Thematic Bible: Forbidden
Thematic Bible
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Forbidden
Watch yourself that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going. It will become a snare in your midst.
Jehovah your God will deliver them to you. You must crush them! Completely destroy them. You should make no covenant with them. Do not show them mercy.
If your brother, your mother's son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your very best friend tries to secretly entice you, saying: 'Let us go and serve other gods, gods neither you nor your fathers have known,
Do not yield to him or listen to him. Your eye should not have pity on him. You should not spare or conceal him.
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 a very long time. That way you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for as long as they live.
My son, if sinners tempt you do not consent.
My son, do not walk in the way with them. Withhold your food from their path!
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship does righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what communion does light have with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? And what agreement does a temple of God have with idols? We are the temple of the living God. God said: I will dwell in them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people. (Leviticus 26:12) (Zechariah 8:8) read more.
Therefore come out from among them and be separate (set off) (severed from them) (excluded from them), said Jehovah. Do not touch the unclean thing and I will receive you. (Isaiah 52:11) (Jeremiah 51:45)
Therefore come out from among them and be separate (set off) (severed from them) (excluded from them), said Jehovah. Do not touch the unclean thing and I will receive you. (Isaiah 52:11) (Jeremiah 51:45)
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead reprove (expose) (convict) them.
Anger » Forbidden
Do not be quick in your spirit (mind) (figurative heart) to be angry. Anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Now I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother [without cause] shall be guilty before the court. Whoever speaks to his brother with words of contempt shall receive condemnation before the Sanhedrin [Supreme Court]. Curse your brother and you will be guilty enough to be destroyed by fire, with the burning trash, at the Valley of Hinnom, outside of Jerusalem (Greek: Gehenna).
Dearly beloved, do not avenge yourselves, instead leave room for divine punishment, for it is written: Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says Jehovah. (Deuteronomy 32:35)
forbidden Anxiety » Worldly care » Forbidden
I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink. And do not worry about your body, what you will wear. Is life worth more than food? And is the body worth more than clothes?
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Verse Concepts
Problem SolvingComfortingAdvice, Receiving God's AdviceAttitudes Of ThankfulfnessBeing AfraidAskingCarePrayer, As Asking GodPrayer, As Praise And ThanksgivingRest, PhysicalRestlessnessThankfulnessThanksgivingWorship, Elements OfWorship, Times ForSaints, Communion With GodPrayer, Offered WithAnxiety, OvercomeFrettingCare For Your BodyRelying Upon GodBeing CalmUnrestNothingDo Not Be Anxious
Thank God!PrayerNot WorryingAnxiety And FearFear And WorryWorryingThank YouThankfulness To OthersBeing GratefulGrateful HeartThanksgiving And GratitudeGiving ThanksTrusting God And Not WorryingPrayingWorrying About The FutureThanksNervousnesstomorrowpositivityeverythingsupplicationworriesanxiouspetitionTaking Risks With Faith
It is vain to work hard for the food you eat by getting up early and going to bed late. Jehovah gives food to those he loves while they sleep.
He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
The Lord answered: Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.
Do not seek food and drink and do not worry.
Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.
I want you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord.
Throw all your anxiety upon him, because he cares for you.
Verse Concepts
CareAnxietyAcknowledging GodBankruptcyComfortingAdversityBeing A BlessingBeing AfraidBeing BlessedDespair, Remedies ForGuardiansHealthReceptivenessRest, PhysicalStressSuffering, Of The InnocentWorryHelp From GodComfort, When WorriedBrokenheartedUnrest
Asking For HelpEncouragement In LifeTurning To GodDo Not Be AnxiousA Tough Break UpMental HealthAnxiety And DepressionServiceCasting Out FearNot WorryingAnxiety And FearFear And WorryWorryingFamily ProblemsTrusting God And Not WorryingWorrying About The FutureproblemsartistsworriesanxiousOvercoming Fear With Faith
Blasphemy » Forbidden
Now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech out of your mouth.
Never use the name of Jehovah your God in a false and evil way. Jehovah will make sure that anyone who is false, evil, careless and vain with his name will be punished.
