The COVID-19 Pandemic(Corona Virus Pestilence) Viewed in the Context of the Bible

The COVID-19 Pandemic(Corona Virus Pestilence) Viewed in the Context of the Bible

1 The one who sent the COVID-19 pandemic(Corona virus pestilence): Jehovah(Yahweh) God

2 Solution(countermeasures) to the COVID-19 pandemic(Corona virus pestilence): Repentance for forgiveness of sins

3  If you do not repent: God will punish you more severely

4 Types of disease God brings upon: Unlimited

5 Cause of the COVID-19 pandemic(Corona virus plague): The sin of man

6 Types of punishments God sends: The four main punishments from God are pestilence, war, famine, and harm caused by animals

7 Why man exists in this world: Following the example of Jesus, who is the model of righteous and eternal life, we are to live righteously according to the Bible in order to attain qualifying for eternal life.

8 Who rules this world: Jehovah(Yahweh) God

The COVID-19 Pandemic(Corona Virus Pestilence) Viewed in the Context of the Bible

(As a Christian, I’m telling you what is in the Bible according to the teachings of God.)

Jehovah God made and preserves this world and its inhabitants, and He rules this world with fair reward and punishment according to His laws written in the Bible.

The typical punishments God sends include ‘pestilence, war, famine, and harm caused by animals.

There are no coincidences in this world, and every effect has a cause.

The rise and fall of the nations as discussed in the Bible and the rise and fall of the nations  we learn in school have quite different perspectives.

The laws of the Bible are broadly divided into the ‘to love God and love thy neighbor.

When there are excessive problems with this ‘to love God and love thy neighbor’, God punishes nations or people with ‘plague, war, famine, and harm caused by animals.

As a result, some nations disappear or they become enslaved(colonized). (Well-known examples include the Incan civilization, Angkor Wat, and Pompeii as well as the destruction of Canaan and Sodom and Gomorrah, as described in the Bible, etc.).

These punishments are the same for nations and individuals.

It is impossible for human beings to understand God’s long suffering, which is one of His personality traits. Therefore, when God punishes people with ‘pestilence, war, famine, and harm caused by animals, people must repent of their wrongdoing. If we do not repent of our wrongdoing, God's people(true Christians) will continue to receive seven times more severe punishment.

If God gives a deadly disease to a person, even if it is only a cold, that person has no choice and will die. If it is not a deadly disease, then that cold must persist for a certain period of time. The types of diseases God gives to man are infinite.

God teaches us this information through experiences using contents from the Bible and spirits that are invisible to human eyes. We ultimately come to believe even those contents of the Bible that we do not personally experience.

As an example, let us take the history of the Republic of Korea. We are aware of the 36-year colonial rule of Japan, as well as the Korean War that broke out on June 25th, 1950.

Ever since I came to know God by His grace, I have always wondered what Korea did wrong to deserve such a terrible discipline as the war between the same nation, between South Korea and North Korea, right after the oppression of Japan.

Every time I heard stories about the sex slaves(comfort women) for Japanese soldiers, I became furious and disgraced as their descendant.

Only recently did I figure out the reason for these events.

It was a system of slavery operated during the Joseon Dynasty run by Yi family.

This system of slavery lasted for 600 years during the Joseon Dynasty. This system of enslaving more than 50 % of their own people was unprecedented in the world history.

I wondered why this historical event, which should never happen again, is not taught in schools.

It was because I thought that schools must teach the truth not to repeat the same tragedy.

I became concerned that this part of history is not taught for the same reasons why Japan distorted Korea’s historical truth. I was worried that similar history would repeat itself.

I was worried that the government’s unfair treatment of tenants in commercial properties due to COVID-19 pandemic was symptomatic of this.

I think that it is possible to reform such education system into practical education system that highly regards the teaching of character and health by reorganizing this economic system.

This is because the foundation of God's reign is righteousness and justice.

The Bible says that ‘the man that commits adultery with another man's wife the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death’. The Bible even tells us not to have lustful thought in our hearts.

Nonetheless, the Korean judiciary abolished the law against adultery.

The Bible says that even those who commit the crime of kidnapping shall surely be put to death, too.

The bible also tell us that ‘having sex in a way that avoids pregnancy’ is an act of blasphemy to God. This is because it is God's inherent authority to determine the ‘time of pregnancy of children and the number of children’.

In the past, the Korean government promoted the ‘having sex in a way that avoids pregnancy’.

Of course, there is no country in the world that makes and applies laws at the same level of the laws of the Bible.

