Bible verses about "talent" | JuliaSmith

³ And I will fill him with the spirit of God, in wisdom and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work. ⁴ To meditate work of skill, to work in gold and in silver and in brass. ⁵ And in graving stone for filling up, and in graving wood, to work in all work.

⁴ And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying, ⁵ Before I shall form thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou shalt go forth from the womb I consecrated thee; I gave thee a prophet to the nations. ⁶ And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah, behold I knew not to speak: for I a boy. ⁷ And Jehovah will say to me, Thou shalt not say, I a boy; for thou shalt go to all to whom I shall send thee, and all which I shall command thee thou shalt speak ⁸ Thou shalt not be afraid of their faces, for I am with thee to deliver thee, says Jehovah. ⁹ And Jehovah will stretch forth his hand and touch upon my mouth: and Jehovah will say to me, Behold, I gave my words into thy mouth. ¹⁰ See, I appointed thee this day over the nations and over the kingdoms to pluck up and to tear down, and to destroy, and to overthrow, to build and to plant ¹¹ And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying, What seem thou, Jeremiah? and saying, I see the shoot of an almond tree. ¹² And Jehovah will say to me, Thou didst well to see; for I watch upon my word to do it ¹³ And the word of Jehovah will be to me the second time, saying, What seest thou? and saying, I see a pot blown under, and its face from the face of the north. ¹⁴ And Jehovah will say to me, From the north shall evil be opened upon all the inhabitants of the earth. ¹⁵ For behold me calling to all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says Jehovah; and they came, and gave a man his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem, and upon all her walls round about and upon all the cities of Judah. ¹⁶ And I spake my judgment with them concerning all their evil, who forsook me, and they will burn incense to other gods, and they will worship to the works of their hands. ¹⁷ And thou shalt gird thy loins and rise and speak to them all that I shall command thee: thou shalt not be terrified from their face lest I shall break thee before them. ¹⁸ Behold, I gave thee this day for a fortified city and for a pillar of iron and for a wall of brass upon all the land to the kings of Judah, to her chiefs, to her priests, and to the people of the land. ¹⁹ And they warred against thee; and they shall not prevail against thee, for I am with thee, says Jehovah, to deliver thee.

¹ Attend ye not to do your justice before men, to be seen to them; and if otherwise ye have no reward from your Father which in the heavens. ² When therefore thou doest alms, thou shouldst not sound the trumpet before thee, as hypocrites do in the assemblies, and in the streets, that they might be praised by men. Verily I say to you, They have their reward. ³ But thou doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right does: ⁴ That thine alms might be in secret; and thy Father, who seeing in secret, shall give back to thee openly. ⁵ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love in the assemblies, and in the corners of the broad ways to stand praying, so that they might appear to men. Verily I say to you, that they have their reward. ⁶ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy store-house, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father which in secret; and thy Father who seeing in secret shall give back to thee openly. ⁷ And praying, talk ye not vainly as the nations; for they think that by their profaneness of speech they shall be listened to. ⁸ Therefore make not yourselves like them: for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye ask him. ⁹ Therefore so do ye pray: Our Father which in the heavens, Let thy name be declared holy. ¹⁰ Let thy kingdom come. Let thy will be as in heaven also upon the earth. ¹¹ Give us this day our bread sufficient for sustenance. ¹² And let go to us our debts, as we let go to our debtors. ¹³ And thou shouldst not lead us into temptation, but deliver thou us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. ¹⁴ For if ye let go to men their faults, your Father which in the heavens will also let go to you. ¹⁵ But if ye should not let go to men their faults, neither will your Father let go your faults. ¹⁶ And when ye fast, be not, as hypocrites, of gloomy aspect: for they conceal their faces that they might appear to men fasting. Verily I say to you, That they have their reward. ¹⁷ And thou fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸ That thou mightest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father which in secret; and thy Father which in secret, will give back to thee openly. ¹⁹ Treasure not up to you treasures upon earth, where moth and gnawing destroy, and thieves dig through and steal: ²⁰ But treasure to you treasures in heaven, where neither moth, nor gnawing destroy; and where thieves dig not through, nor steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. ²² The light of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be light. ²³ But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be dark. If therefore the light which in thee is darkness, how much the darkness ²⁴ None can serve two lords: for either he will hate one and love the other; or hold firmly to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ²⁵ For this I say to you, Be not anxious about your soul, what ye eat, and what ye drink; nor about your body, what ye put on. Is not the soul more than food, and the body than dress? ²⁶ Look ye upon the fowls of heaven; for they neither sow, nor reap, nor collect into stores; and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Do ye not rather differ from them ²⁷ Which of you, being anxious, can add one cubit to his size? ²⁸ And about dress, why are ye anxious? Consider the white lilies of the field, how they grow; they are not wearied, neither do they spin: ²⁹ And I say to you that neither Solomon in all his glory was surrounded as one of these. ³⁰ And if the grass of the field, being this day, and to morrow cast into the furnace, God so clothes much rather you, ye of little faith! ³¹ Therefore be ye not anxious, saying: What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, What shall we put round us? ³² For all these the nations seek for; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these. ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these shall be added to you. ³⁴ Therefore should ye not be anxious about the morrow: for the morrow shall be anxious about the things of itself. Sufficient for the day its evil.

¹⁴ Let all things be in love.

¹⁰ And all the wise of heart among you shall come, and shall do all which Jehovah commanded;

¹⁴ Ye are the light of the world. A city cannot be hid, set on a mountain. ¹⁵ Neither do they burn a light, and set it under a basket, but upon a chandelier: and it shines to all in the house. ¹⁶ So let your light shine before men, that they see your good works, and praise your Father, him in the heavens.

¹⁰ As each received favor, serving the same among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

¹⁷ Every good donation and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom not one change, or shadow of turning.

¹⁴ For as a man going abroad, called his own servants, and delivered them his possessions: ¹⁵ And to one he truly gave five talents, and to one, two, and to one, one; to each according to his own power; and he quickly went abroad. ¹⁶ And he having received five talents, having gone, worked with them, and he made other five talents. ¹⁷ Likewise he having the two also, gained he also other two. ¹⁸ And he having received one, having departed, dug in the earth, and concealed his lord's silver. ¹⁹ And after much time the lord of these servants comes, and lifts up the word with them. ²⁰ And he having received the five talents, having come near, brought the other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst me five talents: and I have gained other five talents. ²¹ And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful servant: thou west faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many; enter into the joy of thy lord. ²² And he also having received the two talents, having come near said, Lord, thou deliveredst me two talents; see, I gained two other talents to them. ²³ His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many; enter into the joy of thy lord. ²⁴ And he also having received one talent, having come near, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou sowedst not, and gathering where thou scatteredst not: ²⁵ And having been afraid, having gone away, I concealed thy talent in the earth; see, thou hast thine own. ²⁶ And his lord having answered, said to him, O evil and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I scattered not: ²⁷ Thou therefore oughtest to have cast my silver to the money changers, and I having come, had received mine own, with interest ²⁸ Therefore take the talent away from him, and give him having ten talents. ²⁹ For to every one having shall be given, and he shall be in abundance: and from him not having, also what he has shall be taken away from him. ³⁰ And cast ye the useless servant into darkness without; weeping shall be there, and gnashing of teeth.

⁶ And having gifts different according to the grace given us, whether prophecy, according to the due proportion of faith;