Bible verses about "motives" | Rotherham

⁷ Shall it not, if thou do right, be lifted up? But, if thou do not right, at the entrance, a sin–bearer is lying,––Unto thee, moreover, shall be his longing, though, thou, rule over him.

¹⁷ And whatsoever ye may be doing, in word, or in work, all things, [do] in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks unto the Divine Father through him:––

¹ Beloved! not in every spirit, believe ye, but test the spirits, whether they are, of God; because, many false prophets, have gone out into the world.

¹³ The conclusion of the matter––the whole, let us hear,––Towards God, be reverent, and, his commandments, observe, for, this, [concerneth] all mankind. ¹⁴ For, every work, will God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing,––whether good, or evil.

² All the ways of a man, [may be] pure in his own eyes, but, he that testeth spirits, is Yahweh.

¹ Whence wars and whence fightings among you? are they not from hence––due to your pleasures which are taking the field in your members? ² Ye covet––and have not, ye commit murder, and are jealous––and cannot obtain,––ye fight and war. Ye have not––because ye do not really ask, ³ Ye ask and receive not, because that, basely, ye ask, in order that, in your pleasures, ye may spend [it]. ⁴ Adulteresses! Know ye not that, the friendship of the world, is, enmity to God? Whosoever, therefore, is minded to be, a friend, of the world, an enemy of God, doth constitute himself. ⁵ Or think ye that, in vain, the scripture speaketh? Is it, for envying, that the spirit which hath taken an abode within us doth crave? ⁶ Howbeit he giveth, greater, favour. Wherefore it saith––God, against the haughty, arrayeth himself, Whereas, unto the lowly, he giveth favour. ⁷ Range yourselves, therefore, under God, but withstand the adversary, and he will flee from you: ⁸ Draw near unto God, and he will draw near unto you. Cleanse hands, sinners! Chasten hearts, double souls! ⁹ Be miserable and lament and weep, let, your laughter, into lamentation, be turned, and, your joy, into dejection; ¹⁰ Be made low in presence of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
¹¹ Be not speaking one against another, brethren! He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against law, and judgeth law; Now, if, upon law, thou art passing judgment, thou art not a doer of law, but a judge! ¹² One, is Lawgiver and Judge––He who hath power to save and to destroy; but who art, thou, that judgest thy neighbour? ¹³ Come now! ye that say––Today or Tomorrow, we will journey unto this city here, and will spend there a year, and will trade and get gain,–– ¹⁴ Men who are not versed in the morrow––of what sort your life [will be]; for ye are, a vapour––for a little, appearing, then, just disappearing! ¹⁵ Instead of your saying––If, the Lord, be pleased, we shall both, live and do this or that; ¹⁶ Whereas, now, are ye boasting in your pretensions:––All boasting like this, is, wicked, ¹⁷ To him, therefore, who knoweth how to be doing, a right thing, and is not doing it, it is, sin, unto him.

¹² Not just as, Cain, was, of the wicked one, and slew his brother! And, for what cause, slew he him? Because, his works, were, wicked, whereas, those of his brother, were, righteous.

⁷ But Yahweh said unto Samuel––Do not regard his countenance, or the height of his stature, for I have rejected him,––for it is not what man looketh to but what God looketh to. For, man, looketh to the outward appearance, but, Yahweh, looketh to the heart.

⁵ So then, not before the fitting time, be judging anything,––until the Lord shall come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and, then, the praise shall come to each one, from God.

⁵ Now, the end of the charge, is love––out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and faith unfeigned,––

¹ [But] take heed, that ye do not, your righteousness, before men, to be gazed at by them,––otherwise at least, reward, have ye none, with your Father who is in the heavens.

³ Nothing by way of faction, nothing by way of vain–glory,––but, in lowliness of mind, accounting, one another, superior to yourselves,–– ⁴ But, even as we have been approved by God, to be entrusted with the glad–message, so, we speak,––not as, unto men, giving pleasure, but unto God––who proveth our hearts.

¹⁰ For am I, even now, persuading, men, or God? Or am I seeking to please, men? If I had been still pleasing, men, Christ’s servant, had I not been!

² Every way of a man, may be right in his own eyes, but, he that testeth hearts, is Yahweh.

¹ [But] take heed, that ye do not, your righteousness, before men, to be gazed at by them,––otherwise at least, reward, have ye none, with your Father who is in the heavens. ² When, therefore, thou mayest be doing an alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, just as, the hypocrites, do in the synagogues and in the streets––that they may be glorified by men,––Verily, I say unto you, they are getting back their reward. ³ But, thou, when doing an alms, let not, thy left hand, know what thy right hand is doing; ⁴ that thine alms may be in secret,––and, thy Father, who seeth in secret, will give it back to thee.
⁵ And, when ye may be praying, ye shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love, in the synagogues, and at the corners of the broad ways, to take their stand and pray, that they may shine before men; Verily, I say unto you, they are getting back their reward. ⁶ But, thou, when thou wouldest pray, enter into thy closet, and, fastening thy door, pray unto thy Father who is in secret,––and, thy Father who seeth in secret, will reward thee. ⁷ And, being at prayer, use not vain repetitions, just like the nations,––for they think, that, in their much speaking, they shall be hoard; ⁸ do not, therefore, make yourselves like them, for [God] your Father knoweth of what things ye have, need, before ye ask him.
⁹ Thus, therefore pray, ye: Our Father, who art in the heavens,––Hallowed be thy name, ¹⁰ Come may thy kingdom,––Accomplished be thy will, as in heaven, also on earth: ¹¹ Our needful bread, give us, this day; ¹² And forgive us our debts, as, we also, have forgiven our debtors; ¹³ And bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one. ¹⁴ For, if ye forgive men their faults, Your Father who is in the heavens, will forgive, even you; ¹⁵ But, if ye forgive not men [their faults], neither will your Father forgive, your faults.
¹⁶ And, when ye may he fasting, become not ye, as the hypocrites, of sullen countenance,––for they darken their looks, that they may appear, unto men, to be fasting: Verily, I say unto you, they are getting back their reward. ¹⁷ But, when, thou, art fasting, anoint thy head, and, thy face, wash,–– ¹⁸ that thou do not appear, unto men, to be fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret,––and, thy Father who seeth in secret, will reward thee.