However, since the laws of the Bible are the principles of human life, the laws of the Bible allow us to see the world more accurately.

Among the crimes against God and crimes against people, the seriousness of crimes against humanity can be better understood when you look at the Bible verses(laws) that include the phrase ‘surely be put to death’ in the Bible.

How can we receive the Holy Spirit from Jehovah God in biblical way? (What should we do to be filled with the Holy Spirit? What is the biblical way to receive the Holy Spirit?)

How to receive the Holy Spirit: Pray to Jehovah God → Find Bible verses → Believe the verses.

To receive the Holy Spirit from Jehovah, we must first pray to Jehovah as follows: “Please teach me the meaning of the Bible verses that came up as ‘The conditions for Jehovah to give us the Holy Spirit.’ We can pray in our heart or with words.

Then, find the verses related to ‘The conditions for Jehovah to give us the Holy Spirit’. 

Finally, believe for yourself the Bible verses you found. Then, you will receive the Holy Spirit from Jehovah.

The conditions for Jehovah to give us the Holy Spirit(the Spirit of Jehovah, the Spirit of God, the Helper, the Comforter): ‘obedience to God(Act 5:32)’, ‘repentance(Act 2:38)’, and ‘believing in the Jesus(Act 11:17, Joh 7:39, Gal 3:2)’

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(Pro11:25) The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

(Deu14:28) At the end of every three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

(Deu14:29) and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

1 The one who sent the COVID-19 pandemic(Corona virus pestilence): Jehovah(Yahweh) God

(Deu28:21) Jehovah will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it.

(Deu28:22) Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

(Deu28:27) Jehovah will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

(Amo4:10) I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I have made the stench of your camp to come up even into your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

(2ch21:18) And after all this Jehovah smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

(2ch21:19) And it came to pass, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

(1ch21:14) So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

(Eze14:21) For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!

(Eze33:27) Thus shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured; and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

(Jer27:8) And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

(Jer29:17) thus saith Jehovah of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

(Jer29:18) And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them;

(Jer29:19) because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah.

(Exo15:26) and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that healeth thee.

(Exo23:25) And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

(Deu7:15) And Jehovah will take away from thee all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, will he put upon thee, but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

(Exo4:6) And Jehovah said furthermore unto him, Put now thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as (white as) snow.

(Exo4:7) And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his (other) flesh.)

(Eze12:16) But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the nations whither they come; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

(Isa38:1) In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

(Isa38:2) Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah,

(Isa38:3) and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

(Isa38:4) Then came the word of Jehovah to Isaiah, saying,

(Isa38:5) Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

(Isa38:6) And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.

(Isa38:7) And this shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:

(Isa38:8) behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down.

(Isa38:9) The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness.

(2ch16:12) And in the thirty and ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to Jehovah, but to the physicians.

(2ch16:13) And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.

(2ch16:14) And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds (of spices) prepared by the perfumers' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

2 Solution(countermeasures) to the COVID-19 pandemic(Corona virus pestilence): Repentance for forgiveness of sins

(1jo1:6) If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

(1jo1:7) but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

(Eze18:21) But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

(Eze18:22) None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

(Eze18:23) Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

(Eze18:24) But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he hath done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

(Eze18:25) Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

(Eze18:26) When the righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth therein; in his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

(Eze18:27) Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

(Eze18:28) Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

(Eze18:29) Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

(Eze18:30) Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

(Eze18:31) Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

(Eze18:32) For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.

(Jon3:10) And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.

(Jer18:7) At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

(Jer18:8) if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

(Joe2:12) Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

(Joe2:13) and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

(Jer36:3) It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

(Act3:19) Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

(Luk24:47) and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

(Luk17:3) Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

(Lev4:22) When a ruler sinneth, and doeth unwittingly any one of all the things which Jehovah his God hath commanded not to be done, and is guilty;

(Lev4:23) if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, be made known to him, he shall bring for his oblation a goat, a male without blemish;

(Lev4:24) and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-offering before Jehovah: it is a sin-offering.

(Lev4:25) And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering.

(Lev4:26) And all the fat thereof shall he burn upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin, and he shall be forgiven.

(1) Loving Thy Neighbor: Thinking of the people as a family in a broad sense

(Mat22:37) And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

(Mat22:38) This is the great and first commandment.

(Mat22:39) And a second like (unto it) is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

(Mat22:40) On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.

(Exo20:12) Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

(Exo20:13) Thou shalt not kill.

(Exo20:14) Thou shalt not commit adultery.

(Exo20:15) Thou shalt not steal.

