The Bible Prayer Line – Bible Lesson
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Bible Lesson: Marks Of Godly Character Versus Marks Of Non-Christian Character: Friendliness Versus Hatred.
Bible Texts:
Friendliness:
Proverbs 17:17 KJV
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Hatred:
Leviticus 19:12 RSV
You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason with your neighbor, lest you bear sin because of him.
The Word, Friendliness:
Job 6:14 RSV
He who withholds[a] kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of The Almighty.
Job 42:10 NLT
When Job prayed for his friends, The Lord restored his fortunes. In fact, The Lord gave him twice as much as before!
Proverbs 18:24 KJV
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is A Friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs 27:6 KJV
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs 27:9 NLT
The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.
Ecclesiastes 4:9,10 NLT
9 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.
10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.
Luke 6:31 KJV
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
John 15:12 KJV
This is My Commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Colossians 3:12-14 NLT
12 Since God chose you to be the holy people He loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, The Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.
14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.
I Thessalonians 5:11 NLT
So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.
James 4:4 NLT
You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
I Peter 4:8 NLT
Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
The Word, Hatred:
Proverbs 10:12 KJV
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs 22:24,25 NLT
24 Don’t befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people,
25 or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul.
Matthew 5:43,44 KJV
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Matthew 10:22 KJV
And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Matthew 24:9,10 NLT
9 “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are My followers.
10 And many will turn away from Me and betray and hate each other.
Mark 13:13 KJV
And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Luke 6:22,23,27,28 KJV
22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for The Son Of Man's sake.
23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
John 3:20 KJV
For every one that doeth evil hateth The Light, neither cometh to The Light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
John 7:7 KJV
The world cannot hate you; but Me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
John 15:18,23-25 KJV
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you.
23 He that hateth Me hateth My Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both Me and My Father.
25 But this cometh to pass, that The Word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated Me without a cause
John 17:14 KJV
I have given them thy Word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Titus 3:3 NLT
Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other.
I John 2:9-11 KJV
9 He that saith he is in The Light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in The Light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
I John 3:13,15 KJV
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
I John 4:20 KJV
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
Prayer:
I Corinthians 13:13 NLT
Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
