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Keywords: EDOM,GLUTTONY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Genesis 25:30
NET Translation: So Esau said to Jacob, “Feed me some of the red stuff—yes, this red stuff—because I’m starving!” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
DARBY Translation: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with the red the red thing there, for I am faint. Therefore was his name called EdomD212.
KJV Translation: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,CRAFTINESS,EXTORTION,WORLDLINESS
Description: Genesis 25:31
NET Translation: But Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”
DARBY Translation: And Jacob said, Sell me nowD213 thy birthright.
KJV Translation: And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
Keywords: BIRTHRIGHT,FIRSTBORN,RESPONSIBILITY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Genesis 27:36
NET Translation: Esau exclaimed, “Jacob is the right name for him! He has tripped me up two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!” Then he asked, “Have you not kept back a blessing for me?”
DARBY Translation: And he said, Is it not therefore he was named JacobD230, for he has supplanted me now twice? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
KJV Translation: And he said, Is not he rightly named JacobK161? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
Keywords: CHESTNUT TREE,CONTRACTS,HAZEL,LABAN,POPLAR,SON-IN-LAW,WORLDLINESS
Description: Genesis 30:37
NET Translation: But Jacob took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees. He made white streaks by peeling them, making the white inner wood in the branches visible.
DARBY Translation: And Jacob took fresh rods of white poplar, almond-tree, and mapleD262; and peeled off white stripes in them, uncovering the white which was on the rods.
KJV Translation: And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which [was] in the rods.
Keywords: INTERCESSION,JUDAH,SERVANT,WORLDLINESS
Description: Genesis 37:26
NET Translation: Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
DARBY Translation: And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?
KJV Translation: And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit [is it] if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Keywords: COMMERCE,INTERCESSION,JOSEPH,JUDAH,WORLDLINESS
Description: Genesis 37:27
NET Translation: Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.
DARBY Translation: Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened [to him].
KJV Translation: Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he [is] our brother [and] our flesh. And his brethren were contentK239.
Keywords: ANGER,GLUTTONY,HAPPINESS,JUDGMENTS,MURMURING,PLAGUE,WORLDLINESS
Description: Numbers 11:33
NET Translation: But while the meat was still between their teeth, before they chewed it, the anger of the Lord burned against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very great plague.
DARBY Translation: The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, when the wrath of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague.
KJV Translation: And while the flesh [was] yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
Keywords: JUDGMENTS,WORLDLINESS
Description: Numbers 11:34
NET Translation: So the name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people that craved different food.
DARBY Translation: And they called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavahD988; because there they buried the people who lusted.
KJV Translation: And he called the name of that place KibrothhattaavahK655: because there they buried the people that lusted.
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,HEATHEN,HYPOCRISY,MOABITES,TEMPTATION,WORLDLINESS,ISRAEL,JERICHO,JORDAN
Description: Numbers 22:1
NET Translation: The Israelites traveled on and camped in the rift valley plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan River across from Jericho.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan fromD1074 Jericho.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan [by] Jericho.
Verse Intro: Balak Summons Balaam
Keywords: HYPOCRISY,MOABITES,TEMPTATION,WORLDLINESS,ALTAR,GOD,SEVEN
Description: Numbers 23:1
NET Translation: Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
DARBY Translation: And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
KJV Translation: And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
Verse Intro: Balaam's First Oracle
Keywords: HYPOCRISY,TEMPTATION,WORLDLINESS,GOD
Description: Numbers 24:1
NET Translation: When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as at the other times to seek for omens, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
DARBY Translation: And Balaam saw that it was good in the sight of Jehovah to bless Israel, and he went not, as at other times, to seek forD1090 enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
KJV Translation: And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantmentsK713, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Verse Intro: Balaam's Third Oracle
Keywords: CHILDREN,GLUTTONY,HOPHNI,JUDGE,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,PRIEST,RULERS,WORLDLINESS
Description: 1 Samuel 2:12
NET Translation: But the sons of Eli were wicked men. They did not acknowledge the Lord’s authority.
DARBY Translation: Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Now the sons of Eli [were] sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
Verse Intro: Eli's Worthless Sons
Keywords: GOVERNMENT,SELF-WILL,THEOCRACY,WORLDLINESS
Description: 1 Samuel 8:19
NET Translation: But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. Instead they said, “No! There will be a king over us!
