Bible verses about "troublemakers" | JuliaSmith

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that every one believing in him perish not, but have eternal life.

¹⁹ A certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, being daily splendidly gladdened: ²⁰ And there was a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, who was cast at his gate, having been wounded, ²¹ And eagerly desirous to be fed from crumbs falling from the rich one's table: but also the dogs, coming, licked off his wounds. ²² And it was, the beggar died, and was carried by messengers into Abraham's bosom: and the rich one died also, and was buried; ²³ And in hades, having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham from far off, and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ And he having called out, said, Father Abraham, pity me, and send Lazarus, that he might dip his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. ²⁵ But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou didst receive thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus likewise evil things: and now here is he comforted, and thou art tormented. ²⁶ And besides all these, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed: so that they wishing to pass through thence to you could not; neither could they cross over from thence to us. ²⁷ And he said, Then I ask thee, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: ²⁸ For I have five brethren; that he might testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment. ²⁹ Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. ³⁰ And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if some one from the dead go to them, they will change the mind. ³¹ And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither if any rise from the dead, will they be persueded.

¹² For the wrestling is not to us against blood and flesh, but against beginnings, against powers, against the chiefs of the world of darkness of this life, against spiritual things of wickedness in heavenly things.

¹ Children, listen to your parents in the Lord: for this is just.

¹ Therefore setting aside all wickedness, and all artifice, and dissimulation; and envies, and all calumnies, ² As new born babes, long for the sincere milk pertaining to the word, that ye might be nourished with it: ³ If ye have tasted that the Lord is good. ⁴ To whom approaching, a living stone, truly disapproved of by men, and chosen by God, highly valued, ⁵ And ye yourselves are built, as living stones, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to bring up spiritual sacrifice; acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. ⁶ Wherefore also it holds in the writing, Behold, I place in Zion a corner stone, chosen, highly valued: and he believing on him shall not be ashamed. ⁷ Therefore honour to you believing: and to the unbelieving, the stone which the builders disapproved of has become the head of the corner, ⁸ And a stone of stumble, and rock of offence, they disbelieving the word stumble: to which also they were set. ⁹ And ye a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for acquisition; so that ye should proclaim the excellencies of him having called you out of darkness into his wonderful light: ¹⁰ Who once not a people, and now the people of God: they not commiserated, and now commiserated. ¹¹ Dearly beloved, I beseech as sojourners and strangers, to keep off from fleshly passions, which war against the soul; ¹² Having your turning back good in the nations: that, in what they speak against you as doing evil, from good works, they having beheld, might praise God in the day of inspection. ¹³ Be subjected to every creation proceeding from man on account of the Lord: whether to the king, as having superiority; ¹⁴ Or to chiefs, as sent by him for the punishing of them doing evil, and the praise of them doing good. ¹⁵ (For so is the will of God, those doing good to silence the want of knowledge of the foolish men:) ¹⁶ As free, and as not having liberty for a covering of wickedness, but as the servants of God. ¹⁷ Honour all. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. ¹⁸ Servants being subjected to masters in all fear; not only to the good and equitable, but also to the crooked. ¹⁹ For this is grace, if any by consciousness of God bear grief, suffering unjustly. ²⁰ For what glory, if, sinning and being cuffed, ye endure? but if, doing good, and suffering, ye endure, this is grace with God. ²¹ For to this were ye called: for also Christ suffered for you, leaving behind to you an underwriting, that ye should follow upon his footsteps: ²² Who did no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth: ²³ Who, being reviled, reviled not back; suffering, he threatened not; and delivered to him judging justly; ²⁴ Who himself bear up our sins in his body upon the wood, that we, removed from sins, should live to justice: by whose bloody mark ye were healed. ²⁵ For ye were as sheep going astray; but now have turned about to the Shepherd and inspector of your souls.

²⁸ A man of perverseness shall send forth strife: and a tale-bearer separates friends. ²⁹ A man of violence will seduce his neighbor, and he caused him to go in a way not good. ³⁰ Closing his eyes to purpose perverseness: biting his lips he completed evil.

¹ Thou shalt not envy against men of evil, thou shalt not desire to be with them. ² For their heart will meditate destruction, and their lips will speak labor. ³ By wisdom a house will be built, and it will be prepared by understanding: ⁴ And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. ⁵ A wise man is in strength, and a man of knowledge strengthens power. ⁶ For by guidance thou shalt make to thee war, and in the multitude of counselors salvation. ⁷ High things to the foolish is wisdom: in the gate he will not open his mouth. ⁸ He purposing to do evil for himself shall be called the master of mischief. ⁹ The purpose of folly is sin, and he mocking, an abomination to man. ¹⁰ Wilt thou be discouraged in the day of straits thy strength is narrow. ¹¹ If thou shalt refrain to deliver those being brought to death, and those going to be slain; ¹² If thou shalt say, Behold, we knew not this; will not he trying hearts, understand? and he guarding thy soul, knew? and he turned back to man according to his work. ¹³ My son, eat honey, for it is good; and the dropping of honey being sweet to thy palate. ¹⁴ So the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul if thou shalt find: and there is a latter state and thine expectation shall not be cut off. ¹⁵ Thou shalt not lay wait, O wicked one, against the dwelling of the just one; thou shalt not destroy his resting place: ¹⁶ For the just one shall fall seven times, and rise: and the unjust shall be weak in evil ¹⁷ In the falling of thine enemies thou shalt not rejoice, and in his stumbling thy heart shall not exult: ¹⁸ Lest Jehovah shall see and it be evil in his eyes, and he turn back from him his anger. ¹⁹ Thou shalt not be angry against the evil; thou shalt not envy against the unjust: ²⁰ For there shall be no latter state to the evil one: the light of the unjust shall be extinguished. ²¹ My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king: thou shalt not intermingle with those changing: ²² For suddenly shall their calamity rise, and who shall make known the misfortune of them two? ²³ Also these to the wise. To look upon the face in judgment is not good. ²⁴ He saying to the unjust, Thou art just; peoples shall curse him, and nations shall curse him: ²⁵ And it shall be pleasant to those reproving, and a blessing of good shall come upon them. ²⁶ He shall kiss the lips turning back right words. ²⁷ Prepare thy work without, and make it ready for thee in the field afterwards; and build thy house. ²⁸ Thou shalt not be a witness gratuitously against thy neighbor, and deceive not with thy lips. ²⁹ Thou shalt not say, According to what he did to me, thus will I do to him: I will turn back to the man according to his work. ³⁰ I passed upon the field of the slothful man, and upon the vineyard of the man wanting heart; ³¹ And behold, it came up all of it with thorns; brambles covered its face, and the wall of its stones was overthrown. ³² And I shall see and set my heart: I looked, I took instruction. ³³ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down: ³⁴ And thy poverty came going about, and thy want as a man of shield.

⁹ Happy they making peace: for they shall be called sons of God.

¹⁸ If possible of you, living peaceably with all men.

³ Honor to a man ceasing from strife: and every foolish one will be irritated.

⁴⁴ But I say to you, Love your enemies, praise them cursing you, do well to them hating you, and pray for them threatening you, and driving you out.

¹⁶ These six Jehovah hated, and seven an abomination of his soul: ¹⁷ Eyes being lifted up; a tongue of falsehood, and hands shedding innocent blood, ¹⁸ A heart fabricating purposes of iniquity; feet being quick to run to evil, ¹⁹ A witness of falsehood, breathing out lies, and sending strife between brethren.

¹⁷ And I beseech you, brethren, to observe narrowly them having made divisions and scandals against the teaching which ye learned; and bend away from them.