(Exo20:16) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

(Exo20:17) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

(Being considerate of those in need: Systemic reforms of various systems such as education system for employment and business start-up, fair economic system, etc.)

(Deu14:28) At the end of every three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

(Deu14:29) and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

(Pro11:25) The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

(Pro28:27) He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

(Pro19:17) He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

(Jer22:16) He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

(Luk6:38) give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

(Heb13:16) But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

(Pro21:13) Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

(Eze16:49) Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

(Eze16:50) And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw (good).

(Mat25:34) Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

(Mat25:35) for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

(Mat25:36) naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

(Mat25:37) Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink?

(Mat25:38) And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

(Mat25:39) And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

(Mat25:40) And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, (even) these least, ye did it unto me.

(Mat25:41) Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:

(Mat25:42) for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

(Mat25:43) I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

(Mat25:44) Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

(Mat25:45) Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me.

(Mat25:46) And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

(Eze18:5) But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

(Eze18:6) and hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbor's wife, neither hath come near to a woman in her impurity,

(Eze18:7) and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

(Eze18:8) he that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man,

(Eze18:9) hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

(Isa58:6) Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

(Isa58:7) Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

(Isa58:8) Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall by thy rearward.

(Isa58:9) Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

(Isa58:10) and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;

(Isa58:11) and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

(Mat6:1) Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

(Mat6:2) When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

(Mat6:3) But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

(Mat6:4) that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

(Dan4:24) this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

(Dan4:25) that thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, and shalt be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee; till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

(Dan4:26) And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.

(Dan4:27) Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

(Dan4:28) All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.

(Pro29:14) The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.

(Exo22:21) And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

(Exo22:22) Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

(Exo22:23) If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

(Exo22:24) and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

(Deu27:19) Cursed be he that wresteth the justice (due) to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

(Isa1:15) And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

(Isa1:16) Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

(Isa1:17) learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

(Isa10:1) Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;

(Isa10:2) to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

(Jer5:26) For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

(Jer5:27) As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

(Jer5:28) They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

(Jer5:29) Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

(Jer7:5) For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;

(Jer7:6) if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:

(Jer7:7) then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even for evermore.

(Jer22:3) Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

(Jer22:4) For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

(Jer22:5) But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.

(Job31:16) If I have withheld the poor from (their) desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

(Job31:17) Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof

(Job31:18) (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

(Job31:19) If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

(Job31:20) If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

(Job31:21) If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

(Job31:22) Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.

(Job29:12) Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

(Job29:13) The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

(Job29:14) I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

(Job29:15) I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.

(Job29:16) I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

(Job29:17) And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

(Luk10:25) And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

(Luk10:26) And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

(Luk10:27) And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.

(Luk10:28) And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

(Luk10:29) But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

(Luk10:30) Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

(Luk10:31) And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

(Luk10:32) And in like manner a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.

(Luk10:33) But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

(Luk10:34) and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on (them) oil and wine; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

(Luk10:35) And on the morrow he took out two shillings, and gave them to the host, and said, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, I, when I come back again, will repay thee.

(Luk10:36) Which of these three, thinkest thou, proved neighbor unto him that fell among the robbers?

(Luk10:37) And he said, He that showed mercy on him. And Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

(See Biblical verses containing the words ‘surely be put to death: Reformation of the judicial system)

(Lev20:10) And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

(Mat5:27) Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

(Mat5:28) but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

(Exo21:12) He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.

(Exo21:13) And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver (him) into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

(Exo21:14) And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

(Exo21:15) And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

(Exo21:16) And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

(Exo21:17) And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

(Exo22:19) Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

(Lev20:2) Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

(Lev20:9) For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

(Lev20:11) And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

(Lev20:12) And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

(Lev20:13) And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

(Lev20:15) And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.

(Lev20:16) And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

(Lev20:27) A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.

(Num35:16) But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

(Num35:17) And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

(Num35:18) Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

(Num35:21) or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.

(Num35:31) Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

(Lev20:14) And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

(Lev21:9) And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

(2) To love God

(1jo5:3) For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

(Mat22:37) And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

(Mat22:38) This is the great and first commandment.

(Mat22:39) And a second like (unto it) is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

(Mat22:40) On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.

(Exo20:1) And God spake all these words, saying,

(Exo20:2) I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

(Exo20:3) Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

(Exo20:4) Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness (of any thing) that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

(Exo20:5) Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,

(Exo20:6) and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

(Exo20:7) Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

(Exo20:8) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

(Exo20:9) Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;

(Exo20:10) but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: (in it) thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

(Exo20:11) for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

 (1CO10:20) But (I say), that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with demons.

