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Trust in Jehovah with all your heart,
And do not rely* on your own understanding
In all your ways take notice of him
And he will make your paths straight. |
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Prov. 3:21-26
Practical wisdom |
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| My son do not lose sight of them. Safeguard practical wisdom and thinking ability;22They will give you life and be an adornment for your neck;23Then you will walk on your way in safety, and your foot will never stumble. |
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Prov. 4:7
Practical wisdom |
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| Wisdom is the most important thing, so acquire wisdom, And with all you acquire, acquire understanding. |
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| “All things, therefore, that you want men to do to you, you also must likewise do to them.” |
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| “He that conducts himself as a lesser one among all of you is the one that is great.” |
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| “Follow the course of hospitality.” |
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Proverbs 13:20
Overcoming destructive habits |
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| “He that is walking with wise persons will become wise, but he that is having dealings with the stupid ones will fare badly.” |
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Prov. 22:24
Overcoming destructive habits |
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| “Do not come to be among heavy drinkers of wine.” |
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Prov. 22:24
Overcoming destructive habits |
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| “Do not have companionship with anyone given to anger.” |
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Eph.5:33
Building a stable marriage |
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| “Let each one of you individually so love his wife as he does himself; on the other hand, the wife should have deep respect for her husband.” |
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Col. 3:12,13
Building a stable marriage |
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| “Clothe yourselves with the tender affections of compassion, kindness, lowliness of mind, mildness, and long-suffering. Continue putting up with one another and forgiving one another freely.” |
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Prov. 22:6
Helping children |
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| “Train up a boy according to the way for him; even when he grows old he will not turn aside from it.” |
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Ephesians 6:4
Helping children |
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| “You, fathers, do not be irritating your children, but go on bringing them up in the discipline and mental-regulating of Jehovah.” |
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Prov. 15:1
Avoiding quarrels |
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| “An answer, when mild, turns away rage, but a word causing pain makes anger to come up.” |
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Rom. 12:10
Avoiding Quarrels |
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| “In showing honor to one another take the lead.” |
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Jer. 32:10
Avoiding quarrels have a written agreement |
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| “I wrote in a deed and affixed the seal and took witnesses as I went weighing the money in the scales.” |
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Philippians 4:8
Cultivating a positive attitude |
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| “Whatever things are true, . . . lovable, . . . well spoken of, whatever virtue there is and whatever praiseworthy thing there is, continue considering these things.” |
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Jude verse 16
Cultivating a positive attitude Not to be |
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| These men are murmurers,+ complainers about their lot in life, following their own desires,+ and their mouths make grandiose boasts, while they are flattering others* for their own benefit |
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Rom. 12:12
Positive attitude |
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| Rejoice in the hope. Endure under tribulation. Persevere in prayer |
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| “Whether you are eating or drinking or doing anything else, do all things for God’s glory.” |
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| “You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind.” |
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| “Hear, my son, and accept my sayings. Then for you the years of life will become many. I will instruct you even in the way of wisdom; I will cause you to tread in the tracks of uprightness.” |
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Definition
Happy is the man who does not walk according to the advice of the wicked
And does not stand on the path of sinners
And does not sit in the seat of scoffers.
2 But his delight is in the law of Jehovah, and he reads His law in an undertone* day and night. He will be like a tree planted by streams of water,
A tree that produces fruit in its season,
The foliage of which does not wither.