Blood » Shedding of human » Forbidden
I will require your lifeblood as an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. I will demand an accounting from each man for the life of his fellow man.
Care » Worldly folly of » Forbidden
I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink. And do not worry about your body, what you will wear. Is life worth more than food? And is the body worth more than clothes?
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Verse Concepts
Problem SolvingComfortingAdvice, Receiving God's AdviceAttitudes Of ThankfulfnessBeing AfraidAskingCarePrayer, As Asking GodPrayer, As Praise And ThanksgivingRest, PhysicalRestlessnessThankfulnessThanksgivingWorship, Elements OfWorship, Times ForSaints, Communion With GodPrayer, Offered WithAnxiety, OvercomeFrettingCare For Your BodyRelying Upon GodBeing CalmUnrestNothingDo Not Be Anxious
Thank God!PrayerNot WorryingAnxiety And FearFear And WorryWorryingThank YouThankfulness To OthersBeing GratefulGrateful HeartThanksgiving And GratitudeGiving ThanksTrusting God And Not WorryingPrayingWorrying About The FutureThanksNervousnesstomorrowpositivityeverythingsupplicationworriesanxiouspetitionTaking Risks With Faith
It is vain to work hard for the food you eat by getting up early and going to bed late. Jehovah gives food to those he loves while they sleep.
He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
The Lord answered: Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.
Do not seek food and drink and do not worry.
Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.
I want you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord.
Throw all your anxiety upon him, because he cares for you.
Verse Concepts
CareAnxietyAcknowledging GodBankruptcyComfortingAdversityBeing A BlessingBeing AfraidBeing BlessedDespair, Remedies ForGuardiansHealthReceptivenessRest, PhysicalStressSuffering, Of The InnocentWorryHelp From GodComfort, When WorriedBrokenheartedUnrest
Asking For HelpEncouragement In LifeTurning To GodDo Not Be AnxiousA Tough Break UpMental HealthAnxiety And DepressionServiceCasting Out FearNot WorryingAnxiety And FearFear And WorryWorryingFamily ProblemsTrusting God And Not WorryingWorrying About The FutureproblemsartistsworriesanxiousOvercoming Fear With Faith
Contact » With impurity » Forbidden
Therefore come out from among them and be separate (set off) (severed from them) (excluded from them), said Jehovah. Do not touch the unclean thing and I will receive you. (Isaiah 52:11) (Jeremiah 51:45)
Get out of her my people! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the vessels of Jehovah.
However, God did say: 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not touch it, or you will die.'
Do not handle. Do not taste. Do not touch.
Covetousness » Forbidden
Do not covet (desire) another man's house. Do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns.
Cursing » Forbidden
Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
Do not curse the king, no not even in thought. Do not curse the rich in your bedchamber for a bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which has wings will tell the matter.
Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who despitefully use you.
Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth! My brothers, these things should not be.
Cutting » The flesh for the dead » Forbidden
Both great and small men will die in this land. They will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.
You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies.
You are the sons of Jehovah your God. Do not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead.
Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am Jehovah.
Deceit » Forbidden
Do not witness against your neighbor without cause. Do not deceive with you lips.
Whoever would love life and see good days should keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
Divorce » Forbidden » Except » Adultery
I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery. And he who marries her when she is divorced, commits adultery.
I say to you that everyone divorcing his wife, except for the reason of fornication, makes her liable to commit adultery. And if she marries again, the man she marries also commits adultery.
Drunkenness » Forbidden
Do not get drunk with wine, for that is a public act of violence, but be filled with the Spirit.
Envy » Forbidden
([Psalm of David]) Do not be bothered by evildoers. Do not envy those who do wicked things.
Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is not jealous. Love does not brag and is not arrogant (proud).
Let us walk honestly as in the daytime, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and loose conduct, not in strife and jealousy.
Let us not become egotistical, stirring up competition with one another, envying one another.
A sound heart is life for the body. Envy (jealousy) is like bone cancer (decay) (rottenness to the bones).
