The best quotes from the bible. Quotes from the New Testament, they are also our commandments Book of Judges of Israel

All Scripture is inspired and useful: it helps to teach, reprove, correct, instruct how to live an honest life.
2 Tim 3:16

In some verses I used a modern translation.

Love your loved ones

Beloved! if God loved us so much, then we should love each other. No one has ever seen God: if we love each other, then God abides in us, and His love is perfect in us.
1 John 4:11-12

Your attitude towards people determines your true attitude towards God. How can you love someone you don't see if you hate someone you see?

Love people. Take care of them. Starting today, start with a simple smile and a kind word for those around you. Then, as the Bible promises, love will increase in your heart.

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Love your enemies

But I say to you: love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who use you and persecute you.
Matthew 5:44

Remember: negativity causes negativity. If we react negatively to some bad things, the fire will only get worse. The only way to extinguish it is to return good for evil. Moreover, not only visibly, but sincerely, from the bottom of my heart.

Think about those who offended you, hurt you, betrayed you. Understand that it is worse for them than for you, because if they hurt others, it means that they themselves are also wounded. Why be offended by those whose souls are already “on disability”? Ask God for healing and peace for your offenders, and you will see amazing changes!

Trust God

Do not be anxious about anything, but in all circumstances, whether through prayer, petition, or thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace that comes from God, which surpasses your understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ. Jesus.
Phil.4:6-7

To trust means not to worry. At all. No way. Open your requests, needs, desires to God, and expect answers with faith! They will definitely be there!

But if you are always worried, doubting, saying negative things about yourself and your life, this often blocks God’s decisions for you. Trusting in God brings deep peace to the heart.

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Goodbye

And when you stand and pray, forgive everything that you have against someone, so that your Heavenly Father will forgive you your sins.
Mark 11:25

You can pray for days at a time, but if unforgiveness lives in your soul, you are cut off from God's mercy, and therefore from His blessings. I repeat once again: your attitude towards people determines God’s attitude towards you!

Don't give up!

Ask and you will be rewarded, seek and you will find. Knock and the door will open for you. He who asks will receive; whoever seeks will always find; and the door will open to the one who knocks.
Matthew 7:7,8

Don't give up on your dreams, goals, calling, mission! Don’t be ashamed to ask, seek, knock, achieve. This kind of persistence leads to great results!

Cry of the soul

Call to Me - and I will answer you, I will show you great and inaccessible things that you do not know.
Jer.33:3

Sometimes, to reach a new level of life, you need to cry out to God with all your heart. Scream. Scream. That I’m tired, that I don’t have the strength, that I can’t do this anymore.

Such sincere “cries of the soul” open the door to the “inaccessible,” to something you didn’t know before. A new understanding, a revelation, a new turn will come. God promised so, and He never lies.

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Determine your measure

Give, and it will be given to you; full measure, so that even if it overflows, it will be poured out to you, for with the same measure you use, the same will be measured back to you.
Luke 6:38

This verse clearly states that you determine what you get in life. The way you measure, it will be measured to you. The way you judge something or someone is the same way they will judge you.

If you are greedy, don’t expect generosity from others. But if you are a “giver” in life (of time, energy, finances), it is not surprising that even more will come back to you!

Study the Bible

Always remember what is written in this book of laws. Study it day and night so that you can do everything that is written in it. By doing this, you will be wise and successful in all your undertakings.
Joshua 1:8

Studying God's Word will provide you with success in every area of ​​your life. It is from the Bible that true wisdom comes, an understanding of how things really work.

Do you want to be wise, effective, happy? Starting today, start reading the Bible, at least a verse a day, and meditate on what you read. Your thinking will begin to change, and, accordingly, your quality of life.

Find solace in God

Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desire of your heart.
Ps.37:4

When it’s bad, painful, bad, run to God. If you run to people, alcohol, drugs and other doping substances, you will get a temporary effect that will not affect reality in any way.

But if you turn to God, this guarantees not only deep consolation, but also the fulfillment of your deepest desires! This is how the Lord values ​​your communication with Him!

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Problems will run away

Submit yourselves therefore to God; resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:7-10

The devil exists. Curses exist. And many problems in life (illness, failure, pain, disorder) are precisely his work. And therefore, sometimes the devil needs to be driven away, otherwise he is such an arrogant guest.

How to do this? First of all, submit (obey) God and His plan for you, His commandments, His word. The devil hates such people, but he cannot even get close to them!

Everything will work out! :)

Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Matthew 6:33

One of my favorite poems and principles in life. When we seek God, everything we need is included!

What does it mean to seek God? This means striving to go where He is (church, sermons, songs, books, etc.), studying His character, thirsting for His presence and putting Him on the pedestal of your life.

Give the Lord time, strength, honor and respect. Love Him. And then everything will work out! What you need will flow into your hands, as if with the flow. The right doors will open for you, you will always be in the right places at the right time. This kind of GPS of fate will turn on :)

I believe these Bible verses are helping you realize something important right now. May your life change and God's love fill your heart!

50 Quotes and Sayings from the Bible

1. Better dish greenery, and with it love, rather than a fatted bull, and with it hatred.

(Proverbs 15:17)

2. Ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you...

3. ... It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth defiles a person...
(Matthew 15. 11, 16-19)

4. For everything there is a season, and a time for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die... a time to scatter stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to hug, and a time to avoid hugs... a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

(Eccl. 3.1-2, 5, 8)

5. Do not say: “Why were the former days better than these?” for it is not from wisdom that you ask this.

(Eccl. 7:10)

6. If the flesh began to exist because of the spirit, this is a miracle. If the spirit is because of the body, this is a miracle of miracles. But I, I am amazed at how such great wealth fit into such poverty.

7. So, beware of useless murmuring and beware of the slander of the tongue, for even a secret word will not be in vain, and slandering lips kill the soul.

(Prev. 1. 11)

8. Don’t be intrusive so that they don’t push you away, and don’t move too far away so that they don’t forget about you.
(Sir. 13. 13)

9. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.

10. Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal, for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

(Matthew 6. 19-21)

11. Judge not, lest ye be judged, for with the same judgment ye judge, so shall ye be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

(Gospel of Matthew chapter 7)

12. ... With the measure you use, it will be measured back to you, and more will be added to you who hear. For whoever has, to him will be given, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

(Mark 4.24-25)

13. ...Do they not get up when they fall and turn aside from the path and return?

14. Do not boast about tomorrow, because you do not know what that day will bring forth.

(Proverbs 27:1)

15. The days of a man are like grass; like the flower of the field, so it blooms. The wind passes over him, and he is no more, and his place no longer recognizes him.

(Ps. 102. 15-16)

16. But there will not always be darkness where it has now thickened.

17. Light and darkness, life and death, right and left are brothers to each other. They cannot be separated from each other.
(Phil. 10)

18. ... Love your soul and comfort your heart and remove sorrow from yourself, for sorrow has killed many, but there is no benefit in it.

(Sir. 30. 22-27)

19. So, if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness?

20. ...Even if our outer man is decaying, our inner man is being renewed from day to day.

(2 Cor. 4:16)

21. For we know that when our earthly house, this hut, is destroyed, we have from God a dwelling in heaven, a house not made with hands, eternal.

(2 Cor. 5.1)

22. Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.

