- Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and his ears are attentive to their prayer,
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
- Blessed are you when people hate you,
when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil,
because of the Son of Man. - Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
- For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
- He reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what lies in darkness,
and light dwells with him. - Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,
but those who promote peace have joy. - Remember your Creator
in the days of your youth,
before the days of trouble come
and the years approach when you will say,
“I find no pleasure in them”. - The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
- Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
- Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good?
- For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
- Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies. - Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.
- Do not turn to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil. - All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
- See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
- Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
- Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
- You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
- And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
- When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.
- Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Bible verse of the day
Who is he, this King of glory?The Lord Almighty—
he is the King of glory.