Thematic Bible: Of home-keeping
Thematic Bible
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Of returning good for evil, encouraged
“If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying helpless under its load, and you want to refrain from helping it, you must help with it.
Verse Concepts
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.
Verse Concepts
But
If your enemy is hungry, feed him.
If he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
For in so doing
you will be heaping fiery coals on his head.
Verse Concepts
If he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
For in so doing
you will be heaping fiery coals on his head.
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Of restraining the tongue
If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself.
Verse Concepts
and to see good days
must keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit,
and your lips from deceitful speech.
the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Of lending
Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him enough for whatever need he has.
Verse Concepts
and conducts his business fairly.
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Admonitions concerning abiding at home
an arrogant man is never at rest.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
and like Death he is never satisfied.
He gathers all the nations to himself;
he collects all the peoples for himself.
to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s message will not be slandered.
Verse Concepts
otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.
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- Almsgiving
- Altruism
- Avoiding Deceit
- Backbiting
- Backstabbers
- Bad Language
- Being Happy And Enjoying Life
- Being In Debt
- Benevolence
- Blessing Through God's People
- Charity
- Confidentiality
- Courtesy
- Creditors
- Cursing
- Discretion
- Do Good!
- Duties To Enemies
- Enemies
- Enemies, Christian Response To
- Enjoying Life
- Evil Speaking
- Feeding The Poor
- Forgiveness, Application Of
- Forgiving Others Who Hurt You
- Generosity, Human
- Generosity, Used Towards
- Giving Money To The Church
- Giving Without Expecting Return
- God Quenching Our Thirst
- Gossip
- Grace, In Human Relationships
- Hate
- How Silence Is Wise
- Interest
- Kindness
- Lending
- Lips
- Love Your Neighbour!
- Loving Your Enemies
- Opposition, To Sin And Evil
- People Providing Food
- Restrained Tongues
- Restraint
- Self Control
- Speaking, Evil
- Speech, Power And Significance Of
- The Tongue
- Tongue
- Turning The Other Cheek
- Watchfulness, Of Believers
- Ethics, social
- Evil, believers' responses to
- Hunger
- Tired
- Welcome