Thematic Bible: Virtues
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Virtues » Of women » A devotional spirit
So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her.
And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,
“This is the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked with favor upon me, to take away my disgrace among men.”
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea;
A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.
“Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
And Mary said:
“My soul exalts the Lord,
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And Mary said, “Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Greet Persis the beloved, who has worked hard in the Lord.
But Hannah replied, “No, my lord, I am a woman oppressed in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.
Virtues » Integrity » Examples of
Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “Do not regard their offering! I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.”
Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hand they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, for they dealt faithfully.
They said, “You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man’s hand.”
The man said to Joab, “Even if I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not put out my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Protect for me the young man Absalom!’
But the man of God said to the king, “If you were to give me half your house I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
But he said, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will take nothing.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.
Only no accounting shall be made with them for the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully.”
But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God.
Virtues » Industry » Commended
But he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully.
Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.
But he who pursues worthless things lacks
not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
Observe her ways and be wise,
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with
Virtues » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
But a
'You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity. 'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
for we have regard for what is honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
Virtues » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
But a
And a bag of deceptive weights?
You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
All the
“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.
Both of them are abominable to the Lord.
“You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath.
Virtues » Industry » Examples of
and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.
And does not eat the
Now the man Jeroboam was a valiant warrior, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, he appointed him over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.
Thus I was: by day the heat consumed me and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.
So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
and we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;
So we carried on the work with half of them holding spears from dawn until the stars appeared.
Virtues » Business » Diligence
or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,
But the
But the soul of the diligent is made fat.
Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;
Virtues » Of women » Wisdom and virtue
But a woman who
But she who shames him is like
But the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
And ruthless men attain riches.
Virtues » Of women » Liberality
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.
All the skilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen.
So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means.
And He saw a poor widow putting in two small copper coins. And He said, "Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them; for they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she had to live on."
Virtues » Of women » Modesty
In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior.
Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.
She said to the servant, “Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?” And the servant said, “He is my master.” Then she took her veil and covered herself.
to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown in order to display her beauty to the people and the princes, for she was beautiful. But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. Then the king became very angry and his wrath burned within him.
Virtues » Honesty » Integrity » General references to
But the
And You set me
Than he who is perverse in
Virtues » Fidelity » The workmen under hilkiah
They in turn gave it to the carpenters and to the builders to buy quarried stone and timber for couplings and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had let go to ruin. The men did the work faithfully with foremen over them to supervise: Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites of the sons of Merari, Zechariah and Meshullam of the sons of the Kohathites, and the Levites, all who were skillful with musical instruments.
Virtues » Fidelity » Required of stewards
In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.
Virtues » Fidelity » Nehemiah's treasurers
In charge of the storehouses I appointed Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, and in addition to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were considered reliable, and it was their task to distribute to their kinsmen.
Virtues » Fidelity » The workmen under jehoiada
Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hand they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, for they dealt faithfully.
Virtues » Fidelity » Of joseph
So he left everything he owned in Joseph’s charge; and with him there he did not concern himself with anything except the food which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.
Virtues » Fidelity » of moses
Now Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later;
Virtues » Fidelity » Of daniel
Then the commissioners and satraps began trying to find a ground of accusation against Daniel in regard to government affairs; but they could find no ground of accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him.
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