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but reverence Jehovah all day long.
Do not be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them.
If you have bitter jealousy (envy) and greedy ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and lie against the truth.
Envy » Forbidden » Examples of
They came together to confront Moses and Aaron. They said: You have gone far enough! Everyone in the whole congregation is holy. Jehovah is among them. Why do you set yourselves above Jehovah's assembly?
Then the commissioners and the governors sought to find a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom. They could find no charge, nor error, nor fault, for he was faithful.
He did not look with favor on Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face was downcast (he had a bad attitude).
He possessed flocks and herds and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
Joseph's brothers were jealous of him. His father kept thinking about the whole matter.
But all this is nothing to me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew seated by the king's gate.
I was envious of arrogant people when I saw the peace and prosperity that wicked people enjoy.
He knew it was because of envy they gave him up.
When the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with envy. They spoke against those things Paul spoke. They contradicted and blasphemed him.
Error » Definition of » Forbidden
My little children, I write you these things that you may not sin. If any man sin, we have an Advocate (intercessor) (comforter) (helper) with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous!
Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil.
Later Jesus found him in the temple and told him: Now that you are healed do not sin anymore and avoid worse things happening to you.
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Let no sin rule in your mortal body, that you should obey the lustful desires.
Wake up to righteousness and do not sin. Some do not have knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
Foes of the home » Polygamy » Forbidden
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach;
Verse Concepts
FaultsFaith, As A Body Of Beliefselders, in the churchBlamelessness, Church MinistersChurch Authority, Of EldarsReproachTeachersLove, In RelationshipsHospitality, A Duty Of God's PeopleMinistry, In The ChurchMonogamyPolygamyPreaching, Importance OfSelf ControlWatchfulness, Of LeadersConduct, ProperMaterialism
A blameless man will be the husband of one wife. He will have children that believe and who are not accused of violence and disobedience.
He must not take many wives or his heart will turn astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
Did God make you one? Your flesh and spirit belong to him. What does God look for but godly descendants? Do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
He answered: Have you not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female?
Gossip » Forbidden
Never gossip. Never endanger your neighbor's life. I am Jehovah.
You sit and talk against your own brother. You slander your own mother's son.
A talebearer reveals secrets. He that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.
A gossip reveals secrets. So avoid a man who speaks flattering words.
Your people tell lies about others in order to have them put to death. They eat sacrifices offered to idols. They always satisfy their lusts.
Harlotry » Forbidden
Do not dishonor your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the country will turn to prostitution and be filled with people who are perverted.
None of the daughters of the sons of Israel shall be a temple prostitute.
Hatred » Forbidden
Now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech out of your mouth.
Never hate your brother in your heart. Be sure to correct your neighbor so that you will not be guilty of sinning along with him.
Home » Polygamy » Forbidden
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach;
Verse Concepts
FaultsFaith, As A Body Of Beliefselders, in the churchBlamelessness, Church MinistersChurch Authority, Of EldarsReproachTeachersLove, In RelationshipsHospitality, A Duty Of God's PeopleMinistry, In The ChurchMonogamyPolygamyPreaching, Importance OfSelf ControlWatchfulness, Of LeadersConduct, ProperMaterialism
A blameless man will be the husband of one wife. He will have children that believe and who are not accused of violence and disobedience.
He must not take many wives or his heart will turn astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
Did God make you one? Your flesh and spirit belong to him. What does God look for but godly descendants? Do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
He answered: Have you not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female?
Hybridizing » Forbidden
Obey my laws. Never crossbreed different kinds of animals. Do not plant two kinds of crops in your field. Never wear clothes made from two kinds of material.
Idleness and sloth » Forbidden
Do not lag behind in diligence. Be fervent in spirit serving God.
We desire that you are not lazy, but follow those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Idolatry » Forbidden
I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt. Do not have any other god.
Injustice » Forbidden
Do no injustice in judgment. Do not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great. Judge your neighbor fairly.
Do not be corrupt when administering justice concerning length, weight, or measuring liquid.