23. Hope that does not come true for a long time torments the heart, but a fulfilled desire is like a tree of life.
(Proverbs 13:12)

24. Do not open your heart to every person, lest he thank you badly.

25. Do not praise a person for his beauty, and do not have disgust for a person because of his appearance.

26. My son! Don’t take on a lot of things: with a lot of things you won’t be left without guilt. And if you chase after them, you will not reach them, and if you run away, you will not get away. Others work, strain their strength, hurry, and even more so fall behind.

(Sir. 11. 10–11)

27. If those who lead you say to you: Look, the kingdom is in heaven! - then the birds of the air will be ahead of you. If they tell you that it is in the sea, then the fish will get ahead of you. But the Kingdom is within you, and it is your eye! When you know yourself, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the Living Father. If you do not know yourself, then you will remain in poverty and you are poverty.
(Fom. 3)

28 Thus says the Lord: Stand still in your ways and consider, and ask about the ancient ways, where is the good way, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.

29. ...The visible is temporary, but the invisible is eternal.

(2 Cor. 4:18)

30. Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in you?

If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will punish him: for the temple of God is holy; and this temple is you.

(1 Cor. 3.16-17)

31. Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your Father in heaven feeds them... Look at the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin... So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things: its own care is enough for each day.

(Matt. 6.26, 28, 34)

32. Do not be jealous of evildoers, do not envy those who do iniquity, for they, like grass, will soon be cut down...

33. Since they sowed the wind, they will also reap the storm...

34. And from everyone to whom much is given, much will be required, and to whom much is entrusted, from him more will be required.
(Luke 12:48)

35. There is nothing secret that would not become obvious.

36. Stand firm in your covenant and continue in it, and grow old in your work.

(Sir. 11.19)

37. And passions arise from four demons. From sadness - envy, jealousy, grief, anxiety, pain, heartlessness, care, trouble, etc. From pleasure comes many atrocities, and empty boasting, and similar things. And from desire - anger, rage and bitterness, and bitter passion, and greed, and similar things. And from fear - amazement, flattery, confusion, shame. All of them are of the kind that are both useful and harmful.

(Ap. John 18)

38. Do not say: “I will repay evil”; leave it to the Lord, and He will keep you.
Proverbs 17:13

39. What is life without wine? it was created for the joy of people. Wine, consumed in moderation at the right time, is a joy to the heart and a consolation to the soul; Wine is a sorrow for the soul when one drinks a lot of it, during irritation and quarrel.
(Sir. 31. 32-34)

40. Do not be afraid of the flesh - and do not love it. If you are afraid of her, she will dominate you. If you love her, she will consume you, she will suppress you.

41. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because in fear there is torment. He who fears is imperfect in love. Let us love Him because He first loved us. He who says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, is a liar: for he does not loving brother his own, whom he sees, how can he love God, whom he does not see?

(1 John 4. 18-20)

42. Do not owe anyone anything except mutual love; For he who loves another has fulfilled the law... You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Love does not harm one's neighbor; So, love is the fulfillment of the law.

(Rom. 13.8-10)

43. If I speak in the tongues of men and angels, but do not have love, then I am a ringing gossamer or a sounding cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries, and have all knowledge and all faith, so that I could move mountains, but do not have love, then I am nothing. And if I give away all my property and give my body to be burned, but do not have love, it does me no good. Love is long-suffering, merciful, love does not envy, love is not arrogant, is not proud, is not rude, does not seek its own, is not irritated, does not think evil, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails, although prophecy will cease, and tongues will be silent, and knowledge will be abolished. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; But when that which is perfect comes, then that which is in part will cease.

(1 Cor. 13. 1-10)

44. For in anyone who has the light of good deeds in mind, darkness also flees from him.

(Testament 12.5)

45. But the way of the wicked is like darkness; they don't know what they'll trip over.

(Proverbs 4:19)

46. ​​Verily, every man living is complete vanity. Truly, man walks like a ghost; in vain he fusses, collects and does not know who will get it.

(Ps. 38.6–7)

47. ...The one who is envied always blooms, but the envious one fades.

(Testament. 2. 3)

48. He who watches the wind must not sow; and whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

(Eccl. 11.4)

49. Jesus said: I am the light that is upon them all. I am everything: everything comes out of Me and everything comes into Me. Split the tree, I am there; lift up the stone and you will find Me there.

50. There are many plans in a person’s heart, but only those determined by the Lord will come to pass.

(Proverbs 19:21)

NOTATION

Old Testament
(Gen.) Genesis
(Ex.) Exodus
(Lev.) Leviticus
(Num.) Numbers
(Deut.) Deuteronomy
(1 Samuel) First Book of Samuel
(1 Kings) 3rd Book of Kings
(2 Chron.) 2 Chronicles
(2 Rides) Second Book of Ezra
(Tov.) Book of Tobit
(Judith.) Book of Judith
(Job.) Book of Job
(Ps.) Psalter
(Prov.) Proverbs of Solomon
(Eccl.) Book of Ecclesiastes, or Preacher
(Song.) Song of Solomon
(Wisdom) Book of Wisdom of Solomon
(Sir.) Book of Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach
(Isa.) Book of the prophet Isaiah
(Jer.) Book of the prophet Jeremiah
(Lamentations) Jeremiah's Lamentation
(Last Mer.) The Epistle of Jeremiah
(Var.) Book of the prophet Baruch
(Ezek.) Book of the prophet Ezekiel
(Dan.) Book of the Prophet Daniel
(Hos.) Book of the prophet Hosea
(Am.) Book of the Prophet Amos
(Mux.) Book of the Prophet Micah
(Hab.) Book of the prophet Habakkuk
(Zech.) Book of the prophet Zechariah
(Mal.) Book of the prophet Malachi
(2 Maccabees) Second Book of Maccabees
(3 Rides) Third Book of Ezra

New Testament
(Matthew) Holy Gospel from Matthew
(Mark) Holy Gospel from Mark
(Luke) Holy Gospel from Luke
(John) Holy Gospel from John
(Acts) Acts of the Holy Apostles
(James) Epistle of James
(1 Pet.) First Epistle of Peter
(2 Pet.) Second Epistle of Peter
(1 John) First Epistle of John
(Rom.) Epistle to the Romans
(1 Cor.) First Epistle to the Corinthians
(2 Cor.) Second Epistle to the Corinthians
(Gal.) Epistle to the Galatians
(Eph.) Epistle to the Ephesians
(Phil.) Epistle to the Philippians
(1 Thess.; 1 Sol.) First Epistle to the Thessalonians (Thessalonians.)
(2 Thess; 2 Sol) Second Epistle to the Thessalonians (Thessalonians.)
(1 Tim.) First Epistle to Timothy
(2 Tim.) Second Timothy (Heb.) Hebrews
(Revelation; Apoc.) Revelation of the apostle. John the Evangelist (Apocalypse)

Apocrypha
(Eph.) Book of Enoch. "Ethiopian Text"
(1 Glav.) Book of Enoch the Righteous. "Slavic Enoch"
(2 Slav.) Book of the Holy Mysteries of Enoch. "Slavic Enoch"
(Yub.) Book of Jubilees, or Lesser Genesis
(Testament.) Testaments of the twelve patriarchs
(Sol.) Psalms of Solomon
(Odes.) Odes of Solomon
(Thomas) Gospel of Thomas
(Ap. John) Apocrypha of John
(Phil.) Gospel of Philip

And God created man in his own image.
Genesis (ch. 1, v. 27)