DARBY Translation: And the people refused to hearken to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but there shall be a king over us,
KJV Translation: Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
Verse Intro: The Lord Grants Israel's Request
Keywords: WORLDLINESS
Description: 1 Samuel 8:20
NET Translation: We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us and fight our battles.”
DARBY Translation: that we also may be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and conduct our wars.
KJV Translation: That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
Keywords: WORLDLINESS
Description: 2 Kings 5:21
NET Translation: So Gehazi ran after Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from his chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?”
DARBY Translation: And Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he sprang down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
KJV Translation: So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw [him] running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, [Is] all well?
Keywords: DEATH,HYPOCRISY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Job 20:4
NET Translation: “Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,
DARBY Translation: Knowest thou [not] this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,
KJV Translation: Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
Verse Intro: What Job is Experiencing is the Lot of the Wicked
Keywords: CHILDREN,DANCING,HARP,WORLDLINESS
Description: Job 21:11
NET Translation: They allow their children to run like a flock; their little ones dance about.
DARBY Translation: They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
KJV Translation: They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Keywords: ENVY,THE RICH,WORLDLINESS
Description: Psalms 49:16
NET Translation: Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich and his wealth multiplies.
DARBY Translation: Be not afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased:
KJV Translation: Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
Keywords: BLINDNESS,GOD,INTEGRITY,TEMPTATION,WICKED (PEOPLE),WORLDLINESS
Description: Psalms 73:2
NET Translation: But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my feet almost slid out from under me.
DARBY Translation: But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;
KJV Translation: But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
Keywords: GLUTTONY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Psalms 78:18
NET Translation: They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.
DARBY Translation: And they tempted God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;
KJV Translation: And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Keywords: WORLDLINESS
Description: Psalms 78:29
NET Translation: They ate until they were beyond full; he gave them what they desired.
DARBY Translation: And they did eat, and were well filled; for that they lusted after, he brought to them.
KJV Translation: So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
Keywords: BLINDNESS,DEATH,REASONING,SELF-DELUSION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WICKED (PEOPLE),WORLDLINESS
Description: Proverbs 14:12
NET Translation: There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.
DARBY Translation: There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.
KJV Translation: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,HAPPINESS,JOY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Proverbs 14:13
NET Translation: Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.
DARBY Translation: Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.
KJV Translation: Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.
Keywords: FOOL,INTEGRITY,JOY,PLEASURE,WISDOM,WORLDLINESS
Description: Proverbs 15:21
NET Translation: Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.
DARBY Translation: Folly is joy to him that is void of senseD4299; but a man of understanding regulateth his walkD4300.
KJV Translation: Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdomK4216: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Keywords: AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,DRUNKENNESS,EXTRAVAGANCE,FOOD,FRUGALITY,OIL,PLEASURE,WINE,WORLDLINESS
Description: Proverbs 21:17
NET Translation: The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.
DARBY Translation: He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
KJV Translation: He that loveth pleasureK4275[shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Keywords: TOTAL ABSTINENCE,COMPANY,DRUNKENNESS,FRUGALITY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Proverbs 23:20
NET Translation: Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,
DARBY Translation: Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
KJV Translation: Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of fleshK4298:
Keywords: DRUNKARD,DRUNKENNESS,FRUGALITY,GLUTTONY,IDLENESS,POOR,POVERTY,SLOTHFULNESS,WORLDLINESS
Description: Proverbs 23:21
NET Translation: because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
DARBY Translation: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
KJV Translation: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
Keywords: BOASTING,IGNORANCE,LIFE,PROCRASTINATION,WORLDLINESS
Description: Proverbs 27:1
NET Translation: Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
DARBY Translation: Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
KJV Translation: Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of Solomon 431-457
Keywords: WORLDLINESS
Description: Proverbs 27:7
NET Translation: The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.
DARBY Translation: The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
KJV Translation: The full soul loathethK4344an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Keywords: EYE,MAN,WORLDLINESS
Description: Ecclesiastes 1:8
NET Translation: All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it. The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.
DARBY Translation: All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
KJV Translation: All things [are] full of labour; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Keywords: EXPERIMENT,LIFE,PHILOSOPHY,AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,EPICUREANS,HAPPINESS,INVESTIGATION,PLEASURE,VANITY,WISDOM,WORLDLINESS
Description: Ecclesiastes 2:1
NET Translation: I thought to myself, “Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile.” But I found that it also is futile.