Judgment » Forbidden
Let us not judge one another any more. Let no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
Stop judging, so that you will not be judged.
You who judge have no excuse. For when you judge another you condemn yourself. After all you do the same things.
Who are you to judge another man's servant? He stands or falls before his own master. Yes, he will be made to stand for God can make him stand.
Do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and make apparent the counsels of the hearts. Then each man's praise will come from God.
Only one is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you that you judge your neighbor?
Kidnapping » Forbidden
If a man is caught kidnapping any of his brothers of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him violently or sells him, the thief shall die. You will purge the evil from among you.
Whoever kidnaps another person must be put to death regardless of whether he has sold the kidnapped person or still has him.
Leaven » Forbidden » Burnt offering » Meat offering
Moses spoke to Aaron and his two remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar. He said: Take the grain offering that is left over from the food offered to Jehovah. Bake unleavened bread with it and eat it beside the altar. This is because this offering is very holy.
Every grain offering you bring to Jehovah must be made without yeast. Do not use yeast or honey in food offered to Jehovah.
Leaven » Forbidden » During the feast of passover
You will eat unleavened bread for seven days. The first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day will be cut off from Israel. You shall have a holy assembly on the first day. There should be another holy assembly on the seventh day. No work at all will be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person that alone may be prepared by you. You shall also observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread. That was the day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Observe this day throughout your generations as a long lasting ordinance. read more.
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. There shall be no leaven found in your houses for seven days. Whoever eats what is leavened shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land. You shall not eat anything leavened. Eat unleavened bread in all your dwellings.
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. There shall be no leaven found in your houses for seven days. Whoever eats what is leavened shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land. You shall not eat anything leavened. Eat unleavened bread in all your dwellings.
Leaven » Forbidden » To be offered with blood
Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me at the same time you offer anything containing yeast. No part of the sacrifice at the Passover festival should be left over in the morning.
Lying » Forbidden
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you got rid of the old self with its evil practices.
Do not steal. Do not deal falsely. Do not lie to one another.
Malice » Forbidden
Be angry and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down upon your anger (rage). Do not give the devil an opportunity.
Now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech out of your mouth.
Brothers, do not be like children in understanding. When it comes to evil be innocent children but in your thinking be mature adults.
Murder » Forbidden
The man replied: Which law? And Jesus said: Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false witness,
Whoever sheds the blood of man will have his blood shed by man. For man was made in the image of God.
For the Law code says: You must not commit adultery, you must not murder, you must not steal, you must not bear false witness, and you must not covet. If there is any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying; namely, you must love your neighbor as yourself.
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer! You know that no murderer has everlasting life remaining in him.
Let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's business.
Do not murder.
Do not kill.
Murmuring » Forbidden
Do not grumble like some of them grumbled. Venomous snakes killed them.
Do all things without complaining (grumbling) (murmuring) and questioning (disputing).
Offerings » Human sacrifices » Forbidden
Never give your children as sacrifices to the god Molech by burning them alive. If you do, you are dishonoring the name of your God. I am Jehovah!
Do not behave this way toward Jehovah your God, for every abominable act Jehovah hates they have done for their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
Tell the Israelites: 'If Israelites or foreigners living among you give one of their children as a sacrifice to the god Molech, they must be put to death. The common people must stone them to death. I will condemn them and exclude them from the people. They gave one of their children to Molech. They made my holy tent unclean, and dishonored my holy name. If the people of the land ignore those who give their children to Molech and do not put them to death, read more.
I will condemn them and their families. I will exclude them from the people. I will exclude from the people everyone who chases after Molech as if he were a prostitute.
I will condemn them and their families. I will exclude them from the people. I will exclude from the people everyone who chases after Molech as if he were a prostitute.
Partiality » Forbidden
I charge you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these [principles] without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
Do no injustice in judgment. Do not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great. Judge your neighbor fairly.
You will not show partiality in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great. You will not fear man for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.'
These murmur, complain, and walk after their lusts, they speak arrogantly, flattering people to gain advantage.
These sayings belong to the wise. It is not good to show partiality in judgment.