And the Lord God created man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Genesis (ch. 2, v. 7)

What is man and what is his use? What is his good and what is his evil?
Sirach (ch. 18, v. 7)

And God said: Let there be light.
Genesis (ch. 1, v. 3)

And God saw that it was good.
Genesis (ch. 1, v. 12)

Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it.
Genesis (ch. 1, v. 28)

And the serpent said to the woman: ... on the day that you eat of them, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil.
Genesis (ch. 3, v. 4)

Guard your heart above all else, for from it are the sources of life. Put away from you the deceitfulness of your lips, and remove the deceit of your tongue from you. Let your eyes look straight... Consider the path for your feet, and let all your ways be sure.
Proverbs of Solomon (chapter 4, vv. 23-27)

A hope that does not come true for a long time torments the heart, but a fulfilled desire is like a tree of life.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 13, v. 12)

The heart knows the grief of its soul, and no stranger will interfere with its joy.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 14, v. 10)

And when you laugh, sometimes your heart hurts, and the end of joy is sadness.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 14, v. 13)

Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, vanity of vanities - all is vanity!
Ecclesiastes (ch. 1, v. 2)

A generation passes and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises, and the sun sets, and hurries to its place where it rises... All rivers flow into the sea, but the sea is not overflowing: to the place from which the rivers flow, they return to flow again... What was, that will be, and what has been done will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun... There is no memory of the former; and those who come after will have no memory of what will happen.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 1, v. 4-11)

For everything there is a time, and a time for every thing under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to destroy, and a time to build; a time to cry, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to scatter stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to hug, and a time to avoid hugs; time to seek, and time to lose; a time to save, and a time to throw away; a time to rend, and a time to sew together; a time to be silent and a time to speak; a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 3, v. 1-8)

The fate of the sons of men and the fate of animals is the same fate: as they die, so these die, and everyone has the same breath, and man has no advantage over cattle, because everything is vanity! Everything goes to one place: everything came from dust and everything will return to dust. Who knows whether the spirit of the sons of men ascends upward, and whether the spirit of animals descends down to the earth?
Ecclesiastes (ch. 3, v. 19-21)

There is nothing better than for a man to enjoy his deeds: because this is his lot; for who will bring him to see what will happen after him?
Ecclesiastes (ch. 3, v. 22)

All a man’s labors are for his mouth, but his soul is not satisfied.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 6, v. 7)

Who knows what is good for a person in life, in all the days of his hectic life that he spends as a shadow? And who will tell a person what will happen after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes (ch. 6, v. 12)

In days of prosperity, take advantage of the good, and in days of misfortune, reflect.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 7, v. 14)

There is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat, drink and be merry: this accompanies him in his labors throughout the days of his life.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 8, v. 15)

Man cannot comprehend the works that are done under the sun. No matter how much a person labors in research, he still will not comprehend this; and even if any wise man said that he knows, he cannot comprehend it.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 8, v. 17)

Whoever is among the living still has hope, since a living dog is better off than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 9, v. 4)

It is not to the swift that the race will be successful, nor to the brave the victory, nor to the wise the bread, nor to the wise the riches, nor to the skillful the favor, but time and chance for all of them.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 9, v. 11)

Man does not know his time. As fish are caught in a destructive net, and as birds are entangled in a snare, so the sons of men are caught in times of trouble when it unexpectedly comes upon them.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 9, v. 12)

Do not indulge in sadness in your soul and do not torment yourself with your suspiciousness; the joy of the heart is the life of a person, and the joy of a husband is long life; love your soul and comfort your heart and remove sorrow from yourself, for sorrow has killed many, but there is no benefit in it.
Sirach (ch. 30, v. 22-25)

Do not follow the majority out of evil, and do not resolve disputes by deviating from the truth for the majority.
Exodus (ch. 23, v. 2)

The integrity of the upright will guide them, but the guile of the treacherous will destroy them.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 11, v. 3)

The truth of the upright will save them, but the wicked will be caught in their iniquity.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 11, v. 6)

He who rejoices in misfortune will not go unpunished.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 17, v. 5)

When the righteous triumph, great glory, but when the wicked rise up, people hide themselves.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 28, v. 12)

Judgment for evil deeds does not come quickly; This is why the hearts of the sons of men are not afraid to do evil.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 8, v. 11)

There is also such a vanity on earth: the righteous suffer what the deeds of the wicked would deserve, and the wicked suffer what the deeds of the righteous would deserve.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 8, v. 14)

Do no evil, and no evil will befall you; flee from unrighteousness, and it will flee from you.
Sirach (ch. 7, v. 1, 2)

By the sweat of your face you will eat your bread.
Genesis (chapter 3, v. 19)

If you are not lazy, then your harvest will come like a source; poverty will run far away from you.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 6, v. 11)

A lazy hand makes you poor, but the hand of the diligent makes you rich. He who gathers during the summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a dissolute son.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 10, v. 4,5)

He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread; and whoever follows in the footsteps of idle lovers is foolish.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 12, v. 11)

From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good things, and a man's reward is according to the works of his hands.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 12, v. 14)

The hand of the diligent will rule, and the lazy will be under tribute.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 12, v. 24)

The soul of the lazy desires, but in vain.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 13, v. 4)

Wealth is exhausted by vanity, but he who gathers with labor multiplies it.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 13, v. 11)

There is a lot of grain in the fields of the poor, but some die from disorder.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 13, v. 24)

From all work there is profit, but from idle talk there is only damage.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 14, v. 23)

He who is careless in his work is the brother of the wasteful man.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 18, v. 10)

The thoughts of the diligent man strive towards abundance, but everyone who is hasty suffers deprivation.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 21, v. 5)

He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who imitates the idle will be satisfied with poverty.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 28, v. 19)

All things are in labor: a person cannot retell everything; The eye will not be satisfied with seeing, nor the ear will be filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 1, v. 8)

Every work and every success in business produces mutual envy between people. And this is vanity and languor of spirit!
Ecclesiastes (ch. 4, v. 4)

Knowledge is better than choice gold; because wisdom is better than pearls, and nothing desired can compare with it.
Proverbs of Solomon (chapter 8, vv. 10,11)

The wisdom of the prudent is knowledge of his way, but the foolishness of the foolish is error.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 14, v. 8)

A stupid person does not like knowledge, but only to express his mind.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 18, v. 2)

Apply your heart to learning and your ears to wise words.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 23, v. 12)

In much wisdom there is much sorrow; and whoever increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 1, v. 18)

Be in the assembly of the elders, and whoever is wise, cleave to him; love to listen to every sacred story, and do not let rational parables elude you.
Sirach (ch. 6, v. 35)

Fools only despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 1, v. 7)

The stubbornness of the ignorant will kill them, and the carelessness of fools will destroy them.
Proverbs of Solomon (chapter 1, v. 32)

When wisdom enters your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul, then prudence will guard you, understanding will guard you, to save you from the evil way, from the man who speaks lies, from those who forsake the straight paths to walk in the paths of darkness. .
Proverbs of Solomon (chapter 2, vv. 10-13)

Blessed is the man who has acquired wisdom, and the man who has acquired understanding, because acquiring it is better than acquiring silver, and the profit from it is greater than from gold: it is more valuable than precious stones; no evil can resist it; she is well known to everyone who approaches her, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Longevity is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and glory; truth comes out of her mouth; she carries law and mercy on her tongue; her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peaceful. She is a tree of life to those who acquire her, and blessed are those who keep her!
Proverbs of Solomon (chapter 3, vv. 13-18)

