in the land and seek of Allah’s bounty, and remember Allah much, that ye may be successful.
Qur’an 62:10
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They question thee (O Muhammad) concerning menstruation. Say: It is an illness, so let women alone at such times and go not in unto them till they are cleansed. And when they have purified themselves, then go in unto them as Allah hath enjoined upon you. Truly Allah loveth those who turn unto Him, and loveth those who have a care for cleanness.
Qur’an 2:222
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And those who, when they do an evil thing or wrong themselves, remember Allah and implore forgiveness for their sins - Who forgiveth sins save Allah only? - and will not knowingly repeat (the wrong) they did.
Qur’an 3:135
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Yet whoso doeth evil or wrongeth his own soul, then seeketh pardon of Allah, will find Allah Forgiving, Merciful.
Qur’an 4:110
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But whoso repenteth after his wrongdoing and amendeth, lo! Allah will relent toward him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Qur’an 5:39
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And (bidding you): Ask pardon of your Lord and turn to Him repentant. He will cause you to enjoy a fair estate until a time appointed. He giveth His bounty unto every bountiful one. But if ye turn away, lo! (then) I fear for you the retribution of an awful Day.
Qur’an 11:3
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And lo! verily I am Forgiving toward him who repenteth and believeth and doeth good, and afterward walketh aright.
Qur’an 20:82
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Save him who repenteth and believeth and doth righteous work; as for such, Allah will change their evil deeds to good deeds. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
Qur’an 25:70
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Turn unto your Lord repentant, and surrender unto Him, before there come unto you the doom, when ye cannot be helped.
Qur’an 39:54
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And He it is Who accepteth repentance from His bondmen, and pardoneth the evil deeds, and knoweth what ye do,
Qur’an 42:25
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O ye who believe! Let not a folk deride a folk who may be better than they (are), not let women (deride) women who may be better than they are; neither defame one another, nor insult one another by nicknames. Bad is the name of lewdness after faith. And whoso turneth not in repentance, such are evil-doers.
Qur’an 49:11
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O ye who believe! Turn unto Allah in sincere repentance! It may be that your Lord will remit from you your evil deeds and bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, on the day when Allah will not abase the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their light will run before them and on their right hands; they will say: Our Lord! Perfect our light for us, and forgive us! Lo! Thou art Able to do all things.
Qur’an 66:8
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Then hymn the praises of thy Lord, and seek forgiveness of Him. Lo! He is ever ready to show mercy.
Qur’an 110:3
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Confound not truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth.
Qur’an 2:42
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And eat not up your property among yourselves in vanity, nor seek by it to gain the hearing of the judges that ye may knowingly devour a portion of the property of others wrongfully.
Qur’an 2:188
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Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye restore deposits to their owners, and, if ye judge between mankind, that ye judge justly. Lo! comely is this which Allah admonisheth you. Lo! Allah is ever Hearer, Seer.
Qur’an 4:58
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O ye who believe! Be ye staunch in justice, witnesses for Allah, even though it be against yourselves or (your) parents or (your) kindred, whether (the case be of) a rich man or a poor man, for Allah is nearer unto both (them ye are). So follow not passion lest ye lapse (from truth) and if ye lapse or fall away, then lo! Allah is ever Informed of what ye do.
Qur’an 4:135
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And approach not the wealth of the orphan save with that which is better, till he reach maturity. Give full measure and full weight, in justice. We task not any soul beyond its scope. And if ye give your word, do justice thereunto, even though it be (against) a kinsman; and fulfil the covenant of Allah. This He commandeth you that haply ye may remember.
Qur’an 6:152
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Lo! Allah enjoineth justice and kindness, and giving to kinsfolk, and forbiddeth lewdness and abomination and wickedness. He exhorteth you in order that ye may take heed.
Qur’an 16:90
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Come not near the wealth of the orphan save with that which is better till he come to strength; and keep the covenant. Lo! of the covenant it will be asked.
Qur’an 17:34
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And who are shepherds of their pledge and their covenant,
Qur’an 23:8
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Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due).
Qur’an 26:181
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And weigh with the true balance.
Qur’an 26:182
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Woe unto the defrauders:
Qur’an 83:1
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But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.
Qur’an 83:3
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And (remember) when We made a covenant with the Children of Israel, (saying): Worship none save Allah (only), and be good to parents and to kindred and to orphans and the needy, and speak kindly to mankind; and establish worship and pay the poor-due. Then, after that, ye slid back, save a few of you, being averse.
Qur’an 2:83
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Those who spend (of that which Allah hath given them) in ease and in adversity, those who control their wrath and are forgiving toward mankind; Allah loveth the good;
Qur’an 3:134
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(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart - of each of these it will be asked.
Qur’an 17:36
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Tell My bondmen to speak that which is kindlier. Lo! the devil soweth discord among them. Lo! the devil is for man an open foe.
