Lawa ngamavesi eBhayibheli akhuluma ngawo ezomnotho
2 kwabaseThesalonika 3 : 10
10 Ngokuba nalapho sikini, saniyala ngalokhu ukuthi: Uma umuntu engathandi ukusebenza, makangadli.
UGenesise 41 : 33 – 57
33 Manje uFaro makafune indoda ehlakaniphileyo nehlakaniphileyo ayimise phezu kwezwe laseGibhithe.
34 UFaro makenze lokhu, abeke izinduna phezu kwezwe, athathe okwesihlanu kwezwe laseGibithe ngeminyaka eyisikhombisa yenala.
35 Mababuthe konke ukudla kweminyaka emihle ezayo, babuthe amabele phansi kwesandla sikaFaro, bagcine ukudla emizini;
36 Lokho kudla kuyoba ukudla kwezwe iminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala eyoba khona ezweni laseGibhithe; funa izwe libhujiswe yindlala.
37 Le ndaba yaba yinhle emehlweni kaFaro nasemehlweni ezinceku zakhe zonke.
38 UFaro wasesithi ezincekwini zakhe: Singamthola yini onjengalo, umuntu onoMoya kaNkulunkulu?
39 UFaro wayesethi kuJosefa: “Ngokuba uNkulunkulu ukubonisile konke lokhu, akakho ohlakaniphileyo nohlakaniphe njengawe;
40 Wena uyakuba phezu kwendlu yami, futhi njengezwi lakho bonke abantu bami bayobuswa; esihlalweni sobukhosi kuphela ngizakuba mkhulu kunawe.
41 UFaro wasesithi kuJosefa: Khangela, ngikumisile phezu kwelizwe lonke leGibhithe.
42 UFaro wayesekhipha indandatho yakhe esandleni sakhe, wayifaka esandleni sikaJosefa, wamembathisa ilineni elicolekileyo, wafaka iketanga legolide entanyeni yakhe;
43 Wamkhwelisa enqoleni yesibili ayenayo; bamemeza phambi kwakhe, bathi: Guqani, wambeka umbusi phezu kwelizwe lonke leGibhithe.
44 UFaro wasesithi kuJosefa: Mina nginguFaro; ngaphandle kwakho kakho ongaphakamisa isandla sakhe loba unyawo lwakhe elizweni lonke leGibhithe.
45 UFaro waqamba igama likaJosefa ngokuthi, Safnati Phaneya; wamnika u-Asenati indodakazi kaPotifera, umpristi wase-Oni, abe ngumkakhe. UJosefa waphuma, waya ezweni lonke laseGibithe.
46 UJosefa wayeneminyaka engamashumi amathathu lapho emi phambi kukaFaro inkosi yaseGibhithe. UJosefa wayesesuka kuFaro, walihamba lonke izwe laseGibithe.
47 Ngeminyaka eyisikhombisa yenala umhlaba wathela ngokugcwala.
48 Wabutha konke ukudla kweminyaka eyisikhombisa eyayisezweni laseGibithe, wakubeka ukudla emizini; ukudla kwensimu ezungeza yonke imizi wakubeka.
49 UJosefa wabuthela amabele angangesihlabathi solwandle, amabele, waze wayiyeka isibalo; ngoba lalingelanani.
50 UJosefa wazalelwa amadodana amabili, ungakafiki unyaka wendlala, amzalela wona u-Asenati indodakazi kaPotifera umpristi wase-Oni.
51 UJosefa waqamba izibulo ngokuthi uManase, ngokuba wathi uNkulunkulu ungenze ngakhohlwa konke umshikashika wami nayo yonke indlu kababa.
52 Eyesibili wayiqamba igama lokuthi u-Efrayimi, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wangenza ngazala ezweni losizi lwami.
53 Yaphela iminyaka eyisikhombisa yenala eyayisezweni laseGibithe.
54 Iminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala yayisiqala ukufika, njengokusho kukaJosefa; kepha ezweni lonke laseGibithe kwakukhona isinkwa.