DARBY Translation: I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoyD4477 pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity.
KJV Translation: I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.
Verse Intro: Futility of Self-Indulgent Pleasure
Keywords: IGNORANCE,WORLDLINESS
Description: Ecclesiastes 6:11
NET Translation: The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?
DARBY Translation: For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged?
KJV Translation: Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?
Keywords: IGNORANCE,LIFE,VANITY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Ecclesiastes 6:12
NET Translation: For no one knows what is best for a person during his life—during the few days of his fleeting life—for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.
DARBY Translation: For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?
KJV Translation: For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain lifeK4425which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Keywords: CONTENTMENT,SENSUALITY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Ecclesiastes 8:15
NET Translation: So I recommend the enjoyment of life, for there is nothing better on earth for a person to do except to eat, drink, and enjoy life. So joy will accompany him in his toil during the days of his life that God gives him on earth.
DARBY Translation: And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry; for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.
KJV Translation: Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
Verse Intro: Earthly Perspective - Enjoy Life Despite the Unexpected
Keywords: MONEY,RICHES,WORLDLINESS
Description: Ecclesiastes 10:19
NET Translation: Feasts are made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
DARBY Translation: A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything.
KJV Translation: A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merryK4451: but money answereth all [things].
Keywords: AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,CHILDREN,GOD,JOY,JUDGMENT,SENSUALITY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Ecclesiastes 11:9
NET Translation: Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.
DARBY Translation: Rejoice, young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.
KJV Translation: Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.
Verse Intro: Enjoy Life in the Fear of God Since Life is Brief
Keywords: CHILDREN,VANITY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Ecclesiastes 11:10
NET Translation: Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.
DARBY Translation: Then remove discontent from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youthD4550 are vanity.
KJV Translation: Therefore remove sorrowK4455from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,BALDNESS,HAPPINESS,PLEASURE,REPENTANCE,REPROBACY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Isaiah 22:12
NET Translation: At that time the Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.
DARBY Translation: And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;
KJV Translation: And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,GLUTTONY,HAPPINESS,PLEASURE,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,SENSUALITY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Isaiah 22:13
NET Translation: But look, there is outright celebration! You say, “Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep, eat meat and drink wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
DARBY Translation: and behold joy and rejoicing, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
KJV Translation: And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
Keywords: WORLDLINESS
Description: Isaiah 24:7
NET Translation: The new wine dries up, the vines shrivel up, all those who like to celebrate groan.
DARBY Translation: The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;
KJV Translation: The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
Keywords: SUMMER,WORLDLINESS
Description: Isaiah 28:4
NET Translation: The withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, will be like an early fig before harvest—as soon as someone notices it, he grabs it and swallows it.
DARBY Translation: and the fading flower of his glorious adornment which is on the head of the fat valley shall be like an early fig before the summer: as soon as he that seeth it perceiveth it, scarcely is it in his hand, he swalloweth it down.
KJV Translation: And the glorious beauty, which [is] on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, [and] as the hasty fruit before the summer; which [when] he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it upK4759.
Keywords: IMPENITENCE,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,WOMEN,WORLDLINESS
Description: Isaiah 32:9
NET Translation: You complacent women, get up and listen to me! You carefree daughters, pay attention to what I say!
DARBY Translation: Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
KJV Translation: Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
Verse Intro: Peace and Secuirty will Result
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,SECURITY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WORLDLINESS
Description: Isaiah 47:7
NET Translation: You said, ‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’ You did not think about these things; you did not consider how it would turn out.
DARBY Translation: and thou saidst, I shall be a mistress for ever; so that thou didst not take these things to heart, thou didst not remember the end thereof.
KJV Translation: And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: [so] that thou didst not lay these [things] to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
Keywords: PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,BACKSLIDERS,WORLDLINESS
Description: Hosea 9:1
NET Translation: O Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly like the nations, for you are unfaithful to your God. You love to receive a prostitute’s wages on all the floors where you thresh your grain.
DARBY Translation: Rejoice not, Israel, exultingly, as the peoples; for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved harlot's hire upon every corn-floor.
KJV Translation: Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as [other] people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward uponK6098every cornfloor.