I caused you to be despised and low before all the people. You are contemptible and do not keep my ways. You show partiality when applying the law.
Paul » Forbidden » Asia » by Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit did not let them preach the message in the province of Asia. So they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia. When they reached the border of Mysia, they tried to go into the province of Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
Polygamy » Forbidden
While your wife is living, never marry her sister as a rival wife and have sexual intercourse with her.
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach;
Verse Concepts
FaultsFaith, As A Body Of Beliefselders, in the churchBlamelessness, Church MinistersChurch Authority, Of EldarsReproachTeachersLove, In RelationshipsHospitality, A Duty Of God's PeopleMinistry, In The ChurchMonogamyPolygamyPreaching, Importance OfSelf ControlWatchfulness, Of LeadersConduct, ProperMaterialism
Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
A blameless man will be the husband of one wife. He will have children that believe and who are not accused of violence and disobedience.
He must not take many wives or his heart will turn astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
Did God make you one? Your flesh and spirit belong to him. What does God look for but godly descendants? Do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
He answered: Have you not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female?
You ask: Why do you not accept our offerings? It is because Jehovah is a witness between you and the wife of your youth. The one to whom you have been unfaithful! She is your companion, the wife of your marriage vows. Did God make you one? Your flesh and spirit belong to him. What does God look for but godly descendants? Do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
He answered: Have you not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female? For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. The two shall become one flesh.
Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. Does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife? They asked. What did Moses command you? Jesus asked. They said: Moses allowed us to write a certificate of divorce and send her away. read more.
He wrote this commandment because of your hard hearts, Jesus replied. God made male and female from the beginning of creation. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife. The two shall become one flesh. They are no longer two, but one flesh.
He wrote this commandment because of your hard hearts, Jesus replied. God made male and female from the beginning of creation. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife. The two shall become one flesh. They are no longer two, but one flesh.
Pride » Forbidden
Be of the same mind as others. Do not think lofty things but be led along by lowly things. Do not be wise in your own conceit (self-love) (vanity) (estimation).
Verse Concepts
Boast no more so proudly. Remove arrogance from your mouth. Jehovah is a God of knowledge, and he measures his actions (deeds).
I say through the grace given to me that every man among you should not think more highly of himself than he ought to think. But to think soberly, just as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Profanity » Forbidden
Never use the name of Jehovah your God in a false and evil way. Jehovah will make sure that anyone who is false, evil, careless and vain with his name will be punished.
Above all things, my brothers do not swear by heaven, or by earth, or by any other oath. Let your Yes be Yes and your No be No. That way you will not fall under judgment.
Do not swear falsely by my name, so as to profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah.
I tell you, offer no promises at all, not by heaven, because it is God's throne.
Prostitution » Forbidden
Do not dishonor your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the country will turn to prostitution and be filled with people who are perverted.
None of the daughters of the sons of Israel shall be a temple prostitute.
Railing » Forbidden
Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil disputed about the body of Moses. He did not speak evil judgment against him in abusive terms, but said: Jehovah rebukes you. (Zechariah 3:2)
Angels, though greater in might and power, do not bring an accusation of abusive judgment against them before Jehovah.
I wrote you not to keep company with any man who is called a brother who is a fornicator, or who is greedy, or who worships idols, or constantly gets drunk, or cheats people. Do not even eat with such a person.
he is proud, knows nothing, has a morbid interest in questions and disputes about words, which leads to envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,
Do not repay evil for evil, or insult for insult. Do just the opposite. For you were called to inherit a blessing.
Rebellion against God » Forbidden
If your land is not fit to worship in, come over into Jehovah's land, where his Tabernacle is. Claim some land among us. But do not rebel against Jehovah or make rebels out of us by building an altar in addition to the altar of Jehovah our God.
Do not rebel against Jehovah. Do not be afraid of the people who live there. We will conquer them easily. Jehovah is with us and has defeated the gods who protected them. Do not be afraid.
Retaliation » Forbidden
Return evil for evil to no man. Provide honest things in the sight of all men.
See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone. But follow that which is good, both among you, and to all men.