(1CO10:21) Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

(Deu32:17) They sacrificed unto demons, (which were) no God, To gods that they knew not, To new (gods) that came up of late, Which your fathers dreaded not.

(1 Timothy 6:15) which in its own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

(1 Timothy 6:16) who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power eternal. Amen.

(Revelation 1:18) and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

(Acts 10:39) And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom also they slew, hanging him on a tree.

(Acts 10:40) Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be made manifest,

(Luke 24:38) And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do questionings arise in your heart?

(Luke 24:39) See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye behold me having.

(Matthew 1:16) and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

(1 Timothy 2:5) For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,

(Romans 9:20) Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

(Romans 9:21) Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

(Isa29:16) Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

(1 Corinthians 3:23) and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

(Psalm 24:1) A Psalm of David. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.

(John 20:17) Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

(Leviticus 25:23) And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

(1sa2:25)  If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but

if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall entreat for him?

(Apologies for the government's past contraceptive policies, and provision of more active support for housing, education, employment, etc. the more children there are.)

(‘Pregnancy and childbirth’ are the processes by which God creates a person.

Since God has the inherent authority to decide the timing of a pregnancy and the number of children that are born, contraception is an ungodly act that insults God.

‘Having sex in a manner that avoids pregnancy’ is just two people being masturbation tools for each other.

Christian who received the Holy Spirit cannot have ‘sex in a manner that avoids pregnancy’, knowing that contraception is blasphemy.)

(I prayed to Jehovah God to let me know whether contraception was right or wrong. As soon as the prayer is over, he let me know that having sex in a way that avoids pregnancy is not right.

So I realized that it's very dumbfounding, absurd, and shameful that I had sex in a way that avoids pregnancy in my past, in front of Jehovah God. For a while, I couldn't have sex with my wife out of fear of Jehovah.

In the past, God revealed to me the date I would die. I still have about 20 years left until the day I die. I didn't think I could go on without having sexual relations for so long.

However, I was too ashamed to ask Jehovah God what I should do in the future.

After that, the following words from the Bible came to my mind, ‘Jesus hears when someone prays to Him'. So, in my mind(without speaking), I prayed to Jesus just as I am. Immediately, he told me many things, including ‘You must reverse your wife's sterilization procedure' in a perfect language.)

(Gen38:9) And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

(Gen38:10) And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and he slew him also.

(Deu25:5) If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her.

(Deu25:6) And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.

(Deu25:7) And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother unto me.

(Deu25:8) Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand, and say, I like not to take her;

(Deu25:9) then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother's house.

(Deu25:10) And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

(Isa44:24) Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?);

(Psa139:13) For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

(Psa139:14) I will give thanks unto thee; For I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

(Jer1:5) Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

(Job31:15) Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

(Isa44:2) Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

(Job40:15) Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.

(Exo4:11) And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh (a man) dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Jehovah?

(Zec12:1) The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. (Thus) saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:

(Psa33:13) Jehovah looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men;

(Psa33:14) From the place of his habitation he looketh forth Upon all the inhabitants of the earth,

(Psa33:15) He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, That considereth all their works.

(Luk11:39) And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

(Luk11:40) Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?

(Isa66:9) Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith Jehovah: shall I that cause to bring forth shut (the womb)? saith thy God.

(Rut4:13) So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bare a son.

(Gen20:17) And Abraham prayed unto God. And God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants. And they bare children.

(Gen20:18) For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

(Gen30:1) And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

(Gen30:2) And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

(Rom9:21) Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

(Rom9:22) What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:

(Rom9:23) and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,

(Isa64:8) But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

(Children are a inheritance and a blessing from God)

(Psa127:3) Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; (And) the fruit of the womb is (his) reward.

(Psa127:4) As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.

(Psa127:5) Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

(1sa2:20) And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home.

(1sa2:21) And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Jehovah.

(Gen33:5) And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.

(Gen48:9) And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

(Psa128:1) [A Song of Ascents.] Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways.

(Psa128:2) For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

(Psa128:3) Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.

(Psa128:4) Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah.

3. If you do not repent: God will punish you more severely

(Lev26:15) and if ye shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhor mine ordinances, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant;

(Lev26:16) I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

(Lev26:17) And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

(Lev26:18) And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.

(Lev26:19) And I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass;

(Lev26:20) and your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

(Lev26:21) And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

(Lev26:22) And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.

(Lev26:23) And if by these things ye will not be reformed unto me, but will walk contrary unto me;

(Lev26:24) then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins.

(Lev26:25) And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

(Lev26:26) When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

(Lev26:27) And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;

(Lev26:28) then I will walk contrary unto you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.