Verse Intro: Their Misplaced Confidence in Assyria will Result in Return to Egypt
Keywords: WORLDLINESS
Description: Hosea 9:11
NET Translation: Ephraim will be like a bird; what they value will fly away. They will not bear children—they will not enjoy pregnancy—they will not even conceive!
DARBY Translation: As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away as a bird, no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
KJV Translation: [As for] Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
Keywords: TYRE,WORLDLINESS
Description: Hosea 9:13
NET Translation: Ephraim, as I have seen, has given their children for prey; Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.
DARBY Translation: Ephraim, as I saw [him], was a Tyre plantedD6176 in a beautiful placeD6177; but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the slayer.
KJV Translation: Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, [is] planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
Keywords: CONSCIENCE,SECURITY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Amos 6:3
NET Translation: You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.
DARBY Translation: Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
KJV Translation: Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seatK6205of violence to come near;
Keywords: BALDNESS,MUSIC,WORLDLINESS
Description: Amos 8:10
NET Translation: I will turn your festivals into funerals and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.
DARBY Translation: And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.
KJV Translation: And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Keywords: PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,WORLDLINESS
Description: Micah 2:10
NET Translation: But you are the ones who will be forced to leave! For this land is not secure; sin will thoroughly destroy it!
DARBY Translation: Arise ye, and depart; for this is not the resting-place, because of defilement thatD6355 bringeth destruction, even a grievous destruction.
KJV Translation: Arise ye, and depart; for this [is] not [your] rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy [you], even with a sore destruction.
Keywords: WORLDLINESS
Description: Micah 6:14
NET Translation: You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt eat, and not be satisfied, and thine emptiness [shall remain] in the midst of theeD6377; and thou shalt take away, and not save; and what thou savest will I give up to the sword.
KJV Translation: Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down [shall be] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and [that] which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,PARSIMONY (STINGINESS),WAGES,WORLDLINESS
Description: Haggai 1:6
NET Translation: You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.’”
DARBY Translation: Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but are not satisfied; ye drink, but are not filled with drink; ye clothe yourselves, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages for a bag with holes.
KJV Translation: Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holesK6433.
Keywords: CARE,COVETOUSNESS,FAITH,GIFTS FROM GOD,INSTRUCTION,TROUBLE,WORLDLINESS
Description: Matthew 6:25
NET Translation: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?
DARBY Translation: For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
KJV Translation: “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?”
Verse Intro: Kingdom Standard - Anxiety or Worry
Keywords: LIFE,MARTYRDOM,PARADOX,STOICISM,WORLDLINESS
Description: Matthew 10:39
NET Translation: Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.
DARBY Translation: He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.
KJV Translation: “He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.”
Keywords: CARE,CONVERTS,COVETOUSNESS,RICHES,TEMPTATION,THORN,WORLDLINESS
Description: Matthew 13:22
NET Translation: The seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth choke the word, so it produces nothing.
DARBY Translation: And he that is sown among the thorns this is he who hears the word, and the anxious care of this lifeD6764, and theD6765 deceit of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
KJV Translation: “He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.”
Keywords: AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,BIRTHDAY,DANCING,FEASTS,HERODIAS,JESUS THE CHRIST,WOMEN,WORLDLINESS
Description: Matthew 14:6
NET Translation: But on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,
DARBY Translation: But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;
KJV Translation: But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
Keywords: WORLDLINESS
Description: Matthew 14:7
NET Translation: so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.
DARBY Translation: whereupon he promised with oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.
KJV Translation: Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
Keywords: LIFE,MARTYRDOM,PARADOX,SELF-DENIAL,WORLDLINESS
Description: Matthew 16:25
NET Translation: For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will find it.
DARBY Translation: For whosoever shall desire to save his lifeD6812 shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.
KJV Translation: “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.”
Keywords: AMBITION,COVETOUSNESS,IMMORTALITY,LIFE,WICKED (PEOPLE),WORLDLINESS
Description: Matthew 16:26
NET Translation: For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
DARBY Translation: For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soulD6813? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
KJV Translation: “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
Keywords: PENNY,JESUS THE CHRIST,WORLDLINESS
Description: Matthew 18:1
NET Translation: At that time the disciples came to Jesus saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
DARBY Translation: In that hour the disciples came to Jesus saying, Who then is greatestD6825 in the kingdom of the heavens?
