3 John 1:10

A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.

There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.

They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge those who are like that.

His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.

Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness, sexual immorality, and lustfulness which they committed.

For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.

Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

They who render evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed;

Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be disappointed. Those who depart from me will be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.

Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.

He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.

But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn’t come to Corinth to spare you.

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.”

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.

who say, “Let him make haste, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!”

For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

You will see it, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones will flourish like the tender grass. Yahweh’s hand will be known among his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.

Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? Though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail. Though they roar, they still can’t pass over it.’

They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out.

Nevertheless even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,

whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”

For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.

that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.

The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.

One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

“Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no one passed through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.

Now when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said to Baruch, “We will surely tell the king of all these words.”

Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.

As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake.

His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.

They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”

For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience is made full.

I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor,

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.

We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.