Bible verses about "denial" | YLT

¹ `Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I am Jehovah your God. <sup>2</sup> `My sabbaths ye do keep, and My sanctuary ye do reverence; I am Jehovah. ³ `If in My statutes ye walk, and My commands ye keep, and have done them, <sup>4</sup> then I have given your rains in their season, and the land hath given her produce, and the tree of the field doth give its fruit; <sup>5</sup> and reached to you hath the threshing, the gathering, and the gathering doth reach the sowing-time; and ye have eaten your bread to satiety, and have dwelt confidently in your land. <sup>6</sup> `And I have given peace in the land, and ye have lain down, and there is none causing trembling; and I have caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, and the sword doth not pass over into your land. ⁷ `And ye have pursued your enemies, and they have fallen before you by the sword; <sup>8</sup> and five of you have pursued a hundred, and a hundred of you do pursue a myriad; and your enemies have fallen before you by the sword. <sup>9</sup> `And I have turned unto you, and have made you fruitful, and have multiplied you, and have established My covenant with you; ¹⁰ and ye have eaten old store, and the old because of the new ye bring out. ¹¹ `And I have given My tabernacle in your midst, and My soul doth not loathe you; <sup>12</sup> and I have walked habitually in your midst, and have become your God, and ye—ye are become My people; <sup>13</sup> I am Jehovah your God, who have brought you out of the land of the Egyptians, from being their servants; and I break the bars of your yoke, and cause you to go erect.
<sup>14</sup> `And if ye do not hearken to Me, and do not all these commands; ¹⁵ and if at My statutes ye kick, and if My judgments your soul loathe, so as not to do all My commands—to your breaking My covenant— ¹⁶ I also do this to you, and I have appointed over you trouble, the consumption, and the burning fever, consuming eyes, and causing pain of soul; and your seed in vain ye have sowed, and your enemies have eaten it; ¹⁷ and I have set My face against you, and ye have been smitten before your enemies; and those hating you have ruled over you, and ye have fled, and there is none pursuing you. ¹⁸ `And if unto these ye hearken not to Me, —then I have added to chastise you seven times for your sins; <sup>19</sup> and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass; <sup>20</sup> and consumed hath been your strength in vain, and your land doth not give her produce, and the tree of the land doth not give its fruit. <sup>21</sup> `And if ye walk with Me in opposition, and are not willing to hearken to Me, then I have added to you a plague seven times, according to your sins, ²² and sent against you the beast of the field, and it hath bereaved you; and I have cut off your cattle, and have made you few, and your ways have been desolate. ²³ `And if by these ye are not instructed by Me, and have walked with Me in opposition, <sup>24</sup> then I have walked—I also—with you in opposition, and have smitten you, even I, seven times for your sins; <sup>25</sup> and I have brought in on you a sword, executing the vengeance of a covenant; and ye have been gathered unto your cities, and I have sent pestilence into your midst, and ye have been given into the hand of an enemy. <sup>26</sup> `In My breaking to you the staff of bread, then ten women have baked your bread in one oven, and have given back your bread by weight; and ye have eaten, and are not satisfied. ²⁷ `And if for this ye hearken not to Me, and have walked with Me in opposition, <sup>28</sup> then I have walked with you in the fury of opposition, and have chastised you, even I, seven times for your sins. <sup>29</sup> `And ye have eaten the flesh of your sons; even flesh of your daughters ye do eat. ³⁰ And I have destroyed your high places, and cut down your images, and have put your carcases on the carcases of your idols, and My soul hath loathed you; ³¹ and I have made your cities a waste, and have made desolate your sanctuaries, and I smell not at your sweet fragrances; ³² and I have made desolate the land, and your enemies, who are dwelling in it, have been astonished at it. ³³ And you I scatter among nations, and have drawn out after you a sword, and your land hath been a desolation, and your cities are a waste. ³⁴ `Then doth the land enjoy its sabbaths—all the days of the desolation, and ye in the land of your enemies—then doth the land rest, and hath enjoyed its sabbaths; <sup>35</sup> all the days of the desolation it resteth that which it hath not rested in your sabbaths in your dwelling on it. <sup>36</sup> `And those who are left of you—I have also brought a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a leaf driven away hath pursued them, and they have fled—flight from a sword—and they have fallen, and there is none pursuing. ³⁷ And they have stumbled one on another, as from the face of a sword, and there is none pursuing, and ye have no standing before your enemies, ³⁸ and ye have perished among the nations, and the land of your enemies hath consumed you. ³⁹ `And those who are left of you—they consume away in their iniquity, in the lands of your enemies; and also in the iniquities of their fathers, with them they consume away.
<sup>40</sup> `And—they have confessed their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they have trespassed against Me, and also, that they have walked with Me, in opposition, ⁴¹ also I walk to them in opposition, and have brought them into the land of their enemies—or then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and then they accept the punishment of their iniquity, — ⁴² then I have remembered My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham I remember, and the land I remember. ⁴³ `And—the land is left of them, and doth enjoy its sabbaths, in the desolation without them, and they accept the punishment of their iniquity, because, even because, against My judgments they have kicked, and My statutes hath their soul loathed, ⁴⁴ and also even this, in their being in the land of their enemies, I have not rejected them, nor have I loathed them, to consume them, to break My covenant with them; for I am Jehovah their God; — ⁴⁵ then I have remembered for them the covenant of the ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations to become their God; I am Jehovah.' ⁴⁶ These are the statutes, and the judgments, and the laws, which Jehovah hath given between Him and the sons of Israel, in mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.

