Thematic Bible: Forbidden
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Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Forbidden
Do not come into close association with unbelievers, like oxen yoked with asses. For what is there in common between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what partnership has light with darkness? Where can harmony between Christ and Belial be found? Or what participation has a believer with an unbeliever? And what compact has the Temple of God with idols? For *we* are the Temple of the ever-living God; as God has said, "I will dwell among them, and walk about among them; and will be their God, and it is they who shall be My people." read more.
Therefore, "'Come out from among them and separate yourselves,' says the Lord, 'and touch nothing impure; and I will receive you, and will be a Father to you,
Therefore, "'Come out from among them and separate yourselves,' says the Lord, 'and touch nothing impure; and I will receive you, and will be a Father to you,
Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against them;
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Anger » Forbidden
But I say to you that every one who becomes angry with his brother shall be answerable to the magistrate; that whoever says to his brother 'Raca,' shall be answerable to the Sanhedrin; and that whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be liable to the Gehenna of Fire.
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Do not be revengeful, my dear friends, but give way before anger; for it is written, "'Revenge belongs to Me: I will pay back,' says the Lord."
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forbidden Anxiety » Worldly care » Forbidden
For this reason I charge you not to be over-anxious about your lives, inquiring what you are to eat or what you are to drink, nor yet about your bodies, inquiring what clothes you are to put on. Is not the life more precious than its food, and the body than its clothing?
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Do not be over-anxious about anything, but by prayer and earnest pleading, together with thanksgiving, let your request be unreservedly made known in the presence of God.
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He who has received the seed among the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.
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"Martha, Martha," replied Jesus, "you are anxious and worried about a multitude of things;
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"Therefore, do not be asking what you are to eat nor what you are to drink; and do not waver between hope and fear.
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"But take heed to yourselves, lest your souls be weighed down with self-indulgence and drunkenness or the anxieties of this life, and that day come upon you, suddenly, like a falling trap;
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And I would have you free from worldly anxiety. An unmarried man concerns himself with the Lord's business--how he shall please the Lord;
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Throw the whole of your anxiety upon Him, because He Himself cares for you.
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Blasphemy » Forbidden
But now you must rid yourselves of every kind of sin--angry and passionate outbreaks, ill-will, evil speaking, foul-mouthed abuse--so that these may never soil your lips.
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Blood » Shedding of human » Forbidden
Care » Worldly folly of » Forbidden
For this reason I charge you not to be over-anxious about your lives, inquiring what you are to eat or what you are to drink, nor yet about your bodies, inquiring what clothes you are to put on. Is not the life more precious than its food, and the body than its clothing?
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Do not be over-anxious about anything, but by prayer and earnest pleading, together with thanksgiving, let your request be unreservedly made known in the presence of God.
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He who has received the seed among the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.
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"Martha, Martha," replied Jesus, "you are anxious and worried about a multitude of things;
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"Therefore, do not be asking what you are to eat nor what you are to drink; and do not waver between hope and fear.
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"But take heed to yourselves, lest your souls be weighed down with self-indulgence and drunkenness or the anxieties of this life, and that day come upon you, suddenly, like a falling trap;
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And I would have you free from worldly anxiety. An unmarried man concerns himself with the Lord's business--how he shall please the Lord;
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Throw the whole of your anxiety upon Him, because He Himself cares for you.
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Contact » With impurity » Forbidden
Therefore, "'Come out from among them and separate yourselves,' says the Lord, 'and touch nothing impure; and I will receive you, and will be a Father to you,
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"Do not handle this;" "Do not taste that;" "Do not touch that other thing" --
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Covetousness » Forbidden
Cursing » Forbidden
Invoke blessings on your persecutors--blessings, not curses.
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bless those who curse you; pray for those who revile you.
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Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be.
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Cutting » The flesh for the dead » Forbidden
Deceit » Forbidden
For "He who wishes to be well-satisfied with life and see happy days-- let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from deceitful words;
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Divorce » Forbidden » Except » Adultery
And I tell you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."
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But I tell you that every man who puts away his wife except on the ground of unfaithfulness causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries her when so divorced commits adultery.