The main thing is wisdom: acquire wisdom and with all your possessions acquire understanding. Appreciate it and it will exalt you.
Proverbs of Solomon (chapter 4, vv. 7-9)

A fool will immediately show his anger, but a prudent person hides his insult.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 12, v. 16)

A prudent man hides knowledge, but the heart of a fool speaks foolishness.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 12, v. 23)

From arrogance comes discord, but from those who consult, wisdom comes.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 13, v. 10)

Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his stupidity.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 13, v. 17)

He who associates with the wise will be wise, but he who associates with fools will become corrupt.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 13, v. 21)

A fool believes every word, but a prudent man pays attention to his ways.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 14, v. 15)

The wise man fears and shuns evil, but the foolish man is irritable and arrogant.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 14, v. 16)

A reprimand has a stronger effect on a wise man than a hundred blows on a stupid man.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 17, v. 10)

It is better for a man to meet a bear deprived of children than a fool with his stupidity.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 17, v. 12)

Why is treasure in the hands of a fool? He does not have the intelligence to acquire wisdom.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 17, v. 16)

Thoughts in a person's heart are deep waters, but a reasonable person draws them out.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 20, v. 5)

The prudent man sees the trouble and takes refuge; and the inexperienced go ahead and are punished.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 22, v. 3)

A gold earring and jewelry made of pure gold are a wise accuser for an attentive ear.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 25, v. 12)

He who gives verbal instructions to a fool cuts his legs and suffers troubles.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 26, v. 6)

Have you seen a man who is wise in his eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 26, v. 12)

Heavy is stone, weight and sand; but the wrath of a fool is greater than both of them.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 27, v. 3)

Beat a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with the grain; his stupidity will not be separated from him.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 27, v. 22)

I have given my heart to search and test with wisdom everything that is done under heaven: this difficult task God gave to the sons of men so that they would practice in it.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 1, v. 13)

And I saw that the advantage of wisdom over foolishness is the same as the advantage of light over darkness: a wise man has his eye in his head, but a fool walks in darkness; but I learned that one fate befalls them all.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 2, v. 13, 14)

The wise will not be remembered forever, nor will the fool; in the days to come everything will be forgotten, and alas! the wise man dies equally with the foolish man.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 2, v. 16)

It is better to listen to the reproof of a wise man than to listen to the songs of fools.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 7, v. 5)

Who is the wise one, and who understands the meaning of things?
Ecclesiastes (ch. 8, v. 1)

The heart of a wise man knows both the time and the rule... for every thing there is a time and a rule; and it is a great evil for man because he does not know what will happen; and how it will be - who will tell him?
Ecclesiastes (chapter 8, vv. 5-7)

Wisdom is better than weapons of war.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 9, v. 18)

The heart of the wise will ponder the parable, and the attentive ear is the desire of the wise.
Sirach (ch. 3, v. 29)

Wisdom elevates her sons and supports those who seek her: he who loves her loves life, and he who seeks her is filled with joy from early morning.
Sirach (ch. 4, v. 12, 13)

Do not consult with a fool, for he cannot remain silent about the matter.
Sirach (ch. 8, v. 20)

Hidden wisdom and hidden treasure - what is the use of both? Better man one who hides his stupidity than a man who hides his wisdom.
Sirach (ch. 20, v. 30, 31)

One who teaches a fool is the same as one who glues shards together.
Sirach (ch. 22, v. 7)

It is easier to carry sand and salt and a block of iron than a senseless person.
Sirach (ch. 22, v. 16)

Wine and music gladden the heart, but better than both is the love of wisdom.
Sirach (ch. 40, v. 20)

Whatever comes out of your mouth, observe and do.
Deuteronomy (ch. 23, v. 23)

When you talk too much, you cannot avoid sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 10, v. 19)

A weak-minded person expresses contempt for his neighbor; but a reasonable person is silent.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 11, v. 12)

A faithful man conceals a matter.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 11, v. 13)

The melancholy in a man's heart overwhelms him, and kind word cheers him up.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 12, v. 25)

He who guards his mouth guards his soul; but whoever opens his mouth wide will be in trouble.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 13, v. 3)

A meek tongue is a tree of life, but an unbridled tongue is a brokenness of spirit.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 15, v. 4)

A deceitful heart will find no good, and a wicked tongue will fall into trouble.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 17, v. 20)

And a fool, when he is silent, may seem wise, and he who shuts his mouth may seem prudent.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 17, v. 28)

The words of men's mouths are deep waters; the source of wisdom is a flowing stream.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 18, v. 4)

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 18, v. 23)

The net for a person is to hastily make a vow, and after the vow to reflect.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 20, v. 25)

He who keeps his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 21, v. 23)

Do not speak into the ears of a fool, for he will despise your wise words.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 23, v. 9)

Golden apples in silver transparent vessels - a word spoken decently.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 25, v. 11)

Do not answer a fool according to his stupidity, lest you become like him.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 26, v. 4)

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become a wise man in his own eyes.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 26, v. 5)

The words of the earphone are like delicacies, and they enter the inside of the womb.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 26, v. 22)

Like an earthen vessel lined with unclean silver, so are fiery lips and an evil heart.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 26, v. 23)

Have you seen a person who was rash in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 29, v. 20)

Do not be in a hurry with your tongue and do not let your heart be in a hurry to utter a word... Let your words be few.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 5, v. 1)

It is better for you not to promise than to promise and not fulfill. Do not allow your lips to lead into sin... There is a lot of vanity in many words.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 5, v. 4, 5)

There is no righteous man on earth who does good and does not sin; therefore, do not pay attention to every word that is spoken... for your heart knows many cases when you yourself slandered others.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 7, v. 20-22)

The words of the wise, spoken calmly, are heard better than the cry of a ruler among fools.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 9, v. 17)

The words of the wise are like needles and like driven nails.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 12, v. 11)

Be firm in your conviction, and let your word be one. Be quick to listen and give your answer thoughtfully. If you have knowledge, then answer your neighbor, and if not, then let your hand be on your mouth. In speech there is glory and dishonor, and a person’s tongue is his downfall. Do not be known as an earphone, and do not be deceitful with your tongue: for on a thief there is shame, and on a double-tongued person there is evil reproach. Don't be foolish in anything big or small.
Sirach (chapter 5, vv. 12-18)

Before a meeting of elders, do not talk too much, and do not repeat words in your petition.
Sirach (ch. 7, v. 14)

He who bridles the tongue will live peacefully, and he who hates talkativeness will reduce evil.
Sirach (ch. 19, v. 6)

You have listened to the word, let it die with you: do not be afraid, it will not break you apart.
Sirach (ch. 19, v. 10)

Don't believe every word.
Sirach (ch. 19, v. 16)

Someone will sin in word, but not from the heart; and who has not sinned with his tongue?
Sirach (ch. 19, v. 17)

A wise man will remain silent for a time; but the vain and reckless will not wait for time.
Sirach (ch. 20, v. 7)

If a wise person hears a wise word, he will praise it and apply it to himself. The frivolous one heard it, and he did not like it, and he threw it away for himself.
Sirach (ch. 21, v. 18)

In the mouth of fools is their heart, but the mouth of the wise is in their heart.
Sirach (ch. 21, v. 29)