(Lev26:29) And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

(Lev26:30) And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.

4. Types of disease God brings upon: Unlimited

(Deu28:58) If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD;

(Deu28:59) then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

(Deu28:60) And he will bring upon thee again all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

(Deu28:61) Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will Jehovah bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

5 Cause of the COVID-19 pandemic(Corona virus plague): The sin of man

(Jon5:14) Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee.

(Deu28:58) If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD;

(Deu28:59) then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

Sin

(1) (Lev4:22) When a ruler sinneth, and doeth unwittingly any one of all the things which Jehovah his God hath commanded not to be done, and is guilty

(2) (1jo3:4) Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

(3) (1jo5:17) All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

(4)(Neh1:7) we have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

(5) (Rom14:23) But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because (he eateth) not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

(1)

(Leviticus 4:22-26) When a ruler sinneth, and doeth unwittingly any one of all the things which Jehovah his God hath commanded not to be done, and is guilty; if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, be made known to him, he shall bring for his oblation a goat, a male without blemish. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-offering before Jehovah: it is a sin-offering. And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering. And all the fat thereof shall he burn upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin, and he shall be forgiven.

(Leviticus 6:1-4) And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, If any one sin, and commit a trespass against Jehovah, and deal falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbor, or have found that which was lost, and deal falsely therein, and swear to a lie; in any of all these things that a man doeth, sinning therein; then it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he hath gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,

(Jeremiah 16:10-11) And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath Jehovah pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against Jehovah our God? Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

(Daniel 9:10-11) neither have we obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even turning aside, that they should not obey thy voice: therefore hath the curse been poured out upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God; for we have sinned against him.

(Jam2:10) For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one (point), he is become guilty of all.

(Jam2:11) For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

(Jam2:12) So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.

 (1jo3:8) he that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

(1jo3:9) Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.

(Tit3:10) A factious man after a first and second admonition refuse;

(Tit3:11) knowing that such a one is perverted, and sinneth, being self-condemned.

(Lev18:1) And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

(Lev18:2) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.

(Lev18:3) After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes.

(Lev18:4) Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.

(Lev18:5) Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.

(Mat4:4) But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

(Deu8:2) And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.

(Deu8:3) And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

(Mat7:22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?

(Mat7:23) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

(Mat13:41) The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,

(Mat13:42) and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

(2)

(1 John 3:4) Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

(Ezekiel 33:16) None of his sins that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

(Hebrews 1:9) Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

(Psalm 45:7) Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

(1ti1:8) But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,

(1ti1:9) as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

(Rom5:13) for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

(Rom3:31) Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.

(Rom2:13) for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified:

(Rom6:15) What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid.

(Mat7:22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?

(Mat7:23) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

(Mat13:41) The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,

(Mat13:42) and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

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(Ezekiel 18:9) hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

(Luke 1:6) And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

(1 John 5:17) All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

(2 Kings 17:7-9) And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made. And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Jehovah their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

(Deuteronomy 6:25) And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.

(Romans 6:16) Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

(Rom2:6) who will render to every man according to his works:

(Rom2:7) to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

(Rom2:8) but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, (shall be) wrath and indignation,

(1co6:9) Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

(1co6:10) nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

(Mat5:20) For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed (the righteousness) of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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(Nehemiah 1:6-7) Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned: we have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

(Luk13:25) When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;

(Luk13:26) then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets;

(Luk13:27) and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

(Leviticus 18:6-17) None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Jehovah. The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness. The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

(Deu22:13) If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

(Deu22:14) and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity;

(Deu22:15) then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate;

(Deu22:16) and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

(Deu22:17) and, lo, he hath laid shameful things (to her charge), saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.

(Deu22:18) And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;

(Deu22:19) and they shall fine him a hundred (shekels) of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

(Deu22:20) But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;

(Deu22:21) then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

(Gen13:13) Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly.

(Jud1:7) Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

(Gen19:1) And the two angels came to Sodom at even. And Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. And he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

(Gen19:2) And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay. But we will abide in the street all night.

(Gen19:3) And he urged them greatly. And they turned in unto him, and entered into his house. And he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

(Gen19:4) But before they lay down, the men of the city, (even) the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.

(Gen19:5) And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? Bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

(Gen19:6) And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.

(Gen19:7) And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.

(Gen19:8) Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man. Let me, I pray you, bring them but unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes. Only unto these men do nothing, forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.

(Neh1:6) Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned:

(Neh1:7) we have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

(2ch33:8) neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances (given) by Moses.

