Thematic Bible: Virtues
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Virtues » Of women » A devotional spirit
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam and Achbor and Shaphan and Asaiah, went to Huldah the woman prophet, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the robes, (now she was living in Jerusalem, in the second part of the town;) and they had talk with her.
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And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter of Phanuel, of the family of Asher (she was very old, and after seven years of married life
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The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.
It is my desire to say a good word for Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae:
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Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.
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And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.
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Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.
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And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God;
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And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be to me as you say. And the angel went away.
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Give my love to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Give my love to my dear Persis, who did much work in the Lord.
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And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.
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Virtues » Integrity » Examples of
Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.
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And they did not get any statement of accounts from the men to whom the money was given for the workmen, for they made use of it with good faith.
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And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.
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And the man said to Joab, Even if you gave me a thousand bits of silver, I would not put out my hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king gave orders to you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take care that the young man Absalom is not touched.
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But the man of God said to the king, Even if you gave me half of all you have, I would not go in with you, and I would not take food or a drink of water in this place;
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But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.
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They did not have to give any account of the money which was handed to them, for they made use of it with good faith.
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But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
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Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,
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Virtues » Industry » Commended
He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.
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And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.
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He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
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Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;
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Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
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Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
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Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.
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She gets wool and linen, working at the business of her hands.
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Virtues » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.
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Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures. Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;
But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
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Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.
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Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.
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For the business has been so ordered by us as to have the approval, not only of the Lord, but of men.
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For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.
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Virtues » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.
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Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?
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Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;
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True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
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Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;
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Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.
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Have true scales and a true ephah and a true bath.
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Virtues » Industry » Examples of
And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.
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She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.
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And Jeroboam was an able and responsible man; and Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph.
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This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.
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So she went on getting together the heads of grain till evening; and after crushing out the seed it came to about an ephah of grain.
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And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;
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So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.
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Virtues » Business » Diligence
He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.
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And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:
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He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
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The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
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For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
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For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.
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Virtues » Of women » Wisdom and virtue
Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.
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A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.
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Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.
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A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.
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Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.
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Virtues » Of women » Liberality
Her hands are stretched out to the poor; yes, she is open-handed to those who are in need.
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Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.
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And all the women who were expert with their hands, made cloth, and gave the work of their hands, blue and purple and red and the best linen.
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And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
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And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out, And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs.
And he saw a certain poor widow putting in a farthing. And he said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has given more than all of them: For they gave out of their wealth, having more than enough for themselves: but she, even out of her need, has put in all her living.
Virtues » Of women » Modesty
Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives, When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God.
And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price; But clothed with good works, as is right for women who are living in the fear of God.
And said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it.
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That Vashti the queen was to come before him, crowned with her crown, and let the people and the captains see her: for she was very beautiful. But when the servants gave her the king's order, Vashti the queen said she would not come: then the king was very angry, and his heart was burning with wrath.
Virtues » Honesty » Integrity » General references to
An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!
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The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
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And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever.
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Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.
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Virtues » Fidelity » The workmen under hilkiah
Even to the woodworkers and builders to get cut stone and wood for joining the structure together and for making boards for the houses which the kings of Judah had given up to destruction. And the men did the work well; and those who had authority over them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, who were to be responsible for seeing that the work was done; and others of the Levites, who were expert with instruments of music,
Virtues » Fidelity » Required of stewards
And it is right for such servants to be safe persons.
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Virtues » Fidelity » Nehemiah's treasurers
And I made controllers over the store-houses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah: they were taken to be true men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers.
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Virtues » Fidelity » The workmen under jehoiada
And they did not get any statement of accounts from the men to whom the money was given for the workmen, for they made use of it with good faith.
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Virtues » Fidelity » Of joseph
And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.
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Virtues » Fidelity » of moses
And Moses certainly kept faith as a servant, in all his house, and as a witness of those things which were to be said later;
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Virtues » Fidelity » Of daniel
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.
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