precepts Flashcards
(40 cards)
Hard to be understood
2 Peter 3:15
“And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;” v16 “As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.”
Evil communications
1 Corinthians 15:33
“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.”
the fool as said in his heart there is no god
Psalms 14:1
“(To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”
no beard and “sagging”
2 Samuel 10:4-5
“Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.” v5 “When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.”
Hell = captivity
Isaiah 5:13-14
“Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.” v14 “Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.”
Blond hair
Leviticus 13:30
“Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.”
Herb for the service of man
Psalms 104:14
“He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;” p. Gen 1:29
When I was a child
1 Corinthians 13:11
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
He that seeth me seeth him
John 12:45
“And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.”
Law of life for an heritage.
Ecclesiasticus 17:11
“Beside this he gave them knowledge, and the law of life for an heritage.”
My thoughts are not your thoughts
Isaiah 55:8-9
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.” v9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnel
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:” v4 “(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)” v5 “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;”
understandest thou what thou readest?
Acts 8:30-31
“And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?” v31 “And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.”
The gods of the nations
Psalms 96:5
“For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.”
prepare slaughter
Isaiah 14:21
“Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.”
Esau is edom
Genesis 36:8
“Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.”
Be ye seperate
2 Corinthians 6:16-17
“And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” v17 “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,”
He that heareth you heareth me
Luke 10:16
“He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.”
Why do the righteous study?
Proverbs 15:28
“The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.” P.2 timothy 2:15
In their affliction they will seek me early
Hosea 5:15
“I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.”
Give them warning
Ezekiel 3:17-19
“Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.” v18 “When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.” v19 “Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.”
Apt to teach
2 Timothy 2:24-26
“And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,” v25
“In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;” v26 “And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.”
who does God love?
Proverbs 8:17
“I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.” p. john 14:15
actions are weighed
1 Samuel 2:3
“Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.”