¹ To the Overseer. —By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' —A song. God is to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

¹ And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, ² and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:
³ `Happy the poor in spirit—because theirs is the reign of the heavens. <sup>4</sup> `Happy the mourning—because they shall be comforted. ⁵ `Happy the meek—because they shall inherit the land. <sup>6</sup> `Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness—because they shall be filled. ⁷ `Happy the kind—because they shall find kindness. <sup>8</sup> `Happy the clean in heart—because they shall see God. ⁹ `Happy the peacemakers—because they shall be called Sons of God. <sup>10</sup> `Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake—because theirs is the reign of the heavens. ¹¹ `Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake— <sup>12</sup> rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.
<sup>13</sup> `Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men. ¹⁴ `Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid; <sup>15</sup> nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house; <sup>16</sup> so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
<sup>17</sup> `Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets—I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil; ¹⁸ for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass. ¹⁹ `Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands—the least—and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach them, he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens. <sup>20</sup> `For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.
²¹ `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment; <sup>22</sup> but I—I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire. <sup>23</sup> `If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee, ²⁴ leave there thy gift before the altar, and go—first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift. ²⁵ `Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast, <sup>26</sup> verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.
<sup>27</sup> `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery; ²⁸ but I—I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart. ²⁹ `But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna. <sup>30</sup> `And, if thy right hand doth cause thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna. ³¹ `And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; <sup>32</sup> but I—I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.
<sup>33</sup> `Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths; ³⁴ but I—I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God, ³⁵ nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king, ³⁶ nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black; ³⁷ but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.
³⁸ `Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; <sup>39</sup> but I—I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other; <sup>40</sup> and whoever is willing to take thee to law, and thy coat to take—suffer to him also the cloak. <sup>41</sup> `And whoever shall impress thee one mile, go with him two, ⁴² to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.
⁴³ `Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy; <sup>44</sup> but I—I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you, <sup>45</sup> that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous. <sup>46</sup> `For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same? ⁴⁷ and if ye may salute your brethren only, what do ye abundant? do not also the tax-gatherers so? ⁴⁸ ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who is in the heavens is perfect.

¹ Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, ² and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger. ³ And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God—speak that these stones may become loaves.' <sup>4</sup> But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.' ⁵ Then doth the Devil take him to the holy city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ and saith to him, `If Son thou art of God—cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.' <sup>7</sup> Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.' ⁸ Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, ⁹ and saith to him, `All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.' <sup>10</sup> Then saith Jesus to him, `Go—Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.' ¹¹ Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.
¹² And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee, ¹³ and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim, ¹⁴ that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, ¹⁵ `Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! — <sup>16</sup> the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death—light arose to them.' <sup>17</sup> From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, `Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'
¹⁸ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea—for they were fishers— ¹⁹ and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,' ²⁰ and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him. ²¹ And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them, ²² and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.
²³ And Jesus was going about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every disease, and every malady among the people, ²⁴ and his fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to him all having ailments, pressed with manifold sicknesses and pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he healed them. ²⁵ And there followed him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

³⁸ `Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; ³⁹ but I—I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