And everything he does will succeed |
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Gal. 6:10
How we should love |
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| So, then, as long as we have the opportunity, let us work what is good toward all, but especially toward those related to us in the faith. |
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Titus 3:2
How we should love one another |
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Definition
| to speak injuriously of no one, not to be quarrelsome, but to be reasonable, displaying all mildness toward all men. |
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Definition
| “To my words do pay attention. To my sayings incline your ear. May they not get away from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart. For they are life to those finding them and health to all their flesh.” |
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| I take your reminders as my permanent possession, For they are the joy of my heart. |
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| How would you illustrate to a Bible student the difference between principles and laws? |
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SPECIFIC LAW: You must not eat blood. (Lev. 17:14)
PRINCIPLE: Life is in the blood. (Lev. 17:11) |
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Ps. 36:9
Life belongs to God. |
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Definition
| With you is the source of life; By your light we can see light. |
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Ezek. 18:4
Life belongs to God |
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Definition
| Look! All the souls—to me they belong. As the soul of the father so also the soul of the son—to me they belong. The soul who sins is the one who will die. |
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Eph. 4:18
Life belongs to God. |
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Definition
| They are in darkness mentally and alienated from the life that belongs to God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the insensitivity of their hearts. |
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Isa. 29:16
The Creator has authority over creation. |
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| How you twist things! Should the potter be regarded the same as the clay? Should what is made say about its maker: “He did not make me”? And does what is formed say about its former: “He shows no understanding”? |
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Rev. 4:11
The Creator has authority over creation |
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| You are worthy, Jehovah our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, because you created all things, and because of your will they came into existence and were created.” |
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| Why is our discerning and applying Bible principles not as easy as following a set of laws? |
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| Discerning and applying Bible principles is not as easy as following a set of laws. As imperfect humans we may shy away from the effort required to reason on principles. We may prefer the convenience of a rule when we are faced with a decision or a dilemma. Sometimes we may seek direction from a mature Christian—maybe a congregation elder—expecting to receive a specific rule that applies to our situation. Yet, the Bible or Bible-based publications may not provide a definite rule, and even if we are given one, it might not be a blanket guide for all times and under all circumstances. You may remember that a certain man asked Jesus: “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Instead of quickly providing a ruling to resolve disputes between siblings, Jesus gave him a more general principle: “Keep your eyes open and guard against every sort of covetousness.” Thus Jesus provided a guideline that was useful then and remains so now.—Luke 12:13-15. |
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Heb. 6:1
Why is it beneficial for us to think and act on the basis of principles? |
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| Therefore, now that we have moved beyond the primary doctrine about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying a foundation again, namely, repentance from dead works and faith in God, |
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Matthew 5:3
Bible directives |
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Definition
| “Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need, since the Kingdom of the heavens belongs to them. |
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| What can we learn from the Sabbath Law. |
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| The Sabbath law showed Jehovah’s concern for both the physical and the spiritual welfare of his people. “The sabbath came into existence for the sake of man,” said Jesus. (Mark 2:27) |
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Matt. 4:1-10
Jesus' application of Bible principles quoting god's work |
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| Then Jesus was led by the spirit up into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil.2After he had fasted for 40 days and 40 nights, he felt hungry.3And the Tempter approached and said to him: “If you are a son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.” ”4But he answered: “It is written: ‘Man must live, not on bread alone, but on every word that comes from Jehovah’s mouth.’”5Then the Devil took him along into the holy city, and he stationed him on the battlement of the temple6and said to him: “If you are a son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written: ‘He will give his angels a command concerning you,’ and, ‘They will carry you on their hands, so that you may not strike your foot against a stone.’”7Jesus said to him: “Again it is written: ‘You must not put Jehovah your God to the test.’”8Again the Devil took him along to an unusually high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.9And he said to him: “All these things I will give you if you fall down and do an act of worship to me.”10Then Jesus said to him: “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.’” |
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Matt. 5:17-48
Jesus expands the law into principles to live by. |