55 Izwe lonke laseGibithe labulawa yindlala, abantu bakhalela ukudla kuFaro; uFaro wathi kubo bonke abaseGibithe: “Yanini kuJosefa; yenza lokho akutshela khona.
56 Indlala yaba phezu komhlaba wonke; uJosefa wavula zonke iziphala, wathengisela amaGibhithe; indlala yaba nzima ezweni laseGibithe.
57 Amazwe onke afika kuJosefa eGibithe ukuthenga ukolweni; ngoba indlala yayinzima emazweni wonke.
KwabaseRoma 13 : 1 – 14
1 Akube yilowo nalowo azithobe phansi kwamandla ombuso; Ngoba awekho amandla ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu: amandla akhona amiswe nguNkulunkulu.
2 Ngakho-ke omelana namandla umelana nesimiso sikaNkulunkulu;
3 Ngokuba ababusi kabesabeki kwabenza okuhle, kodwa kwabenza okubi. Pho, awuwesabi amandla na? yenza okuhle, futhi uyakuba nodumo yikho;
4 Ngokuba uyisikhonzi sikaNkulunkulu kuwe kube kuhle. Kepha uma wenza okubi, yesaba; ngokuba ayiphatheli ize inkemba, ngokuba iyisikhonzi sikaNkulunkulu, umphindiseli wokubuyisela ulaka kowenza okubi.
5 Ngakho-ke kufanele ukuzithoba, kungabi ngenxa yolaka kuphela, kodwa nangenxa kanembeza.
6 Ngokuba ngenxa yalokho nithela futhi, ngokuba bayizikhonzi zikaNkulunkulu ezikhuthalela khona lokho.
7 Nikani bonke okubafaneleyo; inkokhiso kubani; ukwesaba kokwesabayo; udumo kubani ukudunyiswa.
8 Ningakweleti muntu, kuphela elokuthandana, ngokuba othanda omunye uwugcwalisile umthetho.
9 Ngoba lokhu ukuthi: Ungaphingi, ungabulali, ungebi, ungafakazi amanga, ungafi; uma kukhona omunye umyalo, kufinyelelwe kuleli zwi lokuthi: Wothanda umakhelwane wakho njengalokhu uzithanda wena.
10 Uthando kalwenzi okubi kumakhelwane;
11 Nalokho nisazi isikhathi ukuthi sekuyihora lokuvuka ebuthongweni;
12 Ubusuku budlulile, usuku selusondele; ngakho-ke asilahle imisebenzi yobumnyama, sihlome izikhali zokukhanya.
13 Masihambe ngokufaneleyo njengasemini; kungabi ngokuzitika ngokuminza nokudakwa, kungabi ngamanyala namanyala, kungabi ngokuxabana nomhawu.
14 Kepha yembathani iNkosi uJesu Kristu, ningakhathaleli inyama ukuba nifeze izinkanuko zayo.
Izaga zikaSolomoni 19 : 17
17 Ohawukela ompofu uboleka uJehova; lalokho amnike khona uzakumbuyisela khona.
Luka 6 : 38
38 Yiphani, khona niyakuphiwa; isilinganiso esihle, esigxishiwe, esigxishiwe, esichichimayo, bayakuninika esifubeni senu. Ngokuba ngesilinganiso enilinganisa ngaso nani niyakulinganiselwa ngaso.
Umshumayeli 5 : 10
10 Othanda isiliva akayikusutha ngemali; nothanda inala akanenzuzo; nalokhu kuyize.
Umshumayeli 11 : 4 – 6
4 Obheka umoya akayikuhlwanyela; futhi obheka amafu ngeke avune.
5 Njengoba nje ungayazi indlela yomoya nokuthi akhula kanjani amathambo esibelethweni sokhulelweyo, kanjalo awuyazi imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu owenza zonke izinto.
6 Hlwanyela imbewu yakho ekuseni, nakusihlwa ungagodli isandla sakho, ngokuba awukwazi ukuthi iyakuphumelela, noma lokhu noma lokhuya, noma ziyakuba zinhle zombili ngokulingana.