¹ These things having said, Jesus went forth with his disciples beyond the brook of Kedron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disciples, ² and Judas also, who delivered him up, had known the place, because many times did Jesus assemble there with his disciples. ³ Judas, therefore, having taken the band and officers out of the chief priests and Pharisees, doth come thither with torches and lamps, and weapons; ⁴ Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that are coming upon him, having gone forth, said to them, `Whom do ye seek?' <sup>5</sup> they answered him, `Jesus the Nazarene;' Jesus saith to them, `I am he;' —and Judas who delivered him up was standing with them; — <sup>6</sup> when, therefore, he said to them—`I am he,' they went away backward, and fell to the ground. ⁷ Again, therefore, he questioned them, `Whom do ye seek?' and they said, `Jesus the Nazarene;' ⁸ Jesus answered, `I said to you that I am he; if, then, me ye seek, suffer these to go away;' <sup>9</sup> that the word might be fulfilled that he said—`Those whom Thou hast given to me, I did not lose of them even one.' ¹⁰ Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the chief priest's servant, and cut off his right ear—and the name of the servant was Malchus— ¹¹ Jesus, therefore, said to Peter, `Put the sword into the sheath; the cup that the Father hath given to me, may I not drink it?' <sup>12</sup> The band, therefore, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took hold on Jesus, and bound him,
<sup>13</sup> and they led him away to Annas first, for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest of that year, <sup>14</sup> and Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews, that it is good for one man to perish for the people. <sup>15</sup> And following Jesus was Simon Peter, and the other disciple, and that disciple was known to the chief priest, and he entered with Jesus to the hall of the chief priest, <sup>16</sup> and Peter was standing at the door without, therefore went forth the other disciple who was known to the chief priest, and he spake to the female keeping the door, and he brought in Peter. <sup>17</sup> Then said the maid keeping the door to Peter, `Art thou also of the disciples of this man?' he saith, `I am not;' <sup>18</sup> and the servants and the officers were standing, having made a fire of coals, because it was cold, and they were warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, and warming himself. <sup>19</sup> The chief priests, therefore, questioned Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning his teaching; <sup>20</sup> Jesus answered him, `I spake freely to the world, I did always teach in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews do always come together; and in secret I spake nothing; ²¹ why me dost thou question? question those having heard what I spake to them; lo, these have known what I said.' ²² And he having said these things, one of the officers standing by did give Jesus a slap, saying, `Thus dost thou answer the chief priest?' <sup>23</sup> Jesus answered him, `If I spake ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why me dost thou smite?' ²⁴ Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the chief priest. ²⁵ And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself, they said then to him, `Art thou also of his disciples?' he denied, and said, `I am not.' ²⁶ One of the servants of the chief priest, being kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, saith, `Did not I see thee in the garden with him?' <sup>27</sup> again, therefore, Peter denied, and immediately a cock crew.
<sup>28</sup> They led, therefore, Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium, and it was early, and they themselves did not enter into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the passover; <sup>29</sup> Pilate, therefore, went forth unto them, and said, `What accusation do ye bring against this man?' ³⁰ they answered and said to him, `If he were not an evil doer, we had not delivered him to thee.' <sup>31</sup> Pilate, therefore, said to them, `Take ye him—ye—and according to your law judge him;' the Jews, therefore, said to him, `It is not lawful to us to put any one to death;' <sup>32</sup> that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he said, signifying by what death he was about to die. <sup>33</sup> Pilate, therefore, entered into the praetorium again, and called Jesus, and said to him, `Thou art the King of the Jews?' ³⁴ Jesus answered him, `From thyself dost thou say this? or did others say it to thee about me?' <sup>35</sup> Pilate answered, `Am I a Jew? thy nation, and the chief priests did deliver thee up to me; what didst thou?' ³⁶ Jesus answered, `My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.' <sup>37</sup> Pilate, therefore, said to him, `Art thou then a king?' Jesus answered, `Thou dost say it; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have come to the world, that I may testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth, doth hear my voice.' <sup>38</sup> Pilate saith to him, `What is truth?' and this having said, again he went forth unto the Jews, and saith to them, `I do find no fault in him; <sup>39</sup> and ye have a custom that I shall release to you one in the passover; will ye, therefore, that I shall release to you the king of the Jews?' <sup>40</sup> therefore they all cried out again, saying, `Not this one—but Barabbas;' and Barabbas was a robber.

¹⁶ every Writing is God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that is in righteousness, ¹⁷ that the man of God may be fitted—for every good work having been completed.

