Mark 7:22 - Easy To Read Version adultery, {\cf2\super [88]} greed, doing bad things to people, lying, doing things that are morally wrong, jealousy, saying bad things about people, proud boasting, and foolish living. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Coveting (a greedy desire to have more wealth), dangerous and destructive wickedness, deceit; unrestrained (indecent) conduct; an evil eye (envy), slander (evil speaking, malicious misrepresentation, abusiveness), pride (the sin of an uplifted heart against God and man), foolishness (folly, lack of sense, recklessness, thoughtlessness). American Standard Version (1901) covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness: Common English Bible adultery, greed, evil actions, deceit, unrestrained immorality, envy, insults, arrogance, and foolishness. Catholic Public Domain Version thefts, avarice, wickedness, deceitfulness, homosexuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, self-exaltation, foolishness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. |
One time the leaders of Babylon sent messengers to Hezekiah. Those messengers asked about a strange sign that had happened in the nations. {\cf2\super [396]} When they came, God left Hezekiah alone to test him and to know everything that was in Hezekiah’s heart. {\cf2\super [397]}
Bad people are too proud to follow God.\par They make all their evil plans.\par And they act like there is no God.\par
Help me think about your Agreement {\cf2\super [590]} \par instead of how to get rich.\par
A smart {\cf2\super [17]} person doesn’t tell everything he knows. But a foolish person tells everything and shows he is a fool.
Children do foolish things. But if you punish them, they will learn not to do those things.
Don’t eat with a selfish person. And stay away from the special foods he likes.
The things that a foolish person plans to do are sin. People hate a person who thinks he is better than other people.
You can grind a fool to powder, and still you will not force the foolishness out of him.
A selfish person only wants to get rich. That person does not realize that he is very close to being poor.
I studied and I tried very hard to find true wisdom. I tried to find a reason for everything. \{What did I learn?\} I learned that it is foolish to be evil, and it is crazy to act like a foolish person.
We sinned and turned against the Lord.\par We turned away from him and left him.\par We planned evil things.\par We planned things that are against God.\par We have thought of these things\par and planned them in our hearts.\par
Those people use their feet to run to evil. They hurry to kill people that have done nothing wrong. They think evil thoughts. Rioting and stealing is their way of living.
“A person’s mind is very tricky!\par The mind can be very sick,\par and no person truly understands it.\par
I can do what I want with my own money. Are you jealous because I am good \{to those people\}?’
If you look at people and want to help them, you will be full of light (goodness). But if you look at people in a selfish way, you will be full of darkness (evil). And if the only light you have is really darkness, then you have the worst kind of darkness. {\cf2\super [80]}
All these bad things begin inside a person, in the mind: bad thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder,
All these evil things come from inside a person. These things make a person wrong. {\cf2\super [89]} ”
And we destroy every proud thing that raises itself against the knowledge of God. And we capture (catch) every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.
“Don’t ever refuse to help someone simply because the seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near. Don’t let an evil thought like that enter your mind. You must never have bad thoughts about a person that needs help. You must not refuse to help him. If you don’t help that poor person, then he will complain to the Lord against you. And the Lord will find you guilty of sin.
“Even the most gentle and kind man among you will become cruel. He will be cruel to other people. He will be cruel to his wife that he loves so much. And he will be cruel to his children that are still alive.
“Even the most gentle and kind woman among you will become cruel. She might be a lady so gentle and delicate that she never put her feet on the ground to walk anywhere. But she will become cruel to her husband that she loves so much. And she will be cruel to her own son and daughter.
So when you do good, you stop foolish people from saying stupid things about you. This is what God wants.
Young men, I have something to say to you, too. You should accept the authority of the elders. {\cf2\super [32]} All of you should be very humble with each other.