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Drunkenness » Forbidden
Do not over-indulge in wine--a thing in which excess is so easy--
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Envy » Forbidden
Love is patient and kind. Love knows neither envy nor jealousy. Love is not forward and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited.
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Living as we do in broad daylight, let us conduct ourselves becomingly, not indulging in revelry and drunkenness, nor in lust and debauchery, nor in quarrelling and jealousy.
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Let us not become vain-glorious, challenging one another, envying one another.
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But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.
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Envy » Forbidden » Examples of
For he knew that it was from envious hatred that Jesus had been brought before him.
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Seeing the crowds, the Jews, filled with angry jealousy, opposed Paul's statements and abused him.
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Error » Definition of » Forbidden
Dear children, I write thus to you in order that you may not sin. If any one sins, we have an Advocate with the Father--Jesus Christ the righteous;
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Afterwards Jesus found him in the Temple and said to him, "You are now restored to health. Do not sin any more, or a worse thing may befall you."
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"No one, Sir," she replied. "And *I* do not condemn you either," said Jesus; "go, and from this time do not sin any more."
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Let not Sin therefore reign as king in your mortal bodies, causing you to be in subjection to their cravings;
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Wake from this drunken fit; live righteous lives, and cease to sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak thus in order to move you to shame.
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Foes of the home » Polygamy » Forbidden
A minister then must be a man of irreproachable character, true to his one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved, hospitable to strangers, and with a gift for teaching;
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wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.
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"Have you not read," He replied, "that He who made them 'made them' from the beginning 'male and female,
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Gossip » Forbidden
Harlotry » Forbidden
Hatred » Forbidden
But now you must rid yourselves of every kind of sin--angry and passionate outbreaks, ill-will, evil speaking, foul-mouthed abuse--so that these may never soil your lips.
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Home » Polygamy » Forbidden
A minister then must be a man of irreproachable character, true to his one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved, hospitable to strangers, and with a gift for teaching;
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wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.
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"Have you not read," He replied, "that He who made them 'made them' from the beginning 'male and female,
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Hybridizing » Forbidden
Idleness and sloth » Forbidden
Do not be indolent when zeal is required. Be thoroughly warm-hearted, the Lord's own servants,
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so that you may not become half-hearted, but be imitators of those who through faith and patient endurance are now heirs to the promises.
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Idolatry » Forbidden
Injustice » Forbidden
Judgment » Forbidden
Therefore let us no longer judge one another; but, instead of that, you should come to this judgement--that we must not put a stumbling-block in our brother's path, nor anything to trip him up.
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"Judge not, that you may not be judged;
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You are therefore without excuse, O man, whoever you are who sit in judgement upon others. For when you pass judgement on your fellow man, you condemn yourself; for you who sit in judgement upon others are guilty of the same misdeeds;
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Who are you that you should find fault with the servant of another? Whether he stands or falls is a matter which concerns his own master. But stand he will; for the Master can give him power to stand.
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Therefore form no premature judgements, but wait until the Lord returns. He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man deserves will come to him from God.
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The only real Lawgiver and Judge is He who is able to save or to destroy. Who are you to sit in judgement on your fellow man?
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Kidnapping » Forbidden
Leaven » Forbidden » Burnt offering » Meat offering
Leaven » Forbidden » During the feast of passover
Leaven » Forbidden » To be offered with blood
Lying » Forbidden
Do not speak falsehoods to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its doings,
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Malice » Forbidden
If angry, beware of sinning. Let not your irritation last until the sun goes down; and do not leave room for the Devil.
But now you must rid yourselves of every kind of sin--angry and passionate outbreaks, ill-will, evil speaking, foul-mouthed abuse--so that these may never soil your lips.
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Brethren, do not prove yourselves to be children in your minds. As regards evil, indeed, be utter babes, but as regards your minds prove yourselves to be men of ripe years.
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Murder » Forbidden
"Which Commandments?" he asked. Jesus answered, "'Thou shalt not kill;' 'Thou shalt not commit adultery;' 'Thou shalt not steal;' 'Thou shalt not lie in giving evidence;'
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For the precepts, "Thou shalt not commit adultery," "Thou shalt do no murder," "Thou shalt not steal," "Thou shalt not covet," and all other precepts, are summed up in this one command, "Thou shalt love thy fellow man as much as thou lovest thyself."