A story at the wrong time is like music at a time of sadness; punishment and the teaching of wisdom are appropriate for any time.
Sirach (ch. 22, v. 6)

A person who gets used to swear words will never learn to use them all his days.
Sirach (ch. 23, v. 19)

The one who reveals secrets has lost trust and will not find a friend to his liking.
Sirach (ch. 27, v. 16)

Lend to your neighbor in time of need, and repay your neighbor in due time. Keep your word firmly and be faithful to it - and you will find what you need at any time.
Sirach (ch. 29, v. 2, 3)

Observance of truth and justice is more pleasing to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 21, v. 3)

Compliance with justice is joy for the righteous and fear for those who do evil.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 21, v. 15)

When a country deviates from the law, then there will be many leaders in it; and with a reasonable and knowledgeable husband, she will last long.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 28, v. 2)

As is the ruler of the people, so are those who serve under him.
Sirach (ch. 10, v. 2)

He who repays good deeds thinks about the future and will find support during a fall.
Sirach (ch. 3, v. 31)

Deceit is in the heart of attackers, joy is in the hearts of peacemakers.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 12, v. 20)

Do not move the ancient boundaries that your fathers set.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 22, v. 28)

Fear is nothing more than the deprivation of help from reason.
Wisdom of Solomon (ch. 17, v. 11)

Just as a wooden tie in a house, firmly built, does not allow it to fall apart during a shock, so a heart, established on thoughtful advice, will not be shaken during times of fear.
Sirach (ch. 22, v. 17)

Blood defiles the earth, and the earth cannot be cleansed from blood shed on it in any other way than by the blood of the one who shed it.
Numbers (ch. 35, v. 33)

Do not plot evil against your neighbor.
Proverbs of Solomon (chapter 3, v. 29)

Don't quarrel with a person for no reason.
Proverbs of Solomon (chapter 3, v. 30)

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 10, v. 12)

He who hides hatred has lying lips; and whoever spreads slander is stupid.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 10, v. 18)

The one who covers up the offense seeks love; and whoever reminds him again removes his friend.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 17, v. 9)

Whoever repays good with evil, evil will not leave his house.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 17, v. 13)

He who wants to have friends must be friendly himself; and there is a friend who is more attached than a brother.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 18, v. 25)

Do not be friends with an angry person and do not associate with a hot-tempered person.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 22, v. 24)

Do not enter your friend’s house more often, so that he does not become bored with you and hate you.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 25, v. 17)

Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the glance of his friend.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 27, v. 17)

Just as in water there is face to face, so a person’s heart is to man.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 27, v. 19)

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor: for if one falls, the other will raise up his companion. But woe to one when he falls, and there is no other to lift him up. Also, if two people are lying down, then they are warm; How can one keep warm alone? And if one begins to overcome one, then two will stand against him: and the thread, twisted three times, will not soon break.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 4, v. 9-12)

Do not make an enemy out of a friend, for a bad name brings shame and disgrace.
Sirach (ch. 6, v. 1)

Sweet lips will increase friends, and a kind tongue will increase affection. Let there be many who live with you in the world, and let one in a thousand be your advisor. If you want to make a friend, make him by trial and do not soon entrust yourself to him.
Sirach (chapter 6, vv. 5-7)

Keep your distance from your enemies and be careful with your friends. A true friend is a strong protection: whoever finds him has found a treasure. There is no price for a faithful friend and there is no measure of his kindness.
Sirach (ch. 6, v. 13-15)

Do not leave an old friend, for a new one cannot compare with him; A new friend is like new wine: when it becomes old, you will drink it with pleasure.
Sirach (ch. 9, v. 12, 13)

Acquire the trust of your neighbor in his poverty, so that you can rejoice with him in his wealth.
Sirach (ch. 22, v. 26)

And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone.
Genesis (ch. 2, v. 18)

Like a gold ring in a pig's nose, a woman is beautiful and reckless.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 11, v. 22)

Anger is cruel, rage is indomitable; but who can resist jealousy?
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 27, v. 4)

Three things are incomprehensible to me, and four I do not understand: the way of the eagle in the sky, the way of the serpent on the rock, the way of the ship in the middle of the sea, and the way of a man to the heart of a woman.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 30, v. 18)

A woman is bitterer than death, because she is a snare, and her heart is a snare, and her hands are shackles.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 7, v. 26)

Love is strong as death; fierce, like hell, jealousy; her arrows are arrows of fire.
Song of Songs (ch. 8, v. 6)

Great waters cannot extinguish love, and rivers cannot drown it. If someone gave all the wealth of his house for love, he would be rejected with contempt.
Song of Songs (ch. 8, v. 7)

You can endure any wound, but not a heart wound, and any anger, but not a woman’s anger.
Sirach (ch. 25, v. 15)

A man will leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife; and they will be one flesh.
Genesis (ch. 2, v. 24)

In illness you will give birth to children; and your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.
Genesis (chapter 3, v. 16)

A wise wife will build her house, but a foolish woman will destroy it with her own hands.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 14, v. 1)

Better is a piece of dry bread, and peace with it, than a house full of slaughtered cattle, with discord.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 17, v. 1)

A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a contentious wife is a waste pipe.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 19, v. 13)

Whoever curses his father and his mother, his lamp will go out in the midst of deep darkness.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 20, v. 20)

It is better to live in a corner on the roof than with a grumpy wife in a spacious house.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 21, v. 9)

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and angry wife.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 21, v. 19)

Listen to your father: he begat you; and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 23, v. 22)

A constant drip on a rainy day and a grumpy wife are equal.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 27, v. 15)

Do not be jealous of the wife of your heart, and do not teach her a bad lesson against you. Do not give your soul to your wife, lest she rebel against your power.
Sirach (ch. 9, v. 1, 2)

A patient person has a lot of intelligence, but an irritable person shows stupidity.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 14, v. 29)

A hot-tempered person stirs up strife, but a patient person calms strife.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 15, v. 18)

He who is patient is better than the brave, and he who controls himself is better than the conqueror of a city.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 16, v. 32)

A cheerful heart is beneficial, like medicine, but a sad spirit dries out the bones.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 17, v. 22)

A wise man is temperate in his words, and a prudent man is cold-blooded.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 17, v. 27)

The heart of man is lifted up before he falls, and humility comes before glory.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 18, v. 13)

Like a destroyed city without walls, so is a man who does not control his spirit.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 25, v. 28)

An angry person starts a quarrel, and a hot-tempered person sins a lot.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 29, v. 22)

The end of a thing is better than the beginning; patient is better than arrogant.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 7, v. 8)

Do not exalt yourself in the thoughts of your soul, lest your soul be torn to pieces like an ox: you will destroy your leaves and destroy your fruits, and you will remain like a dry tree. The evil soul will destroy its owner and make him the laughing stock of his enemies.