KJV Translation: At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Verse Intro: The Question of the Greatest in the Kingdom
Keywords: HOSPITALITY,JESUS THE CHRIST,KINGDOM OF HEAVEN,MARRIAGE,WORLDLINESS
Description: Matthew 22:2
NET Translation: “The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.
DARBY Translation: The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king whoD6875 made a wedding feast for his son,
KJV Translation: “The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,”
Keywords: ARK,FLOOD,IMPENITENCE,NOAH,WORLDLINESS
Description: Matthew 24:38
NET Translation: For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.
DARBY Translation: For as they were in the days which were before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day on which Noe entered into the ark,
KJV Translation: “For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,”
Keywords: IMPENITENCE,WORLDLINESS
Description: Matthew 24:39
NET Translation: And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.
DARBY Translation: and they knew not till the flood came and took all away; thus also shall be the coming of the Son of man.
KJV Translation: “And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
Keywords: CARE,COVETOUSNESS,LUST,RICHES,WORLDLINESS
Description: Mark 4:19
NET Translation: but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.
DARBY Translation: and the cares of lifeD6994, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
KJV Translation: “And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.”
Keywords: PARADOX,RIGHTEOUS,SELF-DENIAL,STOICISM,WORLDLINESS
Description: Mark 8:35
NET Translation: For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and because of the gospel will save it.
DARBY Translation: For whosoever shallD7043 desire to save his life shallD7044 lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it.
KJV Translation: “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.”
Keywords: AMBITION,HUMILITY,JESUS THE CHRIST,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,WORLDLINESS
Description: Mark 9:33
NET Translation: Then they came to Capernaum. After Jesus was inside the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”
DARBY Translation: And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he asked them, Of what were ye reasoning by the way?
KJV Translation: And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, “What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?”
Verse Intro: The Question of the Greatest in the Kingdom
Keywords: AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,CARE,FAITH,INSTABILITY,PLEASURE,SIN,TEMPTATION,WORLDLINESS
Description: Luke 8:14
NET Translation: As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
DARBY Translation: But that that fell where the thorns wereD7267, these are they who having heard go away and are choked under cares and riches and pleasures of lifeD7268, and bring no fruit to perfection.
KJV Translation: “And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of” [this] “life, and bring no fruit to perfection.”
Keywords: AMBITION,CHILDREN,CHURCH,HUMILITY,JESUS THE CHRIST,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,PRIDE,WORLDLINESS
Description: Luke 9:46
NET Translation: Now an argument started among the disciples as to which of them might be the greatest.
DARBY Translation: And a reasoning came in amongst them, who should be [the] greatestD7297 of them.
KJV Translation: Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
Verse Intro: The Question of the Greatest in the Kingdom
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,GLUTTONY,SELF-DELUSION,SENSUALITY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Luke 12:19
NET Translation: And I will say to myself, “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’
DARBY Translation: and I will say to my soulD7328, SoulD7329, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
KJV Translation: “And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink,” [and] “be merry.”
Keywords: WORLDLINESS
Description: Luke 14:17
NET Translation: At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’
DARBY Translation: And he sent his bondman at the hour of supper to say to those who were invited, Come, for already all things are ready.
KJV Translation: “And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.”
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,REPROOF,COVETOUSNESS,DISHONESTY,EMBEZZLEMENT,MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE,PROBATION,SERVANT,STEWARD,WORLDLINESS
Description: Luke 16:1
NET Translation: Jesus also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.
DARBY Translation: And he said also to [his] disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and *he* was accused to him as wasting his goods.
KJV Translation: And he said also unto his disciples, “There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.”
Verse Intro: Parable of the Clever House Steward
Keywords: DEAD (PEOPLE),EXTRAVAGANCE,HAPPINESS,JESUS THE CHRIST,LINEN,THE RICH,SELF-INDULGENCE,WORLDLINESS
Description: Luke 16:19
NET Translation: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
DARBY Translation: Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.
KJV Translation: “There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:”
Verse Intro: The Rich Man and Lazarus - The Future Banquet
Keywords: ANTEDILUVIANS,CONFIDENCE,FLOOD,JERUSALEM,WORLDLINESS
Description: Luke 17:26
NET Translation: Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.
DARBY Translation: And as it took place in the days of Noe, thus also shall it be in the days of the Son of man:
KJV Translation: “And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.”