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| “Do not think I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I came, not to destroy, but to fulfill.18Truly I say to you that sooner would heaven and earth pass away than for one smallest letter or one stroke of a letter to pass away from the Law until all things take place.19Whoever, therefore, breaks one of these least commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in relation to the Kingdom of the heavens. But whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in relation to the Kingdom of the heavens.20For I say to you that if your righteousness does not surpass that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will by no means enter into the Kingdom of the heavens.21“You heard that it was said to those of ancient times: ‘You must not murder, but whoever commits a murder will be accountable to the court of justice.’ 22However, I say to you that everyone who continues wrathful with his brother will be accountable to the court of justice; and whoever addresses his brother with an unspeakable word of contempt will be accountable to the Supreme Court; whereas whoever says, ‘You despicable fool!’ will be liable to the fiery Ge·henʹna.23“If, then, you are bringing your gift to the altar and there you remember that your brother has something against you,24leave your gift there in front of the altar, and go away. First make your peace with your brother, and then come back and offer your gift.25“Be quick to settle matters with your legal opponent, while you are with him on the way there, so that somehow the opponent may not turn you over to the judge, and the judge to the court attendant, and you get thrown into prison.26I say to you for a fact, you will certainly not come out of there until you have paid over your last small coin.27“You heard that it was said: ‘You must not commit adultery.’28But I say to you that everyone who keeps on looking at a woman so as to have a passion for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.29If, now, your right eye is making you stumble, tear it out and throw it away from you. For it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be pitched into Ge·henʹna.30Also, if your right hand is making you stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you. For it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to land in Ge·henʹna.31“Moreover, it was said: ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’32However, I say to you that everyone divorcing his wife, except on account of sexual immorality, makes her a subject for adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.33“Again you heard that it was said to those of ancient times: ‘You must not swear without performing, but you must pay your vows to Jehovah.’ 34However, I say to you: Do not swear at all, neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne;35nor by earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.36Do not swear by your head, since you cannot turn one hair white or black.37Just let your word ‘Yes’ mean yes, your ‘No,’ no, for what goes beyond these is from the wicked one.38“You heard that it was said: ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’39However, I say to you: Do not resist the one who is wicked, but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other also to him.40And if a person wants to take you to court and get possession of your inner garment, let him also have your outer garment;41and if someone in authority compels you into service for a mile, go with him two miles.42Give to the one asking you, and do not turn away from one who wants to borrow from you.43“You heard that it was said: ‘You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44However, I say to you: Continue to love your enemies and to pray for those who persecute you,45so that you may prove yourselves sons of your Father who is in the heavens, since he makes his sun rise on both the wicked and the good and makes it rain on both the righteous and the unrighteous.46For if you love those loving you, what reward do you have? Are not also the tax collectors doing the same thing?47And if you greet your brothers only, what extraordinary thing are you doing? Are not also the people of the nations doing the same thing?48You must accordingly be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. |
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Matt. 22:37-39
Some principles more important than others. |
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| 37He said to him: “‘You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind.’38This is the greatest and first commandment.39The second, like it, is this: ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
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| When Aʹbram was 99 years old, Jehovah appeared to Aʹbram and said to him: “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and prove yourself faultless. |
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Eccl. 12:1
Remember Jehovah |
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| Remember, then, your Grand Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of distress come and the years arrive when you will say: “I have no pleasure in them”; |
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Definition
| “do all things for God’s glory.” |
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Definition
| On this account stop being unreasonable, but keep perceiving what the will of Jehovah is. |
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Definition
| And stop being molded by this system of things, but be transformed by making your mind over, so that you may prove to yourselves the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. |
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Definition
| Therefore, become imitators of God, as beloved children, |
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Neh. 5:15
Use Bible Principles to Make Wise Choices |
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| But the former governors who were before me had burdened the people and had been taking from them 40 silver shekels for bread and wine each day. Also, their attendants had oppressed the people. But I did not do that because of the fear of God. |
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Prov 2:3-5
Use Bible Principles to Make Wise Choices |
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| Moreover, if you call out for understanding And raise your voice for discernment;4If you keep seeking for it as for silver, And you keep searching for it as for hidden treasures;5Then you will understand the fear of Jehovah, And you will find the knowledge of God. |
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| But speaking the truth, let us by love grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ. |
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Term
| Why will a principled person not look for loopholes in God’s laws? |
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Definition
| Our love for God makes us want to obey. His laws and statutes are not burdonsome |
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Rom 14:13
Should we attend a Bible students wedding |
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Definition
| Therefore, let us not judge one another any longer+ but, rather, be determined not to put a stumbling block or an obstacle before a brother |
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John 4:24
Should I attend a Bible students wedding |
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Definition
| “God is a Spirit, and those worshiping him must worship with spirit and truth.” |
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Rom. 14:13
Shoud I attend a worldly wedding |
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Definition