²³ And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

²⁷ And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

¹⁵ `If ye love me, my commands keep,

¹ `And God speaketh all these words, saying, <sup>2</sup> I am Jehovah thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants. <sup>3</sup> `Thou hast no other Gods before Me. ⁴ `Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth. <sup>5</sup> Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, am a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third generation, and on the fourth, of those hating Me, <sup>6</sup> and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands. <sup>7</sup> `Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing. ⁸ `Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it; <sup>9</sup> six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work, <sup>10</sup> and the seventh day is a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, — <sup>11</sup> for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it.
<sup>12</sup> `Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee. ¹³ `Thou dost not murder. <sup>14</sup> `Thou dost not commit adultery. ¹⁵ `Thou dost not steal. <sup>16</sup> `Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony. ¹⁷ `Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which is thy neighbour's.'
<sup>18</sup> And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off, <sup>19</sup> and say unto Moses, `Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.' ²⁰ And Moses saith unto the people, `Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces—that ye sin not.' <sup>21</sup> And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God is .
<sup>22</sup> And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel: Ye—ye have seen that from the heavens I have spoken with you; ²³ ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves. ²⁴ `An altar of earth thou dost make for Me, and thou hast sacrificed on it thy burnt-offerings and thy peace-offerings, thy flock and thy herd; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered I come in unto thee, and have blessed thee. <sup>25</sup> `And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it; ²⁶ neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.