Keywords: PARADOX,PERSECUTION,WORLDLINESS
Description: Luke 17:33
NET Translation: Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
DARBY Translation: Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose it shall preserve it.
KJV Translation: “Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.”
Keywords: CARE,DRUNKENNESS,GLUTTONY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Luke 21:34
NET Translation: “But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
DARBY Translation: But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;
KJV Translation: “And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and” [so] “that day come upon you unawares.”
Verse Intro: Be Ready - No One knows the Day or the Hour
Keywords: AMBITION,GODLESSNESS,UNBELIEF,WORLDLINESS
Description: John 5:44
NET Translation: How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?
DARBY Translation: How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and seek not the glory which [comes] from God aloneD7508?
KJV Translation: “How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that” [cometh] “from God only?”
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,LIFE,MARTYRDOM,PARADOX,RIGHTEOUS,SELF-DENIAL,WORLDLINESS
Description: John 12:25
NET Translation: The one who loves his life destroys it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards it for eternal life.
DARBY Translation: He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.
KJV Translation: “He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.”
Keywords: CONFESSION,COWARDICE,PUBLIC OPINION,SIN,WORLDLINESS
Description: John 12:43
NET Translation: For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
DARBY Translation: for they loved glory from men rather than glory from GodD7597.
KJV Translation: For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Keywords: HATRED,HOLINESS,PERSECUTION,PREDESTINATION,RIGHTEOUS,WORLDLINESS
Description: John 15:19
NET Translation: If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.
DARBY Translation: If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on account of this the world hates you.
KJV Translation: “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.”
Keywords: GOD,HOLINESS,REGENERATION,WILL,WORD OF GOD,WORLDLINESS
Description: Romans 12:2
NET Translation: Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God—what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
DARBY Translation: And be not conformedD8149 to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of [your] mind, that ye may proveD8150 what [is] the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
KJV Translation: And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Keywords: SPIRITUALITY,WATCHFULNESS,WORLDLINESS,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: 1 Corinthians 7:29
NET Translation: And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,
DARBY Translation: But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wivesD8270, be as not having [any]:
KJV Translation: But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
Keywords: EXAMPLE,JUDGMENTS,LUST,WORLDLINESS
Description: 1 Corinthians 10:6
NET Translation: These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.
DARBY Translation: But these things happened [as] types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, as they also lusted.
KJV Translation: Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
Keywords: ANIMALS,EPICUREANS,GAMES,GLADIATOR,GLUTTONY,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,SENSUALITY,WORLDLINESS
Description: 1 Corinthians 15:32
NET Translation: If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
DARBY Translation: If, [to speak] after the manner of man, I have fought with beastsD8355 in Ephesus, what is the profit to me if [those that are] dead do not rise? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we dieD8356.
KJV Translation: If after the manner of menK6949I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,CROSS,HYPOCRISY,LOVE,WEEPING,WICKED (PEOPLE),WORLDLINESS
Description: Philippians 3:18
NET Translation: For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.
DARBY Translation: (for many walk of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they [are] the enemies of the cross of Christ:
KJV Translation: (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ:
Keywords: CHARACTER,COVETOUSNESS,GLORY,GLUTTONY,HYPOCRISY,WICKED (PEOPLE),WORLDLINESS
Description: Philippians 3:19
NET Translation: Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.
DARBY Translation: whose end [is] destruction, whose god [is] the belly, and [their] glory in their shame, who mind earthly things:)
KJV Translation: Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Keywords: AFFECTIONS,COMMANDMENTS,COVETOUSNESS,WORLDLINESS
Description: Colossians 3:2
NET Translation: Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,
DARBY Translation: have your mind on the things [that are] above, not on the things [that are] on the earth;
KJV Translation: Set your affectionK7075on things above, not on things on the earth.
Keywords: ADULTERY,AFFECTIONS,CHASTITY,COMMANDMENTS,CONTINENCE,COVETOUSNESS,DEPRAVITY OF MAN,HOLINESS,LASCIVIOUSNESS,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SELF-DENIAL,WORLDLINESS
Description: Colossians 3:5
NET Translation: So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
DARBY Translation: Put to deathD8762 therefore your members which [are] upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desireD8763, which is idolatry.
KJV Translation: Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Keywords: AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,DEATH,PLEASURE,WORLDLINESS
Description: 1 Timothy 5:6
NET Translation: But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.