| herefore, let us not judge one another any longer+ but, rather, be determined not to put a stumbling block or an obstacle before a brother. |
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2 Cor 6:14-17
Attend an affair |
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| Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers.+ For what fellowship do righteousness and lawlessness have?+ Or what sharing does light have with darkness?+ 15 Further, what harmony is there between Christ and Beʹli·al?+ Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever?+ 16 And what agreement does God’s temple have with idols?+ For we are a temple of a living God;+ just as God said: “I will reside among them+ and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”+ 17 “‘Therefore, get out from among them, and separate yourselves,’ says Jehovah, ‘and quit touching the unclean thing’”;+ “‘and I will take you in.’” |
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Prov. 22:3
Attend a worldly gathering |
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Definition
| The shrewd one sees the danger and conceals himself, But the inexperienced keep right on going and suffer the consequences.* |
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Term
Phil 1:10
Attending a worldly gathering |
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Definition
| that you may make sure of the more important things,+ so that you may be flawless and not stumbling others+ up to the day of Christ; |
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Term
Eph 5:15
Social networking |
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Definition
| So keep strict watch that how you walk is not as unwise but as wise persons, 16 making the best use of your time,+ because the days are wicked. |
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Matt. 5:28
Social networking |
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Definition
| But I say to you that everyone who keeps on looking at a woman+ so as to have a passion for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart |
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Term
Luke 14:28
Should I relocate |
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Definition
| For example, who of you wanting to build a tower does not first sit down and calculate the expense to see if he has enough to complete it? |
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Definition
| Do not be misled: God is not one to be mocked. For whatever a person is sowing, this he will also reap |
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Definition
| Let the one who steals steal no more;+ rather, let him do hard work, doing good work with his hands,+ so that he may have something to share with someone in need. |
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Definition
| Whatever you are doing, work at it whole-souled as for Jehovah,+ and not for men, |
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| But we have renounced the shameful, underhanded things, not walking with cunning or adulterating the word of God;+ but by making the truth manifest, we recommend ourselves to every human conscience in the sight of God. |
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Definition
| In my letter I wrote you to stop keeping company with sexually immoral people, 10 not meaning entirely with the sexually immoral people of this world+ or the greedy people or extortioners or idolaters. Otherwise, you would actually have to get out of the world. |
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Employment
Principle questions to consider |
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Definition
| Clearly there is a difference between doing work that benefits people just as fellow humans and work that directly fosters or directly gives support to wrong practices. The principal question is: “Does the work or activity to be performed in itself constitute an act condemned by God’s Word? Or, if it does not, is it nevertheless so directly linked to such condemned practices that it would make those doing such work actual accomplices or promoters of the wrong practice?” In such cases Christian conscience should surely cause them to reject such |
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| Or do you not know that unrighteous people will not inherit God’s Kingdom?+ Do not be misled.* Those who are sexually immoral,+ idolaters,+ adulterers,+ men who submit to homosexual acts,+ men who practice homosexuality,+ 10 thieves, greedy people,+ drunkards,+ revilers, and extortioners+ will not inherit God’s Kingdom. |
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1Thess. 4:11,12
Employment |
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Definition
| Make it your aim to live quietly+ and to mind your own business+ and to work with your hands,+ just as we instructed you, 12 so that you may walk decently in the eyes of people outside+ and not need anything. |
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Definition
| “‘Therefore, get out from among them, and separate yourselves,’ says Jehovah, ‘and quit touching the unclean thing’”;+ “‘and I will take you in.’” |
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Definition
| But keep watching that your right to choose does not somehow become a stumbling block to those who are weak.+ 10 For if anyone should see you who have knowledge having a meal in an idol temple, will not the conscience of that one who is weak be emboldened to the point of eating food offered to idols? |
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Definition
| You loved righteousness, and you hated lawlessness. That is why God, your God, anointed you+ with the oil of exultation more than your companions.” |
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1 Cor. 10:23,24
Employment |
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Definition
| All things are lawful, but not all things are advantageous.+ All things are lawful, but not all things build up.+ 24 Let each one keep seeking, not his own advantage, but that of the other person. |
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Definition
| But the wisdom from above is first of all pure,+ then peaceable,+ reasonable,+ ready to obey, full of mercy and good fruits,+ impartial,+ not hypocritical. |
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Definition
| They are no part of the world,+ just as I am no part of the world. |
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Definition
| Really, the objective of this instruction* is love+ out of a clean heart and out of a good conscience and out of faith+ without hypocrisy. |
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1 Tim 5:8
pursue additional secular education? |
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Definition
| Certainly if anyone does not provide for those who are his own, and especially for those who are members of his household, he has disowned the faith and is worse than a person without faith. |
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Definition
Have you seen a man skillful at his work?