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Every one who hates his brother man is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has the Life of the Ages continuing in him.
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But let not one of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evil-doer, or as a spy upon other people's business.
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Murmuring » Forbidden
And do not be discontented, as some of them were, and they were destroyed by the Destroyer.
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Be ever on your guard against a grudging and contentious spirit,
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Offerings » Human sacrifices » Forbidden
Partiality » Forbidden
I solemnly call upon you, in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels, to carry out these instructions of mine without prejudice, and to do nothing from partiality.
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These men are murmurers, ever bemoaning their lot. Their lives are guided by their evil passions, and their mouths are full of big, boastful words, while they treat individual men with admiring reverence for the sake of the advantage they can gain.
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is it not plain that in your hearts you have little faith, seeing that you have become judges full of wrong thoughts?
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Paul » Forbidden » Asia » by Holy Spirit
Then Paul and his companions passed through Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to proclaim the Message in the province of Asia. When they reached the frontier of Mysia, they were about to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit this.
Polygamy » Forbidden
A minister then must be a man of irreproachable character, true to his one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved, hospitable to strangers, and with a gift for teaching;
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A deacon must be true to his one wife, and rule his children and his own household wisely and well.
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wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.
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"Have you not read," He replied, "that He who made them 'made them' from the beginning 'male and female,
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"Have you not read," He replied, "that He who made them 'made them' from the beginning 'male and female, and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be one'?
Presently a party of Pharisees come to Him with the question--seeking to entrap Him, "May a man divorce his wife?" "What rule did Moses lay down for you?" He answered. "Moses," they said, "permitted a man to draw up a written notice of divorce, and to send his wife away." read more.
"It was in consideration of your stubborn hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses enacted this law for you; but from the beginning of the creation the rule was, 'Male and female did God make them. For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife, and the two shall be one'; so that they are two no longer, but 'one.'
"It was in consideration of your stubborn hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses enacted this law for you; but from the beginning of the creation the rule was, 'Male and female did God make them. For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife, and the two shall be one'; so that they are two no longer, but 'one.'
Pride » Forbidden
Have full sympathy with one another. Do not give your mind to high things, but let humble ways content you. Do not be wise in your own conceits.
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For through the authority graciously given to me I warn every individual among you not to value himself unduly, but to cultivate sobriety of judgement in accordance with the amount of faith which God has allotted to each one.
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Profanity » Forbidden
But above all things, my brethren, do not swear, either by Heaven or by the earth, or with any other oath. Let your 'yes' be simply 'yes,' and your 'no' be simply 'no;' that you may not come under condemnation.
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But I tell you not to swear at all; neither by Heaven, for it is God's throne;
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Prostitution » Forbidden
Railing » Forbidden
But Michael the Archangel, when contending with the Devil and arguing with him about the body of Moses, did not dare to pronounce judgement on him in abusive terms, but simply said, "The Lord rebuke you."
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while angels, though greater than they in might and power, do not bring any insulting accusation against such in the presence of the Lord.
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But what I meant was that you were not to associate with any one bearing the name of "brother," if he was addicted to fornication or avarice or idol-worship or abusive language or hard-drinking or greed of gain. With such a man you ought not even to eat.
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he is puffed up with pride and has no true knowledge, but is crazy over discussions and controversies about words which give rise to envy, quarrelling, revilings, ill-natured suspicions,
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not requiting evil with evil nor abuse with abuse, but, on the contrary, giving a blessing in return, because a blessing is what you have been called by God to inherit.
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Rebellion against God » Forbidden
Retaliation » Forbidden
Pay back to no man evil for evil. Take thought for what is right and seemly in every one's esteem.
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See to it that no one ever repays another with evil for evil; but always seek opportunities of doing good both to one another and to all the world.
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But I tell you not to resist a wicked man, but if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.
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not requiting evil with evil nor abuse with abuse, but, on the contrary, giving a blessing in return, because a blessing is what you have been called by God to inherit.