(2ch33:9) And Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did evil more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children of Israel.

(Luk13:25) When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;

(Luk13:26) then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets;

(Luk13:27) and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

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(Romans 14:23) But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

(James 2:26 ) For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

A The condition that Jehovah gives the Holy Spirit to a man

(Act11:17) If then God gave unto them the like gift as (he did) also unto us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?

(Act5:32) And we are witnesses of these things; and (so is) the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

(Act2:38) And Peter (said) unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

B Believing in God

(Deu9:23) And when Jehovah sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

(Heb3:16) For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not all they that came out of Egypt by Moses?

(Heb3:17) And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

(Heb3:18) And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient?

(Heb3:19) And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.

(2ki17:13) Yet Jehovah testified unto Israel, and unto Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

(2ki17:14) Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in Jehovah their God.

(2ki17:15) And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and (went) after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.

(2ki17:16) And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

(Rom3:29) Or is God (the God) of Jews only? is he not (the God) of Gentiles also? Yea, of Gentiles also:

(1ti6:15) which in its own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

(1ti6:16) who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom (be) honor and power eternal. Amen.

(Rev1:18) and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

C Believing in Jesus

(Jon12:44) And Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.

(Gal2:17) But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid.

(Rom3:31) Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.

(1jo4:1) Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

(1jo4:2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

(1jo4:3) and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the (spirit) of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.

(Rom9:20) Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

(Rom9:21) Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

(Isa29:16) Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

(1co3:23) and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

(Rev1:18) and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

(Act10:39) And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom also they slew, hanging him on a tree.

(Act10:40) Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be made manifest,

(Luk24:38) And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do questionings arise in your heart?

(Luk24:39) See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye behold me having.

(1ti6:15) which in its own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

(1ti6:16) who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom (be) honor and power eternal. Amen.

(Rev1:18) and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

(Jon16:9) of sin, because they believe not on me;

(Jon3:14) And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;

(Jon3:15) that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.

(Jon3:20) For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

(Jon3:21) But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

(Rom3:20) because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law (cometh) the knowledge of sin.

(Rom3:21) But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

(Rom3:26) for the showing, (I say), of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him that hath faith in Jesus.

(Num21:8) And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.

(Num21:9) And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.

D Believing in people

(Jon13:2) And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's (son), to betray him,

(Luk22:3) And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

(Luk22:4) And he went away, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might deliver him unto them.

(Luk22:5) And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.

(Luk22:6) And he consented, and sought opportunity to deliver him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

(Jon6:70) Jesus answered them, Did not I choose you the twelve, and one of you is a devil?

(Jon6:71) Now he spake of Judas (the son) of Simon Iscariot, for he it was that should betray him, (being) one of the twelve.

(Luk8:11) Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

(Luk8:12) And those by the way side are they that have heard; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

(Mat16:22) And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall never be unto thee.

(Mat16:23) But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.

(Act13:6) And when they had gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus;

(Act13:7) who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. The same called unto him Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

(Act13:8) But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.

(Act13:9) But Saul, who is also (called) Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,

(Act13:10) and said, O full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

(Rev16:13) And I saw (coming) out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as it were frogs:

(Rev16:14) for they are spirits of demons, working signs; which go forth unto the kings of the whole world, to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.

(Mat7:22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?

(Mat7:23) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

(Mat15:13) But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.

(Mat15:14) Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

(Jer17:5) Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.

(Jer17:6) For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

(Jer17:7) Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is.

(Jer17:8) For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

(Deu13:1) If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder,

(Deu13:2) and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

(Deu13:3) thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

(Deu13:4) Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

(Deu13:5) And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he hath spoken rebellion against Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, to draw thee aside out of the way which Jehovah thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

(Deu13:6) If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

(Deu13:7) of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;

(Deu13:8) thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

(Deu13:9) but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

(Deu13:10) And thou shalt stone him to death with stones, because he hath sought to draw thee away from Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

(Deu13:11) And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do not more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.

(Isa2:22) Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?

(Mic7:5) Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

(Job4:18) Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:

(Job15:15) Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:

(Job25:6) How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!

(Jam4:14) whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

(Ecc3:18) I said in my heart, (It is) because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are (but as) beasts.

6 Types of punishments God sends: The four main punishments from God are pestilence, war, famine, and harm caused by animals

(Eze14:13) Son of man, when a land sinneth against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast;

(Eze14:14) though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord Jehovah.

(Eze14:15) If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;

(Eze14:16) though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.

(Eze14:17) Or if I bring a sword(war) upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;

(Eze14:18) though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.

(Eze14:19) Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast;

(Eze14:20) though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

(Eze14:21) For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword(war), and the famine, and the evil beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!

(Eze14:22) Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be carried forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

(Eze14:23) And they shall comfort you, when ye see their way and their doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

(Amo4:6) And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

(Amo4:7) And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

(Amo4:8) So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

(Amo4:9) I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees hath the palmer-worm devoured: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

(Amo4:10) I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I have made the stench of your camp to come up even into your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

(Amo4:11) I have overthrown (cities) among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

(Deu11:13) And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

(Deu11:14) that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy grain, and thy new wine, and thine oil.

(Deu11:15) And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shalt eat and be full.

(Deu11:16) Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

(Deu11:17) and the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he shut up the heavens, so that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which Jehovah giveth you.

(Num16:23) And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

(Num16:24) Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

(Num16:25) And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

(Num16:26) And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

(Num16:27) So they gat them up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.

(Num16:28) And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works; for (I have) not (done them) of mine own mind.

(Num16:29) If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Jehovah hath not sent me.

(Num16:30) But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.

(Num16:31) And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them;

(Num16:32) and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

(Num16:33) So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.

(Num16:34) And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.

(Num16:35) And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

(Eze39:23) And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them: so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword.

(Eze39:24) According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions did I unto them; and I hid my face from them.

(Jer44:22) so that Jehovah could not longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

(Jer44:23) Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as it is this day.

7 Why man exists in this world: Following the example of Jesus, who is the model of righteous and eternal life, we are to live righteously according to the Bible in order to attain qualifying for eternal life.

(1pe2:20) For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted (for it), ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer (for it), ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

(1pe2:21) For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:

(1co11:1) Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

(1jo2:6) he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

(Jon8:55) and ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like unto you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word.

(1jo5:3) For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

(Jon15:10) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

(Jon12:44) And Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.

(Jon3:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

(Jon3:17) For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

(Jon3:18) He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

(Jon3:19) And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

(Jon3:20) For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

(Jon3:21) But he that doeth the truth(thy word is truth Jon17:17) cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

(Rom2:13) for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified:

(Jon17:3) And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, (even) Jesus Christ.

(1ti2:4) who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

(Deu5:29) Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

(Psa112:1) Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments.

(Psa112:2) His seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed.

(Psa112:3) Wealth and riches are in his house; And his righteousness endureth for ever.

(Deu15:4) Howbeit there shall be no poor with thee; (for Jehovah will surely bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it;)

(Deu15:5) if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.

(Deu15:6) For Jehovah thy God will bless thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.

(1ki2:3) and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, (and) his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself.

(Jos1:7) Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.

(Jos1:8) This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

(Pro8:17) I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.

(Pro8:18) Riches and honor are with me; (Yea), durable wealth and righteousness.

(Pro8:19) My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver.

(Pro8:20) I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;

(Pro8:21) That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries.

8. Who rules this world: Jehovah(Yahweh) God

(Psa97:1) Jehovah reigneth; Let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad.

(Psa97:2) Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

(Psa103:19) Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens; And his kingdom ruleth over all.

(2ch20:6) and he said, O Jehovah, the God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thy hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee.

(Dan4:25) that thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, and shalt be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee; till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

(Dan4:26) And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.

(Dan5:18) O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:

(Dan5:19) and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.

(Dan5:20) But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

(Dan5:21) and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts', and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; until he knew that the Most High God ruleth in the kingdom of men, and that he setteth up over it whomsoever he will.

(Jer18:1) The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

(Jer18:2) Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

(Jer18:3) Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.

(Jer18:4) And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

(Jer18:5) Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

(Jer18:6) O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.

(Jer18:7) At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

(Jer18:8) if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

(Jer18:9) And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

(Jer18:10) if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

(Deu32:39) See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

(1sa2:6) Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

(1sa2:7) Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.

(1sa17:47) and that all this assembly may know that Jehovah saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is Jehovah's, and he will give you into our hand.

(2ch33:8) neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances (given) by Moses.

(2ch33:9) And Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did evil more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children of Israel.

(2ch33:10) And Jehovah spake to Manasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed.

(2ch33:11) Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

(2ch33:12) And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

(2ch33:13) And he prayed unto him; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah he was God.

(2ch14:12) So Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

(2ch15:5) And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in; but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

(2ch15:6) And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.

(Jer51:1) Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind.

(Jer51:11) Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.

(Jos11:20) For it was of Jehovah to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

(Deu2:24) Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon: behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

(Deu2:25) This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

(Deu2:26) And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

(Deu2:27) Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither unto the right hand nor to the left.

