Rewarded, or “Gain of Godliness."

2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor. 5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. — 37: 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 9 For evil doers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. 18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright and their inheritance shall be forever. 19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth, and his seed is blessed. 27-40. Ps. 58: 11 Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.-84: 11 The LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. — 92: 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those that he planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing.-112: 1 Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

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Pr. 3: 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart: 4 So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. 32 The froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. 33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. 10: 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. 29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to

Rewarded, or " Gain of Godliness."

the workers of iniquity.-11: 17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. 19 As rightcousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death. 20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. 21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. 13: 6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. 21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid. 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.-16: 8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.-20: 7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.21: 21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy, findeth life, righteousness, and honor.- 28: 16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved; but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Is. 33: 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; 16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. 58: 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall spring forth speedily and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rere-ward.

Dan: 3: 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. 30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Me

To Liberty and Justice.

shach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.-6: 21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. 28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

Mat. 6:33 Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

1 Tim. 4: 8 Bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. — 6: 6 Godliness with content ment is great gain.

1 Pet. 3: 10 He that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good: let him seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. 13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that whick is good?

[See Promises, in the Index, and 87, 286, 344, 362, 47C 550-1, 566, 733.]

RIGHTS OF MAN.

631. A right to liberty and justice — threats for infringing these rights. Job 36: 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

Is. 10: 1 Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people.

Lam. 3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High, 36 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.

Am. 5: 12 I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Gal. 5: 13 Brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. [See 682.]

To Inquire freely-To Mental Culture - To the fruits of his industry, etc.

632. A right to inquire freely, and to express opinions.

Lk. 12:57 Why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

Jn. 5: 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

1 Cor. 10: 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?

1 Th. 5: 21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 1 Jn. 4: 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

633. A right to pursue mental culture.

Pr. 4: 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. -23: 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Lk. 11: 52 Wo unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. [See 363, 391.]

634. A right to enjoy the fruits of our own industry.

Ec. 3: 22 I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? 5: 18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

635. A right to our own wives and children.

Ec. 9: 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labor which thou takest under the

Bun.

Mat. 19: 6 They are no more twain, but one flesh. What herefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Ep. 6: 4 Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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Robbery forbidden and denounced - Sabbath instituted in Paradise - Enjoined, etc.

ROBBERY.

636. Robbery forbidden and denounced.

Lev. 19: 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Pr. 21: 7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them, because they refuse to do judgment.-22: 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. -28: 24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

Is. 61: 8 I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt-offering.

Ezk. 22: 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it but I found none. 31 Therefore, have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.

[See 490, 682, 732-3, 736.]

SABBATH.

637. Instituted in Paradise.

Gen. 2: 2 On the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Ex. 20: 11 In six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it.

638. Sabbath enjoined and recognized in the Decalogue, and other parts of the Old Testament.

Ex. 20: 8 Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God.