And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, for on it He rested from all His works.
Genesis (ch. 2, v. 3)

May you have no other gods.
Exodus (ch. 20, v. 3)

Don't make yourself an idol.
Exodus (ch. 20, v. 4)

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
Exodus (ch. 20, v. 7)

Remember the Sabbath day.
Exodus (ch. 20, v. 8)

Honor your father and your mother.
Exodus (ch. 20, v. 12)

Thou shalt not kill.
Exodus (ch. 20, v. 13)

Don't commit adultery.
Exodus (ch. 20, v. 14)

Don't steal.
Exodus (ch. 20, v. 15)

Do not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Exodus (ch. 20, v. 16)

Do not turn greedy eyes on your neighbor's property.
Exodus (ch. 20, v. 17)

Cursed be he who judges wrongly the stranger, the orphan and the widow!
Deuteronomy (ch. 27, v. 19)

Do not refuse to do good to someone in need when your hand is strong enough to do it.
Proverbs of Solomon (chapter 3, v. 27

He who despises his neighbor sins; and whoever is merciful to the poor is blessed.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 14, v. 21)

The beginning of a quarrel is like a burst of water; leave the quarrel before it flares up.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 17, v. 14)

Businesses gain firmness through consultation. Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 20, v. 18)

He who stops his ear from the cry of the poor will also cry and will not be heard.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 21, v. 13)

Do not eat food from an envious person and do not be tempted by his tasty dishes.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 23, v. 6)

He grabs a dog by the ears who, passing by, interferes in someone else's quarrel.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 26, v. 17)

A fool pours out all his anger, but a wise man restrains it.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 29, v. 11)

By oppressing others, the wise become foolish, and gifts spoil the heart.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 7, v. 7)

Do not be hasty in your spirit to anger, because anger nests in the hearts of fools.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 7, v. 9)

Beware of useless murmuring and beware of the slander of the tongue, for even a secret word will not be in vain, and slanderous lips kill the soul. Do not hasten death by the errors of your life and do not attract destruction to yourself by the works of your hands.
Wisdom of Solomon (ch. 1, v. 11, 12)

Watch the time and keep yourself from evil - and you will not be ashamed of your soul: there is shame that leads to sin, and there is shame - glory and grace. Do not be partial to your soul and do not be ashamed to your harm. Do not withhold the word when it can help: for in the word is wisdom found, and in the speech of the tongue knowledge. Do not contradict the truth and be ashamed of your ignorance. Do not be ashamed to confess your sins and do not hold back the flow of the river. Do not obey a foolish man and do not look up to a strong man. Strive for the truth to the death.
Sirach (chapter 4, vv. 23-31)

Do not be quick with your tongue, and lazy and careless in your deeds... May your hand not be open to receive and clenched when giving.
Sirach (chapter 4, vv. 33-35)

Do not mock a person who is in the sorrow of his soul.
Sirach (ch. 7, v. 11)

Do not open your heart to every person, lest he thank you badly.
Sirach (ch. 8, v. 22)

Do not praise a person for his beauty, and do not have disgust for a person because of his appearance.
Sirach (ch. 11, v. 2)

Do not talk much to a foolish person, and do not go to a foolish person.
Sirach (ch. 22, v. 12)

He who throws a stone upward throws it on his own head, and the treacherous blow will divide the wounds. Whoever digs a hole will himself fall into it, and whoever sets a net will himself be caught in it. Whoever does evil, it will turn on him, and he will not know where it came from.
Sirach (ch. 27, v. 28-30)

Keep the advice of your heart, for there is no one more faithful to you than him.
Sirach (ch. 37, v. 17)

The beginning of every undertaking is reflection, and before any action is advice.
Sirach (ch. 37, v. 20)

Cursed be he who accepts a bribe to kill a soul and shed innocent blood!
Deuteronomy (ch. 27, v. 25)

What vinegar is to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the lazy to those who send it.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 10, v. 26)

In the mouth of a fool is the scourge of pride; but the lips of the wise guard them.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 14, v. 3)

A hot-tempered person can do something stupid; but a person who deliberately does evil is hated.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 14, v. 17)

A meek heart is life for the body, but envy is rottenness for the bones.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 14, v. 30)

Anger destroys even the wise.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 15, v. 1)

Pride goes before destruction, and arrogance before a fall.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 16, v. 18)

It is an honor for a person to leave behind a quarrel; but every fool is perky.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 20, v. 3)

Coal is for heat and wood is for fire, and a grumpy person is for inciting a quarrel.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 26, v. 21)

A man who flatters his friend spreads a net for his feet.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 29, v. 5)

He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 5, v. 9)

Serving idols... is the beginning and the cause and the end of all evil.
Wisdom of Solomon (ch. 14, v. 27)

Do not argue with a person who has a bold tongue, and do not add wood to his fire.
Sirach (ch. 8, v. 4)

An evil vice in a person is a lie; in the mouths of the ignorant it is always.
Sirach (ch. 20, v. 24)

Do not show yourself brave against wine, for wine has destroyed many.
Sirach (ch. 31, v. 29)

Wine is good for human life if you drink it in moderation. What is life without wine? It was created for the joy of people. Wine, consumed in moderation at the right time, is a joy to the heart and a consolation to the soul; Wine is a sorrow for the soul when one drinks a lot of it, during irritation and quarrel.
Sirach (ch. 31, v. 31-34)

A good name is better than great wealth, and a good reputation is better than silver and gold.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 22, v. 1)

Let someone else praise you, and not your mouth; let someone else praise you, and not your tongue.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 27, v. 2)

As a smelter is for silver, and a furnace is for gold, so is a man’s mouth that praises him.
Proverbs of Solomon (ch. 27, v. 21)

What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is not there cannot be counted.
Ecclesiastes (ch. 1, v. 15)

If you blow on a spark, it will flare up, and if you spit on it, it will go out: both come out of your mouth.
Sirach (ch. 28, v. 14)

I am the Lord your God... You shall have no other gods before Me. (1st commandment)

You shall not make for yourself an idol or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth below, or that is in the water under the earth. Do not worship them or serve them. (2nd commandment)

Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not leave without punishment the one who takes His name in vain. (3rd commandment)

Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Work six days and do all your work; and the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God: on it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter... For in six days the Lord created heaven and earth, the sea and everything that is in them; and on the seventh day he rested. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it. (4th commandment)

Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. (5th commandment)

Don't kill. (6th commandment)

Don't commit adultery. (7th commandment)

Don't steal. (8th commandment)

Do not bear false witness against your neighbor. (9th commandment)

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house; You shall not covet your neighbor's wife... anything that your neighbor has. (10th commandment)

And whoever has wealth in the world, but, seeing his brother in need, closes his heart from him - how does the love of God abide in him? My children! Let us begin to love not in word or tongue, but in deed and truth. (First Council Epistle of St. Apostle John the Theologian)

And now these three remain: faith, hope, love; but love is the greatest of them all. (First Epistle of St. Apostle Paul to the Corinthians)

Man is mad in his knowledge. (Book of the Prophet Jeremiah. X, 14)

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. ( Holy Gospel from Matthew. VII, 15)

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. (Matt. 5:1–12)

Blessed are you when they revile you and persecute you and slander you in every way unjustly because of Me. (Matt. 5:1–12)

Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matt. 5:1–12)

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. (Matt. 5:1–12)

Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. (Matt. 5:1–12)

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. (Matt. 5:1–12)

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matt. 5:1–12)

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. (Matt. 5:1–12)

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. (Matt. 5:1–12)

God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. (Conciliar Epistle of the Holy Apostle James. IV, 7)

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because in fear there is torment. He who fears is imperfect in love. (First Council Epistle of St. Apostle John the Theologian)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Everything came into being through Him, and without Him nothing came into being that came into being. (Holy Gospel of John. I, 1)

Do not speak into the ears of a fool, for he will despise your wise words. (Book of Proverbs of Solomon. XXIII, 9)