DARBY Translation: But she that lives in habits of self-indulgence is dead [while] living.
KJV Translation: But she that liveth in pleasureK7117is dead while she liveth.
Keywords: CARE,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,PARABLES,RIGHTEOUS,SELF-DENIAL,WAR,WORLDLINESS
Description: 2 Timothy 2:4
NET Translation: No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.
DARBY Translation: No one goingD8907 as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who has enlisted him as a soldier.
KJV Translation: No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Keywords: CHARITABLENESS,CHILDREN,COMMANDMENTS,HEART,HOLINESS,LOVE,LUST,PEACE,PURITY,RIGHTEOUSNESS,WORLDLINESS,YOUNG MEN
Description: 2 Timothy 2:22
NET Translation: But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
DARBY Translation: But youthful lusts flee, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those that call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.
KJV Translation: Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Keywords: BLASPHEMY,CHARACTER,CHILDREN,COMMANDMENTS,COVETOUSNESS,FELLOWSHIP,INGRATITUDE,PERSECUTION,PRIDE,SELFISHNESS,WICKED (PEOPLE),WORLDLINESS
Description: 2 Timothy 3:2
NET Translation: For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
DARBY Translation: for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, evil speakers, disobedient to parents, ungratefulD8921, profane,
KJV Translation: For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Keywords: BELLY,CRETE,FALSEHOOD,POET,WORLDLINESS
Description: Titus 1:12
NET Translation: A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
DARBY Translation: One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.
KJV Translation: One of themselves, [even] a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians [are] alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
Keywords: HOLINESS,LUST,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SELF-DENIAL,SOBRIETY,TEMPERANCE,WORLDLINESS
Description: Titus 2:12
NET Translation: It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
DARBY Translation: teachingD8952 us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberlyD8953, and justly, and piously in the present course of thingsD8954,
KJV Translation: Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Keywords: AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,CHARACTER,DEPRAVITY OF MAN,ENVY,FOOL,MALICE,PLEASURE,SALVATION,TESTIMONY,WICKED (PEOPLE),WORLDLINESS
Description: Titus 3:3
NET Translation: For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.
DARBY Translation: For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.
KJV Translation: For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.
Keywords: ADOPTION,DECISION,FAITH,MOSES,PATRIOTISM,WORLDLINESS,YOUNG MEN,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: Hebrews 11:24
NET Translation: By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
DARBY Translation: By faith Moses, when he had become great, refused to be called son of Pharaoh's daughter;
KJV Translation: By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
Keywords: BIRTHRIGHT,ESAU,FIRSTBORN,GLUTTONY,JACOB,REPENTANCE,WORLDLINESS
Description: Hebrews 12:16
NET Translation: And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
DARBY Translation: lest [there be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright;
KJV Translation: Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
Keywords: COMMANDMENTS,FAITH,JESUS THE CHRIST,RESPECT OF PERSONS,WORLDLINESS
Description: James 2:1
NET Translation: My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.
DARBY Translation: My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [Lord] of glory, with respect of persons:
KJV Translation: My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.
Verse Intro: Judgment and the Law of Love
Keywords: CARNAL MINDEDNESS,GODLESSNESS,HOLINESS,WORLDLINESS
Description: James 4:4
NET Translation: Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.
DARBY Translation: Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with GodD9200? Whoever therefore is minded to be [the] friend of the world is constituted enemy of God.
KJV Translation: Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Keywords: JOY,WORLDLINESS
Description: James 4:9
NET Translation: Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.