(Deu2:28) Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet,

(Deu2:29) as the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in Ar, did unto me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us.

(Deu2:30) But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day.

(Deu2:31) And Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

(Deu2:32) Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Jahaz.

(Deu2:33) And Jehovah our God delivered him up before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.

(Deu2:34) And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining:

(Deu2:35) only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.

(Deu2:36) From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and (from) the city that is in the valley, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Jehovah our God delivered up all before us:

(Deu2:37) only to the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill-country, and wheresoever Jehovah our God forbade us.

(Jos10:30) and Jehovah delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining in it; and he did unto the king thereof as he had done unto the king of Jericho.

(Jos10:31) And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

(Jos10:32) and Jehovah delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel; and he took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

(Jdg6:1) And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

(Jdg6:2) And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

(Jdg6:3) And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;

(Jdg6:4) and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

(Jdg6:5) For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

(Jdg6:6) And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah.

(Jdg13:1) And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

(2ki13:1) In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, (and reigned) seventeen years.

(2ki13:2) And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

(2ki13:3) And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, continually.

(2ki13:4) And Jehoahaz besought Jehovah, and Jehovah hearkened unto him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed them.

(2ki13:5) (And Jehovah gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as beforetime.

(2ki17:19) Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

(2ki17:20) And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

(2ki17:21) For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin.

(2ki17:22) And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;

(2ki17:23) until Jehovah removed Israel out of his sight, as he spake by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

(2ch24:23) And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

(2ch24:24) For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Jehovah delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment upon Joash.

(2ch36:15) And Jehovah, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place:

(2ch36:16) but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

(2ch36:17) Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed: he gave them all into his hand.

(2ch36:18) And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon.

(2ch36:19) And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

(2ch36:20) And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

(Psa106:34) They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,

(Psa106:35) But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,

(Psa106:36) And served their idols, Which became a snare unto them.

(Psa106:37) Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

(Psa106:38) And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.

(Psa106:39) Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.

(Psa106:40) Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.

(Psa106:41) And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And they that hated them ruled over them.

(Psa106:42) Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.

(Psa106:43) Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.

(Isa19:4) And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

(Isa42:24) Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not Jehovah? he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient unto his law.

(Isa42:25) Therefore he poured upon him the fierceness of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

(Exo14:4) And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he shall follow after them; and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host: and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah. And they did so.

(Exo10:1) And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,

(Exo10:2) and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am Jehovah.

(Gen35:5) And they journeyed: and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

(1ki22:19) And (Micaiah) said, Therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

(1ki22:20) And Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner; and another said on that manner.

(1ki22:21) And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.

(1ki22:22) And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.

(1ki22:23) Now therefore, behold, Jehovah hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; and Jehovah hath spoken evil concerning thee.

(Job36:26) Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.

(Job36:27) For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,

(Job36:28) Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.

(Job36:29) Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?

(Job36:30) Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.

(Job36:31) For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.

(Psa147:7) Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; Sing praises upon the harp unto our God,

(Psa147:8) Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

(Psa147:9) He giveth to the beast his food, (And) to the young ravens which cry.

(Psa147:10) He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.

(Psa147:11) Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.

(Psa147:12) Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; Praise thy God, O Zion.

(Act14:16) who in the generations gone by suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways.

(Act14:17) And yet He left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

(Jer5:24) Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; that preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

(2ch15:15) And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and Jehovah gave them rest round about.

(2ch20:29) And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Jehovah fought against the enemies of Israel.

(2ch20:30) So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.

(2ch17:1) And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.

(2ch17:2) And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

(2ch17:3) And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim,

(2ch17:4) but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

(2ch17:5) Therefore Jehovah established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance.

(2ch31:20) And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before Jehovah his God.

(2ch31:21) And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

(Deu28:1) And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth:

(Deu28:2) and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

(Deu28:3) Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

(Deu28:4) Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

(Deu28:5) Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

(Deu28:6) Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

(Deu28:7) Jehovah will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways.

(Deu28:8) Jehovah will command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

(Deu28:9) Jehovah will establish thee for a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways.

(Deu28:10) And all the peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of Jehovah; and they shall be afraid of thee.

(Deu28:11) And Jehovah will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

(Deu28:12) Jehovah will open unto thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

(Deu28:13) And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do (them),

(Deu28:14) and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

(Deu28:43) The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.

(Deu28:44) He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

(Deu28:45) And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

(Deu28:46) and they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

(Deu4:5) Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it.

(Deu4:6) Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.