Do not seek revenge. Never hold a grudge against any of your people. Instead, love your neighbor as you love yourself. I am Jehovah.
Do not say: I will recompense evil. Instead wait on Jehovah, and he will save you.
But I tell you, do not resist a wicked person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to that person.
Do not repay evil for evil, or insult for insult. Do just the opposite. For you were called to inherit a blessing.
Do not say: I will do to him as he has done to me. I will render to the man according to his work.
Revenge » Forbidden
Dearly beloved, do not avenge yourselves, instead leave room for divine punishment, for it is written: Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says Jehovah. (Deuteronomy 32:35)
Return evil for evil to no man. Provide honest things in the sight of all men.
See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone. But follow that which is good, both among you, and to all men.
Do not seek revenge. Never hold a grudge against any of your people. Instead, love your neighbor as you love yourself. I am Jehovah.
Do not repay evil for evil, or insult for insult. Do just the opposite. For you were called to inherit a blessing.
Do not say: I will do to him as he has done to me. I will render to the man according to his work.
Reviling and reproaching » Forbidden
Do not repay evil for evil, or insult for insult. Do just the opposite. For you were called to inherit a blessing.
Robbery » Forbidden
Do not oppress your neighbor and do not rob him. Do not fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.
For I, Jehovah, love justice. I hate robbery in the burnt offering. Therefore I will faithfully give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.
Sacrilege » Forbidden
God will destroy any man who defiles the temple of God! For the temple of God is holy. You are that temple!
Shepherd the flock of God in your care. Exercise the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God. Do not do it for dishonest gain, but eagerly.
Verse Concepts
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They must be stopped. Their mouths must be shut up, for they subvert entire households. They teach things that should not be taught, for the sake of dishonest gain.
Those who eat it will be punished because they have dishonored what is holy to Jehovah. They must be excluded from the people.
Self-will » Forbidden
Do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but yield to Jehovah and enter his sanctuary that he has consecrated from generation to generation. Serve Jehovah your God that His burning anger may turn away from you.
Self-will and stubbornness » Forbidden
Do not harden your hearts, as in the day of strife, as in the day of testing in the wilderness.
Do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but yield to Jehovah and enter his sanctuary that he has consecrated from generation to generation. Serve Jehovah your God that His burning anger may turn away from you.
Sin » Excuses offered for » Forbidden
My little children, I write you these things that you may not sin. If any man sin, we have an Advocate (intercessor) (comforter) (helper) with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous!
Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil.
Later Jesus found him in the temple and told him: Now that you are healed do not sin anymore and avoid worse things happening to you.
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Let no sin rule in your mortal body, that you should obey the lustful desires.
Wake up to righteousness and do not sin. Some do not have knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
Slander » Forbidden
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and screaming, and abusive speech, be put away (removed) (expiated) from you, along with all malice.
Brothers, do not speak against each other. He who speaks against a brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Do not spread false rumors. Do not help a guilty person by offering false testimony.
Sorcery » Forbidden
Do not turn to psychics or mediums to get help. That will make you unclean. I am Jehovah your God.
If any of you go for advice to people who consult the spirits of the dead, I will turn against you and will no longer consider you one of my people.
When you come into the land that Jehovah your God gives you, do not follow the disgusting practices of the nations that are there. Do not sacrifice your children in the fires on your altars. Do not let your people practice divination or look for omens or use spells or charms. Do not allow them to consult the spirits of the dead. read more.
Jehovah your God hates people who do these disgusting things. That is why he is driving those nations out of the land as you advance. Be perfect (without blemish) with Jehovah your God. These nations whom you shall possess listened to observers of clouds and to diviners. As for you, Jehovah your God has not allowed you to do so.
Jehovah your God hates people who do these disgusting things. That is why he is driving those nations out of the land as you advance. Be perfect (without blemish) with Jehovah your God. These nations whom you shall possess listened to observers of clouds and to diviners. As for you, Jehovah your God has not allowed you to do so.
Do not eat any meat with blood still in it. Never cast evil spells, and never consult fortunetellers. Do not shave the hair on your foreheads. Do not cut the edges of your beard. Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am Jehovah.
Strife » Causes of » Forbidden
Starting a quarrel is like releasing water [from a floodgate]. Therefore stop contention before it begins.
It is an honor for a man to cease from discord. Only fools start quarrels.
He who meddles in someone else's quarrel is like one who takes a dog by the ears.
The Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind (gentle) to all, able to teach, and patient when wronged.
Do not run quickly to court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame.
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others more important than you.
If you have bitter jealousy (envy) and greedy ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and lie against the truth.
Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to argue about words. This is useless and leads to the ruin of the hearers.
Strife » Forbidden
Do not run quickly to court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame.
Swearing falsely » Forbidden
Do not swear falsely by my name, so as to profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah.
If a man makes a vow to Jehovah that he will do something or swears an oath that he will not do something, he must not break his word. He must do everything he said he would do.
You were also told that you should keep a promise (oath). Always keep your promises (vows) to Jehovah.
Tattooing » Forbidden
Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am Jehovah.
Theft » Forbidden
For the Law code says: You must not commit adultery, you must not murder, you must not steal, you must not bear false witness, and you must not covet. If there is any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying; namely, you must love your neighbor as yourself.
You know the commandments, do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.
Do not steal.
Transgression » Sin, definition of » Forbidden
My little children, I write you these things that you may not sin. If any man sin, we have an Advocate (intercessor) (comforter) (helper) with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous!
Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil.
Later Jesus found him in the temple and told him: Now that you are healed do not sin anymore and avoid worse things happening to you.
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Let no sin rule in your mortal body, that you should obey the lustful desires.
Wake up to righteousness and do not sin. Some do not have knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
Usury » Forbidden
Sadness is mine! Why did my mother bring me into the world? I have to quarrel and argue with everyone in the whole earth. I have not lent any money or borrowed any; yet everyone curses me.
When you lend money to any of my people who are poor, do not act like a moneylender and require him to pay interest.
He lends money for interest and makes excessive profits. Will this person live? He will not live. He has done all these disgusting things. So he must die, and he will be responsible for his own death.
He who becomes wealthy through unfair loans and interest collects them for the one who pitys the poor.
Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me. The Lord Jehovah has spoken.
The one who does not collect interest on a loan or take a bribe against an innocent person. Whoever does these things will never fall or be upset.
If he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man,
If an Israelite becomes poor and cannot support himself, you should help him. He must live with you as a stranger without a permanent home. Do not collect interest or make any profit from him. Respect your God by respecting other Israelites' lives. Do not collect any interest on your money or on the food you give them.
He keeps his hand from the poor and does not take interest or increase, but executes my ordinances, and walks in my statutes. He will not die for his father's iniquity. He will surely live.
Do not charge interest to your brothers, interest on money, food, anything that may be loaned at interest.
War » Forbidden
Jehovah says: Do not wage war against your relatives. Everyone, go home. What has happened is my doing. So they obeyed the word of Jehovah. They turned back from their attack on Jeroboam.
Wine » In excess » Forbidden
Do not get drunk with wine, for that is a public act of violence, but be filled with the Spirit.
false Worship » Idolatry » Forbidden
Burn the carved images of their gods with fire. Do not covet the silver or the gold that is on them. Do not take it for yourselves, or you will be snared by it. It is an abomination to Jehovah your God.
Jacob said to his family and those who were with him: Get rid of the foreign gods that you have. Wash yourselves until you are ritually clean. Change your clothes.
Do not make idols or set up statues, stone pillars, or carved stones to worship. I am Jehovah your God!
My little children guard (protect) yourselves from idols.
Do not make your own carved idols or statues that represent any creature in the sky, on the earth, or in the water.
I ALONE AM JEHOVAH. THAT IS MY NAME. I WILL NOT GIVE MY GLORY TO ANOTHER! I will not let idols share my praise.
Guard yourselves! Your heart could be deceived. You could turn away and serve other gods and worship them.
You must have no strange god among you. Do not worship any foreign god.
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