He will stand before kings;+
He will not stand before common men. |
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2 Cor 12:14
Secular Education |
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Definition
| Look! This is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not become a burden. For I am seeking, not your possessions,+ but you; for the children+ are not expected to save up for their parents, but the parents for their children. |
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| This means everlasting life,+ their coming to know you, the only true God,+ and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ. |
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Term
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Definition
| “I am a Jew,+ born in Tarsus of Ci·liʹcia,+ but educated in this city at the feet of Ga·maʹli·el,+ instructed according to the strictness of the ancestral Law,+ and zealous for God just as all of you are this day. |
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Definition
| A lover of silver will never be satisfied with silver, nor a lover of wealth with income.+ This too is futility. |
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Definition
| For the love of money is a root of all sorts of injurious things, and by reaching out for this love some have been led astray from the faith and have stabbed themselves all over with many pains. |
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Definition
| As for the one sown among the thorns, this is the one hearing the word, but the anxiety of this system of things+ and the deceptive power of riches* choke the word, and it* becomes unfruitful. |
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Term
John 5:44
Secular Education |
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Definition
| How can you believe, when you are accepting glory from one another+ and you are not seeking the glory that is from the only God? |
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1 Pet. 5:5
Education for what? |
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Definition
| In the same way, you younger men, be in subjection to the older men.*+ But all of you clothe* yourselves with humility* toward one another, because God opposes the haughty ones, but he gives undeserved kindness to the humble ones. |
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Isaiah 5:20
Can we set our own standard? |
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Definition
Woe to those who say that good is bad and bad is good,+
Those who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness,
Those who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! |
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Deut. 31:12
Should we send our children to Sunday School? |
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Definition
| Gather the people together,+ the men, the women, the children,* and your foreign resident who is within your cities,* in order that they may listen and learn about and fear Jehovah your God and take care to carry out all the words of this Law. |
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Definition
The naive* person believes every word,
But the shrewd one ponders each step. |
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Term
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Definition
| Better is the end of a matter than its beginning. Better to be patient than to be haughty in spirit. |
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Prov. 14:15
Education, view it objectivly |
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Definition
The naive* person believes every word,
But the shrewd one ponders each step. |
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Term
Prov. 2:9
Spiritual education the best |
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Definition
| Then you will understand what is righteous and just and fair, The entire course of what is good. |
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1 Tim. 6:7-10
accept a job promotion? |
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Definition
For we have brought nothing into the world, and neither can we carry anything out.+ 8 So, having food* and clothing,* we will be content with these things.+
9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare+ and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge men into destruction and ruin.+ 10 For the love of money is a root of all sorts of injurious things, and by reaching out for this love some have been led astray from the faith and have stabbed themselves all over with many pains. |
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Definition
| “Keep on, then, seeking first the Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these other things will be added to you. |
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1 Tim. 2:9,10
adopt a certain style of dress and grooming? |
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Definition
| Likewise, the women should adorn themselves in appropriate* dress, with modesty and soundness of mind, not with styles of hair braiding and gold or pearls or very expensive clothing,10 but in the way that is proper for women professing devotion to God, namely, through good works. |
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Deut. 22:5
dress and grooming |
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Definition
| “A woman must not put on the clothing of a man, nor should a man wear the clothing of a woman. For anyone doing so is detestable to Jehovah your God. |
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2 Cor. 6:4
dress and grooming |
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Definition
| but in every way we recommend ourselves as God’s ministers,+ by the endurance of much, by tribulations, by times of need, by difficulties, |
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Ro. 13:8-10
dress and grooming |
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Definition
| Do not owe anything to anyone except to love one another;+ for whoever loves his fellow man has fulfilled the law.+ 9 For the law code, “You must not commit adultery,+ you must not murder,+ you must not steal,+ you must not covet,”+ and whatever other commandment there is, is summed up in this saying: “You must love your neighbor as yourself.”+ 10 Love does not work evil to one’s neighbor;+ therefore, love is the law’s fulfillment. |
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Phil. 2:4
dress and grooming |
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Definition
| as you look out not only for your own interests,+ but also for the interests of others. |
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Term
Job 31:1
dress that does not defile |
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Definition
“I have made a covenant with my eyes.
