NIS Neighbor Invading Self

You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.

In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain!"

For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.

They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.

Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don't make me the reproach of the foolish.

For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.

for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.

They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.

I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.

As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my path. In the way in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.

Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.

For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.

My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent.

If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse."

for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.

For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house.

My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;

You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."

"But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'

They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, "He is insane."

--because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."

For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.

Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, "You son of David, have mercy on me!"

Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do?

The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, "I am the bread which came down out of heaven."

For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world."

The world can't hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so, but he leads the multitude astray."

The multitude answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?"

Then the Jews answered him, "Don't we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?"

Jesus answered, "I don't have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

Then the Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, 'If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.'

Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?"

The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.

for they loved men's praise more than God's praise.

If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his lord.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'

Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people.

Most certainly I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself, and walked where you wanted to. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you, and carry you where you don't want to go."

Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus sincerely loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus' breast at the supper and asked, "Lord, who is going to betray You?"

The people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"

But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, "We want to hear you again concerning this."

The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel.

serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;

Take them, and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law.

When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"

For they had seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

All the city was moved, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.

Immediately he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.

They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!"

how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles."

When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live."

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

I John, your brother and partner with you in oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God's Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.