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Revenge » Forbidden
Do not be revengeful, my dear friends, but give way before anger; for it is written, "'Revenge belongs to Me: I will pay back,' says the Lord."
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Pay back to no man evil for evil. Take thought for what is right and seemly in every one's esteem.
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See to it that no one ever repays another with evil for evil; but always seek opportunities of doing good both to one another and to all the world.
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not requiting evil with evil nor abuse with abuse, but, on the contrary, giving a blessing in return, because a blessing is what you have been called by God to inherit.
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Reviling and reproaching » Forbidden
not requiting evil with evil nor abuse with abuse, but, on the contrary, giving a blessing in return, because a blessing is what you have been called by God to inherit.
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Robbery » Forbidden
Sacrilege » Forbidden
If any one is marring the Sanctuary of God, him will God mar; for the Sanctuary of God is holy, which you all are.
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Be shepherds of God's flock which is among you. Exercise the oversight not reluctantly but eagerly, in accordance with the will of God; not for base gain but with cheerful minds;
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You must stop the mouths of such men, for they overthrow the faith of whole families, teaching what they ought not, just for the sake of making money.
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Self-will » Forbidden
Self-will and stubbornness » Forbidden
Sin » Excuses offered for » Forbidden
Dear children, I write thus to you in order that you may not sin. If any one sins, we have an Advocate with the Father--Jesus Christ the righteous;
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Afterwards Jesus found him in the Temple and said to him, "You are now restored to health. Do not sin any more, or a worse thing may befall you."
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"No one, Sir," she replied. "And *I* do not condemn you either," said Jesus; "go, and from this time do not sin any more."
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Let not Sin therefore reign as king in your mortal bodies, causing you to be in subjection to their cravings;
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Wake from this drunken fit; live righteous lives, and cease to sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak thus in order to move you to shame.
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Slander » Forbidden
Let all bitterness and all passionate feeling, all anger and loud insulting language, be unknown among you--and also every kind of malice.
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Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. The man who speaks evil of a brother-man or judges his brother-man speaks evil of the Law and judges the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are no longer one who obeys the Law, but one who judges it.
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Sorcery » Forbidden
Strife » Causes of » Forbidden
and a bondservant of the Lord must not quarrel, but must be inoffensive towards all men, a skilful teacher, and patient under wrongs.
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Do nothing in a spirit of factiousness or of vainglory, but, with true humility, let every one regard the rest as being of more account than himself;
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But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.
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Bring all this to men's remembrances, solemnly charging them in the presence of God not to waste time in wrangling about mere words, a course which is altogether unprofitable and tends only to the ruin of the hearers.
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Strife » Forbidden
Swearing falsely » Forbidden
"Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt perform thy vows to the Lord.'
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Tattooing » Forbidden
Theft » Forbidden
For the precepts, "Thou shalt not commit adultery," "Thou shalt do no murder," "Thou shalt not steal," "Thou shalt not covet," and all other precepts, are summed up in this one command, "Thou shalt love thy fellow man as much as thou lovest thyself."
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You know the Commandments--'Do not murder;' 'Do not commit adultery;' 'Do not steal;' 'Do not lie in giving evidence;' 'Do not defraud;' 'Honour thy father and thy mother.'"
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Transgression » Sin, definition of » Forbidden
Dear children, I write thus to you in order that you may not sin. If any one sins, we have an Advocate with the Father--Jesus Christ the righteous;
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Afterwards Jesus found him in the Temple and said to him, "You are now restored to health. Do not sin any more, or a worse thing may befall you."
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"No one, Sir," she replied. "And *I* do not condemn you either," said Jesus; "go, and from this time do not sin any more."
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Let not Sin therefore reign as king in your mortal bodies, causing you to be in subjection to their cravings;
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Wake from this drunken fit; live righteous lives, and cease to sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak thus in order to move you to shame.
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Usury » Forbidden
War » Forbidden
Wine » In excess » Forbidden
Do not over-indulge in wine--a thing in which excess is so easy--
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false Worship » Idolatry » Forbidden
Dear children, guard yourselves from idols.
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