So how could I show improper attention to a virgin? |
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1 Cor. 10:32,33
dress and grooming |
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Definition
| Keep from becoming causes for stumbling to Jews as well as Greeks and to the congregation of God,+ 33 just as I am trying to please all people in all things, not seeking my own advantage,+ but that of the many, so that they may be saved. |
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Rom. 15:2,3
dress and grooming |
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Definition
| Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.+ 3 For even the Christ did not please himself,+ but just as it is written: “The reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen upon me.” |
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| Above all the things that you guard, safeguard your heart, For out of it are the sources of life. |
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| Smooth out the course of your feet, And all your ways will be sure. 27 Do not incline to the right or the left. Turn your feet away from what is bad. |
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| Drink water from your own cistern And flowing water from your own well. |
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| Go to the ant, you lazy one; Observe its ways and become wise. |
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| A little sleep, a little slumbering, A little folding of the hands to rest |
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| There are six things that Jehovah hates; Yes, seven things that he detests: 17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart plotting wicked schemes, and feet that run quickly to evil, 19 A false witness who lies with every breath, And anyone sowing contentions among brothers. |
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| Observe, my son, the commandment of your father, And do not forsake the instruction of your mother. 21 Always bind them around your heart; Tie them about your neck. 22 When you walk about, it will lead you; When you lie down, it will stand guard over you; And when you awaken, it will speak to you. |
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| Can a man rake fire to his chest and not burn his garments? 28 Or can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? 29 It is the same with anyone having relations with his neighbor’s wife; No one who touches her will go unpunished. |
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| Anyone committing adultery with a woman is lacking good sense; The one who does so brings ruin on himself. |
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| From the window of my house, Through my lattice, I looked down, 7 And as I observed the naive ones, I discerned among the youths a young man lacking good sense. 8 He passed along the street near her corner, And he marched in the direction of her house 9 In the twilight, in the evening, At the approach of night and darkness. 10 Then I saw a woman meet him, Dressed like a prostitute, with a cunning heart. 11 She is loud and defiant. She never stays at home. 12 One moment she is outside, next she is in the public squares, She lurks near every corner. 13 She grabs hold of him and gives him a kiss; With a bold face, she says to him: 14 “I had to offer communion sacrifices. Today I paid my vows. 15 That is why I came out to meet you, To look for you, and I found you! 16 I have spread fine covers upon my bed, Colorful linen from Egypt. 17 I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us drink our fill of love until the morning; Let us enjoy passionate love together, 19 For my husband is not at home; He has gone on a distant journey. 20 He took a bag of money with him, And he will not return until the day of the full moon.” 21 She misleads him with great persuasiveness. She seduces him with smooth speech. 22 Suddenly he goes after her, like a bull to the slaughter, Like a fool to be punished in the stocks, 23 Until an arrow pierces his liver; Like a bird rushing into a trap, he does not know that it will cost him his life. |
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| You inexperienced ones, learn shrewdness; You stupid ones, acquire an understanding heart. |
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| Take my discipline instead of silver, And knowledge rather than the finest gold, |
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| For wisdom is better than corals; All other desirable things cannot compare to it. |
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| The fear of Jehovah means the hating of bad. I hate self-exaltation and pride and the evil way and perverse speech. |
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| Jehovah produced me as the beginning of his way, The earliest of his achievements of long ago. 23 From ancient times I was installed, From the start, from times earlier than the earth. 24 When there were no deep waters, I was brought forth, When there were no springs overflowing with water. 25 Before the mountains were set in place, Before the hills, I was brought forth, 26 When he had not yet made the earth and its fields Or the first clods of earth’s soil. 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there; When he marked out the horizon on the surface of the waters, 28 When he established the clouds above, When he founded the fountains of the deep, 29 When he set a decree for the sea That its waters should not pass beyond his order, When he established the foundations of the earth, 30 Then I was beside him as a master worker. I was the one he was especially fond of day by day; I rejoiced before him all the time; 31 I rejoiced over his habitable earth, And I was especially fond of the sons of men. |
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| For the one finding me will find life, And he receives approval from Jehovah. 36 But the one who ignores me harms himself, And those who hate me love death.” |
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| The one who corrects a ridiculer invites dishonor, And whoever reproves someone wicked will get hurt. |
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| Do not reprove a ridiculer, or he will hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you. |
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| Do not reprove a ridiculer, or he will hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you. |
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| Share with a wise person, and he will become wiser. Teach someone righteous, and he will add to his learning. |
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| The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom, And knowledge of the Most Holy One is understanding. |
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| If you become wise, you are wise to your own advantage, But if you are a ridiculer, you alone will bear it. |
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| For the one finding me will find life, And he receives approval from Jehovah. 36 But the one who ignores me harms himself, And those who hate me love death.” |
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