Qur’an 17:53
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O ye who believe! Enter not houses other than your own without first announcing your presence and invoking peace upon the folk thereof. That is better for you, that ye may be heedful.
Qur’an 24:27
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And if ye find no-one therein, still enter not until permission hath been given. And if it be said unto you: Go away again, then go away, for it is purer for you. Allah knoweth what ye do.
Qur’an 24:28
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The (faithful) slaves of the Beneficent are they who walk upon the earth modestly, and when the foolish ones address them answer: Peace;
Qur’an 25:63
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Turn not thy cheek in scorn toward folk, nor walk with pertness in the land. Lo! Allah loveth not each braggart boaster.
Qur’an 31:18
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Be modest in thy bearing and subdue thy voice. Lo! the harshest of all voices is the voice of the ass.
Qur’an 31:19
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O ye who believe! Guard your duty to Allah, and speak words straight to the point;
Qur’an 33:70
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O ye who believe! If an evil-liver bring you tidings, verify it, lest ye smite some folk in ignorance and afterward repent of what ye did.
Qur’an 49:6
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O ye who believe! Shun much suspicion; for lo! some suspicion is a crime. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Ye abhor that (so abhor the other)! And keep your duty (to Allah). Lo! Allah is Relenting, Merciful.
Qur’an 49:12
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They ask thee, (O Muhammad), what they shall spend. Say: that which ye spend for good (must go) to parents and near kindred and orphans and the needy and the wayfarer. And whatsoever good ye do, lo! Allah is Aware of it.
Qur’an 2:215
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The likeness of those who spend their wealth in Allah’s way is as the likeness of a grain which groweth seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains. Allah giveth increase manifold to whom He will. Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.
Qur’an 2:261
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Those who spend their wealth for the cause of Allah and afterward make not reproach and injury to follow that which they have spent; their reward is with their Lord, and there shall no fear come upon them, neither shall they grieve.
Qur’an 2:262
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A kind word with forgiveness is better than almsgiving followed by injury. Allah is Absolute, Clement.
Qur’an 2:263
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O ye who believe! Render not vain your almsgiving by reproach and injury, like him who spendeth his wealth only to be seen of men and believeth not in Allah and the Last Day. His likeness is as the likeness of a rock whereon is dust of earth; a rainstorm smiteth it, leaving it smooth and bare. They have no control of aught of that which they have gained. Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk.
Qur’an 2:264
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If ye publish your almsgiving, it is well, but if ye hide it and give it to the poor, it will be better for you, and will atone for some of your ill-deeds. Allah is Informed of what ye do.
Qur’an 2:271
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Those who spend their wealth by night and day, by stealth and openly, verily their reward is with their Lord, and their shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.
Qur’an 2:274
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Ye will not attain unto piety until ye spend of that which ye love. And whatsoever ye spend, Allah is Aware thereof.
Qur’an 3:92
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Lo! those who give alms, both men and women, and lend unto Allah a goodly loan, it will be doubled for them, and theirs will be a rich reward.
Qur’an 57:18
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And feed with food the needy wretch, the orphan and the prisoner, for love of Him,
Qur’an 76:8
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(Saying): We feed you, for the sake of Allah only. We wish for no reward nor thanks from you;
Qur’an 76:9
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Or some poor wretch in misery,
Qur’an 90:16
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And serve Allah. Ascribe no thing as partner unto Him. (Show) kindness unto parents, and unto near kindred, and orphans, and the needy, and unto the neighbour who is of kin (unto you) and the neighbour who is not of kin, and the fellow-traveller and the wayfarer and (the slaves) whom your right hands possess. Lo! Allah loveth not such as are proud and boastful,
Qur’an 4:36
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Thy Lord hath decreed, that ye worship none save Him, and (that ye show) kindness to parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age with thee, say not “Fie” unto them nor repulse them, but speak unto them a gracious word.
Qur’an 17:23
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And lower unto them the wing of submission through mercy, and say: My Lord! Have mercy on them both as they did care for me when I was little.
Qur’an 17:24
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Give the kinsman his due, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and squander not (thy wealth) in wantonness.
Qur’an 17:26
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But if thou turn away from them, seeking mercy from thy Lord, for which thou hopest, then speak unto them a reasonable word.
Qur’an 17:28
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And of His signs is this: He created for you helpmeets from yourselves that ye might find rest in them, and He ordained between you love and mercy. Lo! herein indeed are portents for folk who reflect.
Qur’an 30:21
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And We have enjoined upon man concerning his partners - His mother beareth him in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years - Give thanks unto Me and unto thy parents. Unto Me is the journeying.
