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Luiseach · 07-12-2003, 11:03 PM

Here's one of my favourites:

Acts 21:39 (KJV)

'But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.'

Soul Invictus · 07-13-2003, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ronin
I Thessalonians ~

5:15
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

5:21
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

Hebrews ~

13:9
Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines.

I Peter ~

4:15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

Phillippians ~

4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

...and the Golden Rule, some verses on the benefits of works and:

John ~

15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Thanks for the thread Fr.Andrew...it has been awhile since I tried to squeeze goodness from that book...entirely out of context, unfortunately.

I like 5:21 as well

I also like:

Pr.4:7
"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding."

Pr.14:15
"The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going."

Shake · 07-13-2003, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by spacedOut
"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

-John 8:32

:notworthy Very good! I like that one! Didn't Morpheus say something like that to Neo in The Matrix?

Oh, mine? Matthew 6:6. (Sorry, I don't have it handy)

emotional · 07-13-2003, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Shake
Oh, mine? Matthew 6:6. (Sorry, I don't have it handy)

"But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."

It's easy to look up at bible.gospelcom.net.

sodium · 07-13-2003, 02:17 PM

Ecclesiastes 9

4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

and

14 there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Aravnah Ornan · 07-13-2003, 05:57 PM

Matthew 7:1-5, which seems to be one of the passages of the Bible that Christians are in the biggest hurry to ignore:

Quote:

7:1
Judge not, that ye be not judged.

7:2
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

7:3
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

7:4
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

7:5
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

BigBlue2 · 07-13-2003, 08:29 PM

"Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man." -- Colossians 4:6

As RevDahlia mentioned, most of Ecclesiastes is pretty good. Some highlights:

"Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun." -- Ecclesiastes 8:15

"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten." -- Ecclesiastes 9:5

"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might;for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest." -- Ecclesiastes 9:10

Oh yeah, and there's always:

"Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it." -- Malachi 2:3

Scandal · 07-13-2003, 09:20 PM

BigBlue2,

Thanks for posting those...I had forgotten how much I like them.

Scandal · 07-13-2003, 09:26 PM

Although,"Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it." Malachi 2:3, I had never read.

The Naked Mage · 07-13-2003, 09:50 PM

"There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses." - Ezekiel 23:20

Very <ahem> uplifting, indeed.

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07-12-2003, 11:03 PM	#11
Luiseach Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: limbo Posts: 986	Here's one of my favourites: Acts 21:39 (KJV) 'But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.'

07-13-2003, 02:17 PM	#15
sodium Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: British Columbia Posts: 1,027	Ecclesiastes 9 4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. and 14 there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

07-13-2003, 08:29 PM	#17
BigBlue2 Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 6,666	"Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man." -- Colossians 4:6 As RevDahlia mentioned, most of Ecclesiastes is pretty good. Some highlights: "Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun." -- Ecclesiastes 8:15 "For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten." -- Ecclesiastes 9:5 "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might;for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest." -- Ecclesiastes 9:10 Oh yeah, and there's always: "Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it." -- Malachi 2:3

07-13-2003, 09:20 PM	#18
Scandal Regular Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arizona Posts: 131	BigBlue2, Thanks for posting those...I had forgotten how much I like them.

07-13-2003, 09:26 PM	#19
Scandal Regular Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arizona Posts: 131	Although,"Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it." Malachi 2:3, I had never read.

07-13-2003, 09:50 PM	#20
The Naked Mage Veteran Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: The Execution State, USA Posts: 5,031	"There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses." - Ezekiel 23:20 Very <ahem> uplifting, indeed.

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