The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the stupidity of the ignorant is stupidity. (Prov. 14:24)

In times of satiety, remember the times of famine, and in times of wealth, remember poverty and need. (Book of the Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach. XVIII, 25)

In much wisdom there is much sorrow, and whoever increases knowledge increases sorrow. (Book of Ecclesiastes. I, 18) Cast your worries on the Lord, and He will support you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. (Psalm LIV, 23)

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself. (Matt. 22, 37-39)

False Christs and false prophets will arise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. You beware... (Holy Gospel of Mark. 13, 22-23)

Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is beneficial; everything is permissible to me, but nothing should possess me. Food is for the belly, and the belly is for food; but God will destroy both. (First Epistle to the Corinthians. VI, 12-13)

Every nature of beasts and birds, reptiles and sea animals is tamed and tamed by human nature, but none of the people can tame the tongue: this is an uncontrollable evil; it is filled with deadly poison. (Conciliar Epistle of the Holy Apostle James. III, 7-8)

The main thing is wisdom: acquire wisdom, and with all your possessions acquire understanding. Treasure her highly, and she will exalt you; she will glorify you if you cleave to her; He will place a beautiful wreath on your head, he will give you a magnificent crown. (Proverbs of Solomon, 4, 7-9)

I tell you: love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who use you and persecute you; may you be sons of your Father in heaven. (Matt. 5:44)

Woe to you who laugh now! For you will weep and lament. (Holy Gospel of Luke. VI,25)

Woe to the world from temptations, for temptations must come; but woe to the man through whom temptation comes. (Gospel of Matthew Matthew 18)

A good name is better than great wealth, and a good reputation is better than silver and gold. (Prov. 22:1)

As long as you are alive and the breath is in you, do not replace yourself with anyone; for it is better that your children should ask you, than that you should look into the hands of your sons. (Book of Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach. Sir. XXXIII, 21-22)

As long as the light is with you, believe in the light so that darkness does not overtake you. (John 12:36)

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (First Council Epistle of St. Apostle John the Theologian)

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries, and have all knowledge and all faith, so that I could move mountains, but do not have love, then I am nothing. (First Epistle of St. Apostle Paul to the Corinthians)

If you blow on a spark, it will flare up, and if you spit on it, it will go out: both come out of your mouth. (Book of Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach. Sir. XXVIII, 14)

If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven,” the Lord said to the rich young man. (Matt. 19:21)

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand; and if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. (Holy Gospel of Mark. III, 24-25)

If I speak in the tongues of men and angels, but do not have love, then I am a ringing brass or a sounding cymbal. (First Epistle of St. Apostle Paul to the Corinthians)

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and don't be harsh with them. Children, be obedient to your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not irritate your children, so that they do not lose heart... Let the children learn to honor their family and pay tribute to their parents: for this pleases God. (Eph. 5:22-23; 6:1-4, Col. 3:18-20; 1 Tim. 5:4)

Evildoers act evilly, and evildoers act evilly... (Book of the Prophet Isaiah. XXIV, 16)

And if I give away all my property and give my body to be burned, but do not have love, it does me no good. (First Epistle of St. Apostle Paul to the Corinthians)

And not only this, but we also glory in sorrows, knowing that from sorrow comes patience, from patience experience, from experience hope. (The Epistle of St. Apostle Paul to the Romans)

And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness does not overcome it. (Holy Gospel of John. I, 5)

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires they will heap up for themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they will turn away their ears from the truth and turn to fables. (Second Epistle to Timothy. III, 4)

For know this, that no fornicator, or unclean person, or covetous person, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. (Eph. 5:5)

For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. (From Matthew the Holy Gospel. 7.2)

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. (Heb. 13.8)

Having food and clothing, we will be content with that. But those who want to get rich will fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts that plunge people into destruction. For the love of money is the root of all evil. (1 Tim. 6:8-10)

So, you are inexcusable, every person who judges another, for by the same judgment with which you judge another, you condemn yourself. (The Epistle of St. Apostle Paul to the Romans)

As is the ruler of the people, so are those who serve under him. (Book of Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach. X, 2)

When you sit down to eat food with the ruler, carefully observe what is in front of you, and put a barrier in your throat if you are greedy. Do not be tempted by his delicious dishes; it is deceptive food. (Book of Proverbs of Solomon. XXIII, 1-3)

He who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humiliates himself will be exalted. (Holy Gospel of Matthew. XXIII, 12)

Whoever says: I love God, but hates his brother, is a liar, for he who does not love his brother whom he sees, how can he love God whom he does not see? (First Council Epistle of the Holy Apostle John the Theologian, IV, 20)

Whoever repays good with evil, evil will not leave his house. (Book of Proverbs of Solomon. XVII, 13)

He who stops his ear from the cry of the poor will also cry and will not be heard. (Book of Proverbs of Solomon. XXI, 13)

Whoever has, what will be given to him, and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him. (Holy Gospel of Luke. VIII, 18)

Whoever stole, do not steal in the future, but rather work, doing useful things with your own hands, so that you have something to give to those in need. (Eph. 4:28)

Those who are among the living still have hope. since it is better for a living dog than for a dead lion. (Book of Ecclesiastes. IX, 4)

He who does not sin in word is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body. (Conciliar Epistle of the Holy Apostle James. III, 2)

Whoever digs a hole will himself fall into it, and whoever sets a net will himself be caught in it. (Book of the Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach. XXVII, 29)

He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. (2 Corinthians 9:6)

The partridge sits on eggs that it did not lay; such is he who acquires wealth by unrighteousness: he leaves it half his days, and remains a fool at the end. (Jer. 17:11)

False apostles, deceitful workers, disguise themselves as Apostles of Christ. And it is not surprising: because Satan himself takes the form of an Angel of light, and therefore it is not a great thing if his servants also take the form of servants of righteousness; but their end will be according to their works. (Second Epistle to the Corinthians. XI, 13-15)

Better is a piece of dry bread, and peace with it, than a house full of slaughtered cattle, with discord. (Book of Proverbs of Solomon. XVII, 1)

It is better to humble yourself in spirit with the meek than to divide the spoils with the proud. (Proverbs of Solomon. 16, 19)

Love is long-suffering, merciful, love does not envy, love is not arrogant, is not proud, is not rude, does not seek its own, is not irritated, does not think evil, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (First Epistle of St. Apostle Paul to the Corinthians)

There are many plans in the human heart, but only those determined by the Lord will take place. (Book of proverbs.)