2 kwabaseThesalonika 3 : 10 – 13
10 Ngokuba nalapho sikini, saniyala ngalokhu ukuthi: Uma umuntu engathandi ukusebenza, makangadli.
11 Ngokuba siyezwa ukuthi bakhona phakathi kwenu abahamba ngokungafanele, bengasebenzi nhlobo, kodwa begaya izibozi.
12 Abanjalo siyabayala, sibayala ngeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, ukuba basebenze ngokuthula, badle okwabo isinkwa.
13 Kepha nina, bazalwane, ningakhathali ekwenzeni okuhle.
KwabaseFilipi 4 : 19
19 Kodwa uNkulunkulu wami uzakugcwalisa ukuswela konke kwenu njengokwengcebo yakhe enkazimulweni kuKristu Jesu.
Luka 12 : 15
15 Wathi kubo: Qaphelani, nixwaye ukuhaha, ngokuba ukuphila komuntu akumi echichimeni lempahla yakhe.
2 kuThimothewu 2 : 15
15 Khuphela ukuba uziveze uthembekile kuNkulunkulu, isisebenzi esingenamahloni, esiqondisa kahle izwi leqiniso.
UDuteronomi 23 : 15 – 24
15 Awuyikunikela kuwe inceku ephunyukileyo enkosini yayo;
16 Izahlala lani phakathi kwenu, endaweni ezayikhetha kwelinye lamasango enu, lapho ithanda khona kakhulu; ungamcindezeli.
17 Makungabikho sifebe phakathi kwamadodakazi akwa-Israyeli, futhi makungabikho sifebe phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli.
18 Ungalethi inkokhelo yesifebe nenani lenja endlini kaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho nganoma yisiphi isithembiso; ngoba lezi ezimbili ziyisinengiso kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakho.
19 Ungeze umboleke umfowenu ngenzalo; obolekwa ngemali, obolekwa ngokudla, noma obolekwayo nganoma yini ebolekwa ngenzuzo;
20 Ungaziboleka umfokazi ngenzalo; kepha ungatsheleki umfowenu ngenzalo, ukuze uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akubusise kukho konke obeka kukho isandla sakho kukho ezweni oya kulo ukulidla.
21 Lapho wenza isithembiso kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ungalibali ukusigcwalisa; ngokuba uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho uyakukubuza nokukubuza kuwe; futhi kungaba yisono kini.
22 Kodwa uma uyeka ukwethembisa, akuyikuba yisono kuwe.
23 Okuphumile emlonyeni wakho, kugcine, ukwenze; yebo, umnikelo wesihle, njengalokho ufunge isithembiso sakho kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, owasethembisa ngomlomo wakho.
24 Lapho ungena esivinini somakhelwane wakho, ungadla izithelo zomvini ngokuthanda kwakho; kodwa akumelwe uthele lutho emgqonyeni wakho.
Izaga zikaSolomoni 22 : 7
7 Ocebileyo ubusa ompofu, nobolekayo yisigqila somboleki.
1 kuThimothewu 6 : 10
10 Ngokuba ukuthanda imali kuyimpande yakho konke okubi, okuthe abanye ngokuyifisa baduka ekukholweni, bazigwaza ngeminjunju eminingi.
ULevitikusi 25 : 37
37 Ungamniki imali yakho ngenzalo, ungamtsheleki izinto oziphilisa ngazo ukuze andise.
Izaga zikaSolomoni 22 : 16
16 Ocindezela ompofu ukuze andise inotho yakhe, nopha ocebileyo uyakuswela.
Hagayi 2 : 8
8 Ngelami isiliva negolide ngelami,” usho uJehova Sebawoti.
Izaga zikaSolomoni 28 : 25
25 Ozidlayo uyavusa ukuxabana, kepha owethemba uJehova uyakhuluphaliswa.
ULevitikusi 23 : 22
22 Uma nibutha isivuno sezwe lakini, akumelwe nihlanze amagumbi ezwe lakini lapho nivuna, futhi akumelwe nibuthe imvuthuluka esivunweni sakho; kufanele uyishiyele ompofu nomfokazi. UJehova unguNkulunkulu wakho.