Qur’an 31:14
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But if they strive with thee to make thee ascribe unto Me as partner that of which thou hast no knowledge, then obey them not. Consort with them in the world kindly, and follow the path of him who repenteth unto Me. Then unto Me will be your return, and I shall tell you what ye used to do -
Qur’an 31:15
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And We have commended unto man kindness toward parents. His mother beareth him with reluctance, and bringeth him forth with reluctance, and the bearing of him and the weaning of him is thirty months, till, when he attaineth full strength and reacheth forty years, he saith: My Lord! Arouse me that I may give thanks for the favour wherewith Thou hast favoured me and my parents, and that I may do right acceptable unto Thee. And be gracious unto me in the matter of my seed. Lo! I have turned unto Thee repentant, and lo! I am of those who surrender (unto Thee).
Qur’an 46:15
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Allah forbiddeth you not those who warred not against you on account of religion and drove you not out from your homes, that ye should show them kindness and deal justly with them. Lo! Allah loveth the just dealers.
Qur’an 60:8
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O my dear son! Lo! though it be but the weight of a grain of mustard-seed, and though it be in a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth. Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware.
Qur’an 31:16
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Therefor the orphan oppress not,
Qur’an 93:9
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Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth and (in) the difference of night and day are tokens (of His Sovereignty) for men of understanding,
Qur’an 3:190
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Such as remember Allah, standing, sitting, and reclining, and consider the creation of the heavens and the earth, (and say): Our Lord! Thou createdst not this in vain. Glory be to Thee! Preserve us from the doom of Fire.
Qur’an 3:191
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He it is Who sendeth down water from the sky, and therewith We bring forth buds of every kind; We bring forth the green blade from which We bring forth the thick-clustered grain; and from the date-palm, from the pollen thereof, spring pendant bunches; and (We bring forth) gardens of grapes, and the olive and the pomegranate, alike and unlike. Look upon the fruit thereof, when they bear fruit, and upon its ripening. Lo! herein verily are portents for a people who believe.
Qur’an 6:99
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He it is Who sendeth down water from the sky, whence ye have drink, and whence are trees on which ye send your beasts to pasture.
Qur’an 16:10
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Therewith He causeth crops to grow for you, and the olive and the date-palm and grapes and all kinds of fruit. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for people who reflect.
Qur’an 16:11
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Then exalted be Allah, the True King! And hasten not (O Muhammad) with the Qur’an ere its revelation hath been perfected unto thee, and say: My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.
Qur’an 20:114
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Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then We parted them, and we made every living thing of water? Will they not then believe?
Qur’an 21:30
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And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. Lo! herein indeed are portents for men of knowledge.
Qur’an 30:22
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And of men and beasts and cattle, in like manner, divers hues? The erudite among His bondmen fear Allah alone. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Forgiving.
Qur’an 35:28
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Have they not then observed the sky above them, how We have constructed it and beautified it, and how there are no rifts therein?
Qur’an 50:6
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Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth,
Qur’an 96:1
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Teacheth man that which he knew not.
Qur’an 96:5
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Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and fair exhortation, and reason with them in the better way. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who go aright.
Qur’an 16:125
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And hold fast, all of you together, to the cable of Allah, and do not separate. And remember Allah’s favour unto you: How ye were enemies and He made friendship between your hearts so that ye became as brothers by His grace; and (how) ye were upon the brink of an abyss of fire, and He did save you from it. Thus Allah maketh clear His revelations unto you, that haply ye may be guided,
Qur’an 3:103
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When ye are greeted with a greeting, greet ye with a better than it or return it. Lo! Allah taketh count of all things.
Qur’an 4:86
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O ye who believe! Profane not Allah’s monuments nor the Sacred Month nor the offerings nor the garlands, nor those repairing to the Sacred House, seeking the grace and pleasure of their Lord. But when ye have left the sacred territory, then go hunting (if ye will). And let not your hatred of a folk who (once) stopped your going to the inviolable place of worship seduce you to transgress; but help ye one another unto righteousness and pious duty. Help not one another unto sin and transgression, but keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is severe in punishment.
Qur’an 5:2
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And if they incline to peace, incline thou also to it, and trust in Allah. Lo! He, even He, is the Hearer, the Knower.
Qur’an 8:61
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Lo! this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so worship Me.
Qur’an 21:92
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And those who answer the call of their Lord and establish worship, and whose affairs are a matter of counsel, and who spend of what We have bestowed on them,
Qur’an 42:38
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And if two parties of believers fall to fighting, then make peace between them. And if one party of them doeth wrong to the other, fight ye that which doeth wrong till it return unto the ordinance of Allah; then, if it return, make peace between them justly, and act equitably. Lo! Allah loveth the equitable.
Qur’an 49:9
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The believers are naught else than brothers. Therefore make peace between your brethren and observe your duty to Allah that haply ye may obtain mercy.
Qur’an 49:10
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Verily we have honoured the Children of Adam. We carry them on the land and the sea, and have made provision of good things for them, and have preferred them above many of those whom We created with a marked preferment.
Qur’an 17:70
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It may be that Allah will ordain love between you and those of them with whom ye are at enmity. Allah is Mighty, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Qur’an 60:7
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Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion.
Qur’an 109:6
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