Many are called, but few are chosen. (Holy Gospel of Luke. XIV, 24)

The wise will inherit glory, and the foolish will inherit dishonor. (Book of Proverbs of Solomon. III, 35)

Naked I came from my mother's womb, naked I will return. The Lord gave, the Lord took away; Blessed be the name of the Lord! (Job I, 21)

We are considered deceivers, but we are faithful; we are unknown, but we are recognized; we are considered dead, but behold, we are alive; we are punished, but we do not die; we are saddened, but we always rejoice; We are poor, but we enrich many; we have nothing, but we possess everything. (Second Epistle to the Corinthians. VI, 8-10)

The earphone defiles its soul and will be hated wherever it lives. (Book of Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach. XXI, 31)

Do not be hasty in your spirit to anger, because anger nests in the hearts of fools. (Book of Ecclesiastes. VII, 9)

Don't be intrusive so that you won't be pushed away, and don't be too distant so that you won't be forgotten. (Book of the Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach. XIII, 13)

Don't be too strict, and don't pretend to be too wise; why would you ruin yourself? (Book of Ecclesiastes. VII, 16)

Do not listen to empty rumors, do not give your hand to the wicked to be a witness of untruth. (Ex. XXIII, 1)

Do not enter into the path of the wicked and do not walk in the way of the wicked; leave it, do not walk on it, avoid it and pass by; because they will not sleep unless they do evil; they lose sleep if they do not cause someone to fall; for they eat the bread of iniquity and drink the wine of robbery... But the way of the wicked is like darkness; they don't know what they'll trip over. (Book of Proverbs of Solomon. IV, 14-19)

Do not invent lies against your brother, and do not do the same against your friend. Do not wish to tell any lies; for repeating it will not serve any good. (Book of Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach. Sir. VII, 12-13)

Do not say: “Why are the former days better than these?” for it is not out of wisdom that you ask this. (Book of Ecclesiastes. VII, 10)

Do not give water a way out, nor an evil wife power; if she does not walk under your hand, then cut her off from your flesh. (Book of Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach. XXV, 28,29)

Do not give holy things to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet. (Holy Gospel of Matthew. VII, 6)

Do no evil, and no evil will befall you; flee from unrighteousness, and it will flee from you. (Book of Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach. VII, 1,2)

Don't worry about acquiring wealth; leave such thoughts of yours. (Prov. 23:4)

Do not envy the glory of a sinner, for you do not know what his end will be. (Book of Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach. IX, 14)

Do not be deceived: bad communities corrupt good morals. (First Epistle of St. Apostle Paul to the Corinthians)

Do not despise a person in his old age, for we too grow old. Do not rejoice in the death of a person, even if he was the most hostile to you: remember that we will all die. (Book of Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach. Sir. VIII, 7-8)

It is not to the swift that the race will be successful, nor to the brave the victory, nor to the wise the bread, nor to the wise the wealth, nor to the skillful the favor, but time and chance for all of them. (Book of Ecclesiastes. IX, 11)

Do not be jealous of evildoers, do not envy those who do iniquity, for they, like grass, will soon be cut down and, like green grass, they will wither. (Psalm XXXVI, 1-2)

Judgment for evil deeds does not come quickly; This is why the hearts of the sons of men are not afraid to do evil. (Book of Ecclesiastes. VIII, 11)

Do not follow the majority out of evil, and do not resolve disputes by deviating from the truth for the majority. (Ex. XXIII, 2)

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break through and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break through and steal, for where your treasure is, there it will be. and your heart. (Gospel of Matthew)

Do not misjudge the suit of your poor. Depart from unrighteousness and do not put to death the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked. Do not accept gifts, for gifts make those who see blind and ruin the work of the righteous. (Ex. XXIII, 6-8)

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with righteous judgment. (Holy Gospel from John. 7.24)

Judge not, lest ye be judged, for with the same judgment ye judge, so shall ye be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. (Holy Gospel of Matthew. VII, 1,2)

It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person; but what comes out of the mouth defiles a person. (Holy Gospel of Matthew. XV, 11)

Man will not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. (Holy Gospel of Matthew. IV, 4)

There is nothing better than for a man to enjoy his deeds: because this is his lot; for who will bring him to see what will happen after him? (Book of Ecclesiastes. III, 22)

There is nothing secret that would not become obvious, nor hidden that would not become known and would not be revealed. (Holy Gospel of Luke. VIII, 17)

The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him: but the Lord laughs at him, for he sees that his day is coming. The wicked draw their sword and draw their bow to overthrow the poor and the needy, to pierce those who walk the straight path: their sword will enter their own heart, and their bows will be broken. (Psalm. XXXVI, 12-15)

No prophet is accepted in his own country. (Holy Gospel of Luke. V, 24)

No one can serve two masters: for either he will hate one and love the other; or he will be zealous for one and neglectful of the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. (Holy Gospel of Matthew. VI, 24)

No one entering the house of a strong man can plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house. (Holy Gospel of Mark. III, 27)

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal. (Matt. 6:20)

But, in order to avoid fornication, each have his own wife, and each have his own husband. (1 Cor. 7:2)

Having put away falsehood, speak the truth every one of you to your neighbor, for you are members of one another. (Eph. 4:25)

Stand up before the face of the gray-haired man and honor the face of the old man, and fear the Lord your God. (Lev. 19:32)

Commit your deeds to the Lord, and your undertakings will be accomplished. (Book of Proverbs of Solomon. XVI, 3)

When the wicked increase, iniquity increases; but the righteous will see their fall. (Book of Proverbs of Solomon. XXIX, 18)

Do not do secret things in front of someone else, for you do not know what he will do. Do not open your heart to every person, lest he thank you badly. (Book of Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach. VIII, 21,22)

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you; For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. (Holy Gospel of Matthew. VII, 7,8)

Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. Freely you have received, freely give. Be wise as serpents and simple as doves (Gospel of Matthew)

Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth, but only what is good for edification in the faith, so that it may bring grace to those who hear. (Message to the Ephesians of the Holy Apostle Paul)

Rejoice and be glad, for great is your reward in heaven. (Matt. 5:1–12)

A generation passes and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises, and the sun sets, and hurries to its place where it rises... All rivers flow into the sea, but the sea is not overflowing: to the place from which the rivers flow, they return to flow again... What was, that will be, and what has been done will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun... There is no memory of the former; and those who come after will have no memory of what will happen. (Book of Ecclesiastes. I, 4-11)

Those who sow in tears will reap with joy. (Psalm. CXXV, 5)

A doubter is like a wave of the sea, lifted and tossed by the wind. (Conciliar Epistle of the Holy Apostle James. I, 6)

An envious person rushes to wealth, and does not think that poverty will befall him. (Prov. 28:22)

He who builds his own house with other people's money is the same as he who collects stones for his own grave. (Book of Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach. Sir. XXI, 9)

Remove vanity and lies from me, do not give me poverty and wealth, feed me with my daily bread. (Prov. 30:8)

Save your souls with your patience. (Holy Gospel of Luke. XXI, 19)

What God has joined together, let no man separate. (Matt. 19:6)

Why do you boast of villainy, O strong one... you love evil more than good, lies more than telling the truth; You love all kinds of destructive speech, a deceitful tongue: therefore God will completely crush you, tear you down and uproot you from your home and your root from the land of the living. The righteous will see and be afraid, they will laugh at him (and say): “Behold, a man who did not rely on God for his strength, but hoped for the abundance of his wealth, was strengthened in his wickedness.” (Psalm. LI, 3-9)

The tongue is a small member, but it does a lot... It is filled with deadly poison. With it we bless God and the Father, and with it we curse men, created in the likeness of God. From the same lips comes blessing and curse: it should not be so, my brethren. Does sweet and bitter water flow from the same hole in the spring? (Conciliar Epistle of the Holy Apostle James. III, 5, 8-12)

SACRED SCRIPTURE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE HOLY CHURCH FATHERS ABOUT THE MARTYRS

Delve into yourself and into the teaching; do this constantly: for by doing this, you will save yourself and those who listen to you (1 Tim. 4:16)

REDEMPTION

So say to the children of Israel: I am the Lord, and I will bring out (κα ὶ ἐ ξ ά ξω ