Thematic Bible: Forbidden

Make no agreement with them or with their gods. Verse Concepts

But take care, and do not make any agreement with the people of the land where you are going, for it will be a cause of sin to you. Verse Concepts

And when the Lord has given them up into your hands and you have overcome them, give them up to complete destruction: make no agreement with them, and have no mercy on them: Verse Concepts

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers; Verse Concepts

Do not be guided by him or give attention to him; have no pity on him or mercy, and give him no cover; Verse Concepts

So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for ever. Verse Concepts

My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them. Verse Concepts

My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways: Verse Concepts

Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark? And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One? or what part has one who has faith with one who has not? And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people. read more.
For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear; Verse Concepts

Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish. Verse Concepts

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire. Verse Concepts

Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord. Verse Concepts

So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing? Verse Concepts

Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God. Verse Concepts

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And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit. Verse Concepts

But the Lord, answering, said to her, Martha, Martha, you are full of care and troubled about such a number of things: Verse Concepts

And do not give overmuch thought to your food and drink, and let not your mind be full of doubts. Verse Concepts

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net: Verse Concepts

But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord: Verse Concepts

Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you. Verse Concepts

But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk; Verse Concepts

You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord Verse Concepts

And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man. Verse Concepts

So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing? Verse Concepts

Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God. Verse Concepts

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And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit. Verse Concepts

But the Lord, answering, said to her, Martha, Martha, you are full of care and troubled about such a number of things: Verse Concepts

And do not give overmuch thought to your food and drink, and let not your mind be full of doubts. Verse Concepts

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net: Verse Concepts

But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord: Verse Concepts

Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you. Verse Concepts

For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself, Verse Concepts

Away! away! go out from there, touching no unclean thing; go out from among her; be clean, you who take up the vessels of the Lord. Verse Concepts

But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you. Verse Concepts

Which say there may be no touching, tasting, or taking in your hands, Verse Concepts

Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his. Verse Concepts

Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you. Verse Concepts

Say not a curse against the king, even in your thoughts; and even secretly say not a curse against the man of wealth; because a bird of the air will take the voice, and that which has wings will give news of it. Verse Concepts

Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you. Verse Concepts

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so. Verse Concepts

Death will overtake great as well as small in the land: their bodies will not be put in a resting-place, and no one will be weeping for them or wounding themselves or cutting off their hair for them: Verse Concepts

They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh. Verse Concepts

You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead; Verse Concepts

You may not make cuts in your flesh in respect for the dead, or have marks printed on your bodies: I am the Lord. Verse Concepts

Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false. Verse Concepts

For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit: Verse Concepts

And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her. Verse Concepts

But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her. Verse Concepts

And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit; Verse Concepts

Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil. Verse Concepts

Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride; Verse Concepts

With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy. Verse Concepts

Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another. Verse Concepts

Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example. Verse Concepts

A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones. Verse Concepts

Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day; Verse Concepts

Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them: Verse Concepts

But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true. Verse Concepts

They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord? Verse Concepts

Then the chief rulers and the captains were looking for some cause for putting Daniel in the wrong in connection with the kingdom, but they were unable to put forward any wrongdoing or error against him; because he was true, and no error or wrong was to be seen in him. Verse Concepts

But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad. Verse Concepts

For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy. Verse Concepts

And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind. Verse Concepts

But all this is nothing to me while I see Mordecai the Jew seated by the king's doorway. Verse Concepts

Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers. Verse Concepts

For he saw that for envy they had given him up. Verse Concepts

But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching. Verse Concepts

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one: Verse Concepts

Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning; Verse Concepts

After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you. Verse Concepts

And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, And I do not give a decision against you: go, and never do wrong again.] Verse Concepts

For this cause do not let sin be ruling in your body which is under the power of death, so that you give way to its desires; Verse Concepts

Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame. Verse Concepts

The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher; Verse Concepts

Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled. Verse Concepts

And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold. Verse Concepts

... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years. Verse Concepts

And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said, Verse Concepts

Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord. Verse Concepts

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He who goes about talking of others makes secrets public, but the true-hearted man keeps things covered. Verse Concepts

He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide. Verse Concepts

In you there are men who say evil of others, causing death; in you they have taken the flesh with the blood for food; in your streets they have put evil designs into effect. Verse Concepts

Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame. Verse Concepts

No daughter of Israel is to let herself be used as a loose woman for a strange god, and no son of Israel is to give himself to a man. Verse Concepts

But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk; Verse Concepts

Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil. Verse Concepts

The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher; Verse Concepts

Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled. Verse Concepts

And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold. Verse Concepts

... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years. Verse Concepts

And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said, Verse Concepts

Keep my laws. Do not let your cattle have offspring by those of a different sort; do not put mixed seed into your field; do not put on a robe made of two sorts of cloth. Verse Concepts

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants; Verse Concepts

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting. Verse Concepts

I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house. You are to have no other gods but me.

Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness. Verse Concepts

Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures. Verse Concepts

Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting. Verse Concepts

Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged. Verse Concepts

So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things. Verse Concepts

Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling. Verse Concepts

For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God. Verse Concepts

There is only one judge and law-giver, even he who has the power of salvation and of destruction; but who are you to be your neighbour's judge? Verse Concepts

If a man takes by force one of his countrymen, the children of Israel, using him as his property or getting a price for him, that thief is to be put to death: so you are to put away evil from among you. Verse Concepts

Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act. Verse Concepts

And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were still living, Take the rest of the meal offering from the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and take it for your food, without leaven, at the side of the altar, for it is most holy. Verse Concepts

No meal offering which you give to the Lord is to be made with leaven; no leaven or honey is to be burned as an offering made by fire to the Lord. Verse Concepts

For seven days let your food be unleavened bread; from the first day no leaven is to be seen in your houses: whoever takes bread with leaven in it, from the first till the seventh day, will be cut off from Israel. And on the first day there is to be a holy meeting and on the seventh day a holy meeting; no sort of work may be done on those days but only to make ready what is necessary for everyone's food. So keep the feast of unleavened bread; for on this very day I have taken your armies out of the land of Egypt: this day, then, is to be kept through all your generations by an order for ever. read more.
In the first month, from the evening of the fourteenth day, let your food be unleavened bread till the evening of the twenty-first day of the month. For seven days no leaven is to be seen in your houses: for whoever takes bread which is leavened will be cut off from the people of Israel, if he is from another country or if he is an Israelite by birth. Take nothing which has leaven in it; wherever you are living let your food be unleavened cakes.

No leaven is to be offered with the blood of my offering, and the offering of the Passover feast may not be kept till the morning. Verse Concepts

Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings, Verse Concepts

Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another. Verse Concepts

Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath; And do not give way to the Evil One.

But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk; Verse Concepts

My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth. Verse Concepts

He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Verse Concepts

Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image. Verse Concepts

And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. Verse Concepts

Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him. Verse Concepts

Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business; Verse Concepts

Do not put anyone to death without cause. Verse Concepts

And do not say evil things against the Lord, as some of them did, and destruction overtook them. Verse Concepts

Do all things without protests and arguments; Verse Concepts

And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord. Verse Concepts

Do not so to the Lord your God: for everything which is disgusting to the Lord and hated by him they have done in honour of their gods: even burning their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods. Verse Concepts

Again, say to the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or any other man living in Israel, gives his offspring to Molech, he is certainly to be put to death: he is to be stoned by the people of the land; And my face will be turned against that man, and he will be cut off from his people; because he has given his offspring to Molech, making my holy place unclean, and making my holy name common. And if the people of the land do not take note of that man when he gives his offspring to Molech, and do not put him to death, read more.
Then my face will be turned against him and his family, and he and all those who do evil with him will be cut off from among their people.

I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another. Verse Concepts

Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness. Verse Concepts

In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing. Verse Concepts

These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward. Verse Concepts

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good. Verse Concepts

He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret. Verse Concepts

And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law. Verse Concepts

Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts? Verse Concepts

And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia; And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;

And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time. Verse Concepts

The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher; Verse Concepts

Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well. Verse Concepts

Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled. Verse Concepts

And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold. Verse Concepts

... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years. Verse Concepts

And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said, Verse Concepts

But you say, For what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your early years, to whom you have been untrue, though she is your friend and the wife to whom you have given your word. ... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.

And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said, For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife? And he said to them in answer, What did Moses say you were to do? And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her. read more.
But Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law. But from the first, male and female made he them. For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom. Verse Concepts

Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged. Verse Concepts

But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith. Verse Concepts

You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord Verse Concepts

But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged. Verse Concepts

And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord. Verse Concepts

But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God; Verse Concepts

Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame. Verse Concepts

No daughter of Israel is to let herself be used as a loose woman for a strange god, and no son of Israel is to give himself to a man. Verse Concepts

Now when Michael, one of the chief angels, was fighting against the Evil One for the body of Moses, fearing to make use of violent words against him, he only said, May the Lord be your judge. Verse Concepts

Though the angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not make use of violent language against them before the Lord. Verse Concepts

But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him. Verse Concepts

He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts, Verse Concepts

Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing. Verse Concepts

But if the land you now have is unclean, come over into the Lord's land where his House is, and take up your heritage among us: but do not be false to the Lord and to us by building yourselves an altar in addition to the altar of the Lord our God. Verse Concepts

Only, do not go against the Lord or go in fear of the people of the land, for they will be our food; their strength has been taken from them and the Lord is with us: have no fear of them. Verse Concepts

Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men. Verse Concepts

Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all. Verse Concepts

Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord. Verse Concepts

Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour. Verse Concepts

But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned. Verse Concepts

Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing. Verse Concepts

Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work. Verse Concepts

Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord. Verse Concepts

Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men. Verse Concepts

Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all. Verse Concepts

Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord. Verse Concepts

Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing. Verse Concepts

Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work. Verse Concepts

Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing. Verse Concepts

Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning. Verse Concepts

For I, the Lord, take pleasure in upright judging; I will not put up with the violent taking away of right; and I will certainly give them their reward, and I will make an eternal agreement with them. Verse Concepts

If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house. Verse Concepts

Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind; Verse Concepts

By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped. Verse Concepts

And as for anyone who takes it for food, his sin will be on him, for he has put shame on the holy thing of the Lord: he will be cut off from his people. Verse Concepts

Let not your horn be lifted up: let no more words of pride come from your outstretched necks. Verse Concepts

Now do not be hard-hearted, as your fathers were; but give yourselves to the Lord, and come into his holy place, which he has made his for ever, and be the servants of the Lord your God, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from you. Verse Concepts

Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land; Verse Concepts