¹ `And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, <sup>2</sup> and all these blessings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee, because thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God: <sup>3</sup> `Blessed art thou in the city, and blessed art thou in the field. ⁴ `Blessed is the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock. <sup>5</sup> `Blessed is thy basket and thy kneading-trough. ⁶ `Blessed art thou in thy coming in, and blessed art thou in thy going out. <sup>7</sup> `Jehovah giveth thine enemies, who are rising up against thee—smitten before thy face; in one way they come out unto thee, and in seven ways they flee before thee. ⁸ `Jehovah commandeth with thee the blessing in thy storehouses, and in every putting forth of thy hand, and hath blessed thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee. <sup>9</sup> `Jehovah doth establish thee to Himself for a holy people, as He hath sworn to thee, when thou keepest the commands of Jehovah thy God, and hast walked in His ways; ¹⁰ and all the peoples of the land have seen that the name of Jehovah is called upon thee, and they have been afraid of thee. ¹¹ `And Jehovah hath made thee abundant in good, in the fruit of the womb, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee. <sup>12</sup> `Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure—the heavens—to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou—thou dost not borrow. ¹³ `And Jehovah hath given thee for head, and not for tail; and thou hast been only above, and art not beneath, for thou dost hearken unto the commands of Jehovah thy God, which I am commanding thee to-day, to keep and to do, <sup>14</sup> and thou dost not turn aside from all the words which I am commanding you to-day—right or left—to go after other gods, to serve them.
<sup>15</sup> `And it hath been, if thou dost not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God to observe to do all His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day, that all these revilings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee: ¹⁶ `Cursed art thou in the city, and cursed art thou in the field. <sup>17</sup> `Cursed is thy basket and thy kneading-trough. ¹⁸ `Cursed is the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock. <sup>19</sup> `Cursed art thou in thy coming in, and cursed art thou in thy going out. ²⁰ `Jehovah doth send on thee the curse, the trouble, and the rebuke, in every putting forth of thy hand which thou dost, till thou art destroyed, and till thou perish hastily, because of the evil of thy doings by which thou hast forsaken Me. <sup>21</sup> `Jehovah doth cause to cleave to thee the pestilence, till He consume thee from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it. ²² `Jehovah doth smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with extreme burning, and with sword, and with blasting, and with mildew, and they have pursued thee till thou perish <sup>23</sup> `And thy heavens which are over thy head have been brass, and the earth which is under thee iron; ²⁴ Jehovah giveth the rain of thy land—dust and ashes; from the heavens it cometh down on thee till thou art destroyed. ²⁵ `Jehovah giveth thee smitten before thine enemies; in one way thou goest out unto them, and in seven ways dost flee before them, and thou hast been for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth; <sup>26</sup> and thy carcase hath been for food to every fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and there is none causing trembling. <sup>27</sup> `Jehovah doth smite thee with the ulcer of Egypt, and with emerods, and with scurvy, and with itch, of which thou art not able to be healed. ²⁸ `Jehovah doth smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart; <sup>29</sup> and thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour. <sup>30</sup> `A woman thou dost betroth, and another man doth lie with her; a house thou dost build, and dost not dwell in it; a vineyard thou dost plant, and dost not make it common; ³¹ thine ox is slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou dost not eat of it; thine ass is taken violently away from before thee, and it is not given back to thee; thy sheep are given to thine enemies, and there is no saviour for thee. ³² `Thy sons and thy daughters are given to another people, and thine eyes are looking and consuming for them all the day, and thy hand is not to God! <sup>33</sup> The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labour, eat up doth a people whom thou hast not known; and thou hast been only oppressed and bruised all the days; <sup>34</sup> and thou hast been mad, because of the sight of thine eyes which thou dost see. <sup>35</sup> `Jehovah doth smite thee with an evil ulcer, on the knees, and on the legs (of which thou art not able to be healed), from the sole of thy foot even unto thy crown. ³⁶ `Jehovah doth cause thee to go, and thy king whom thou raisest up over thee, unto a nation which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers, and thou hast served there other gods, wood and stone; <sup>37</sup> and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee. <sup>38</sup> `Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth consume it; ³⁹ vineyards thou dost plant, and hast laboured, and wine thou dost not drink nor gather, for the worm doth consume it; ⁴⁰ olives are to thee in all thy border, and oil thou dost not pour out, for thine olive doth fall off. ⁴¹ `Sons and daughters thou dost beget, and they are not with thee, for they go into captivity; <sup>42</sup> all thy trees and the fruit of thy ground doth the locust possess; <sup>43</sup> the sojourner who is in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low; <sup>44</sup> he doth lend to thee, and thou dost not lend to him; he is for head, and thou art for tail.
<sup>45</sup> `And come upon thee have all these curses, and they have pursued thee, and overtaken thee, till thou art destroyed, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep His commands, and His statutes, which he hath commanded thee; ⁴⁶ and they have been on thee for a sign and for a wonder, also on thy seed—to the age. ⁴⁷ `Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things— <sup>48</sup> thou hast served thine enemies, whom Jehovah sendeth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in lack of all things; and he hath put a yoke of iron on thy neck, till He hath destroyed thee. <sup>49</sup> `Jehovah doth lift up against thee a nation, from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle it flieth; a nation whose tongue thou hast not heard, ⁵⁰ a nation—fierce of countenance—which accepteth not the face of the aged, and the young doth not favour; ⁵¹ and it hath eaten the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, till thou art destroyed; which leaveth not to thee corn, new wine, and oil, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock, till it hath destroyed thee. ⁵² `And it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, till thy walls come down, the high and the fenced ones in which thou art trusting, in all thy land; yea, it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee; <sup>53</sup> and thou hast eaten the fruit of thy body, flesh of thy sons and thy daughters (whom Jehovah thy God hath given to thee), in the siege, and in the straitness with which thine enemies do straiten thee. <sup>54</sup> `The man who is tender in thee, and who is very delicate—his eye is evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his sons whom he leaveth, ⁵⁵ against giving to one of them of the flesh of his sons whom he eateth, because he hath nothing left to him, in the siege, and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee in all thy gates. ⁵⁶ `The tender woman in thee, and the delicate, who hath not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness—her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter, <sup>57</sup> and against her seed which cometh out from between her feet, even against her sons whom she doth bear, for she doth eat them for the lacking of all things in secret, in the siege and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee within thy gates. <sup>58</sup> `If thou dost not observe to do all the words of this law which are written in this book, to fear this honoured and fearful name—Jehovah thy God— ⁵⁹ then hath Jehovah made wonderful thy strokes, and the strokes of thy seed—great strokes, and stedfast, and evil sicknesses, and stedfast. ⁶⁰ `And He hath brought back on thee all the diseases of Egypt, of the presence of which thou hast been afraid, and they have cleaved to thee; <sup>61</sup> also every sickness and every stroke which is not written in the book of this law; Jehovah doth cause them to go up upon thee till thou art destroyed, <sup>62</sup> and ye have been left with few men, instead of which ye have been as stars of the heavens for multitude, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God. <sup>63</sup> `And it hath been, as Jehovah hath rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so doth Jehovah rejoice over you to destroy you, and to lay you waste; and ye have been pulled away from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it; ⁶⁴ and Jehovah hath scattered thee among all the peoples, from the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth; and thou hast served there other gods which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers—wood and stone. ⁶⁵ `And among those nations thou dost not rest, yea, there is no resting-place for the sole of thy foot, and Jehovah hath given to thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and grief of soul; <sup>66</sup> and thy life hath been hanging in suspense before thee, and thou hast been afraid by night and by day, and dost not believe in thy life; <sup>67</sup> in the morning thou sayest, O that it were evening! and in the evening thou sayest, O that it were morning! from the fear of thy heart, with which thou art afraid, and from the sight of thine eyes which thou seest. <sup>68</sup> `And Jehovah hath brought thee back to Egypt with ships, by a way of which I said to thee, Thou dost not add any more to see it, and ye have sold yourselves there to thine enemies, for men-servants and for maid-servants, and there is no buyer.'

²⁶ and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

⁴ for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

⁴⁷ `Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things— ⁴⁸ thou hast served thine enemies, whom Jehovah sendeth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in lack of all things; and he hath put a yoke of iron on thy neck, till He hath destroyed thee.

²⁶ A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, Is the righteous falling before the wicked.

⁸ and if any one for his own—and especially for those of the household—doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.