Bible verses about "boundaries" | BBE

⁵ The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right. ⁶ Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage. ⁷ I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night. ⁸ I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

⁷ The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish. ⁸ The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes. ⁹ The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness. ¹⁰ More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey. ¹¹ By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.

¹⁴ He gives peace in all your land, making your stores full of fat grain.

¹⁹ It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

¹⁴ Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.

²⁸ But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

⁴⁹ Everyone will be salted with fire. ⁵⁰ Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

⁴² And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea. ⁴³ And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire. ⁴⁴ (OMITTED TEXT) ⁴⁵ And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell. ⁴⁶ (OMITTED TEXT) ⁴⁷ And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell, ⁴⁸ Where their worm is ever living and the fire is not put out. ⁴⁹ Everyone will be salted with fire. ⁵⁰ Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

² Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

¹ Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children; ² And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell. ³ But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints; ⁴ And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.

⁸ For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

⁵ The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right. ⁶ Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage. ⁷ I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night. ⁸ I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved. ⁹ Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

¹⁷ Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

¹ By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

¹⁹ A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

²⁴ Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

²⁶ And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,

¹⁴ Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?

⁶ Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

⁵ Because every man is responsible for his part of the work.