DARBY Translation: Be wretchedD9206, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
KJV Translation: Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
Keywords: AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,EMPLOYER,SENSUALITY,WORLDLINESS
Description: James 5:5
NET Translation: You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
DARBY Translation: Ye have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye have nourished your hearts [as] in a day of slaughter;
KJV Translation: Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Keywords: BLINDNESS,CHARACTER,HOLINESS,OBEDIENCE,RIGHTEOUS,WORLDLINESS
Description: 1 Peter 1:14
NET Translation: Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,
DARBY Translation: as children of obedience, not conformedD9229 to [your] former lusts in your ignorance;
KJV Translation: As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
Keywords: DEATH,GLORY,GRASS,LIFE,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,WORLDLINESS
Description: 1 Peter 1:24
NET Translation: For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,
DARBY Translation: Because all flesh [is] as grass, and all its glory as [the] flower of grass. The grass has withered and [its] flower has fallen;
KJV Translation: ForK7256all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Keywords: COMMANDMENTS,EXAMPLE,HOLINESS,INFLUENCE,LUST,RIGHTEOUS,SELF-DENIAL,WAR,WORLDLINESS
Description: 1 Peter 2:11
NET Translation: Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,
DARBY Translation: Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojournersD9244, to abstain from fleshly lusts, whichD9245 war against the soul;
KJV Translation: Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Keywords: ADULTERY,AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,GENTILES,GLUTTONY,IDOLATRY,LASCIVIOUSNESS,LUST,PERSECUTION,SIN,WORLDLINESS
Description: 1 Peter 4:3
NET Translation: For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.
DARBY Translation: For the time past [is] sufficient [for us] to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings, and unhallowed idolatries.
KJV Translation: For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Keywords: ADULTERY,AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,GENTILES,IDOLATRY,PERSECUTION,SLANDER,WORLDLINESS
Description: 1 Peter 4:4
NET Translation: So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.
DARBY Translation: Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same sink of corruptionD9281, speaking injuriously [of you];
KJV Translation: Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you]:
Keywords: CORRUPTION,DEATH,WICKED (PEOPLE),WORLDLINESS
Description: 2 Peter 2:12
NET Translation: But these men, like irrational animals—creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed—do not understand whom they are insulting, and consequently in their destruction they will be destroyed,
DARBY Translation: But these, as natural animals without reason, made to be caught and destroyedD9326, speaking injuriously in things they are ignorant of, shall also perish in their own corruption,
KJV Translation: But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
Keywords: APOSTASY,BALAAM,BEOR,COVETOUSNESS,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,TEMPTATION,WORLDLINESS
Description: 2 Peter 2:15
NET Translation: By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
DARBY Translation: having left [the] straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved [the] reward of unrighteousness;
KJV Translation: Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
Keywords: AFFECTIONS,COMPANY,FELLOWSHIP,LUST,TEMPTATION,VANITY,WORLDLINESS
Description: 2 Peter 2:18
NET Translation: For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.
DARBY Translation: For [while] speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with [the] lusts of [the] flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error,
KJV Translation: For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were cleanK7281escaped from them who live in error.
Keywords: COMMANDMENTS,COVETOUSNESS,GOD,LOVE,WORLDLINESS
Description: 1 John 2:15
NET Translation: Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
DARBY Translation: Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him;
KJV Translation: Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Keywords: ADULTERY,ANARCHY,ANGEL (a spirit),ANTEDILUVIANS,APOSTASY,ARCHANGEL,ASTRONOMY,BALAAM,BENEDICTIONS,BLACKNESS,BLESSING,BLINDNESS,CAIN,CALL,CHAINS,CHARACTER,CHURCH,CITIZENS,COLORS,COMMANDMENTS,COVETOUSNESS,DECISION,DEMONS,DILIGENCE,DOCTRINES,DUTY,ENOCH,ETERNITY,FAITH,FLATTERY,GLUTTONY,GOD,GOMORRAH,GOSPEL,GRACE OF GOD,HELL,HERESY,HOLY SPIRIT,HYPOCRISY,IMMORTALITY,INFIDELITY,JAMES,JESUS THE CHRIST,JOY,JUDAS (JUDE),JUDGMENT,KORAH,LASCIVIOUSNESS,LIFE,LOVE,LOVEFEASTS,LUST,MEEKNESS,METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA,MICHAEL,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,MOSES,MURMURING,POWER,PRAISE,PRAYER,PREDESTINATION,PROPHECY,PROPHETS,RAILING,RAMAH,RELIGION,REPROBACY,REVERENCE,SALVATION,SANCTIFICATION,SATAN,SENSUALITY,SIN,SLANDER,SODOM,SPEAKING,STARS,UNBELIEF,WAR,WATCHFULNESS,WICKED (PEOPLE),WORD OF GOD,WORLDLINESS,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: Jude 1:1
NET Translation: From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.
DARBY Translation: Jude, bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called ones beloved inD9419 God [the] Father and preserved in Jesus Christ:
KJV Translation: Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, [and] called:
Verse Intro: Jude's Greetings to the Belivers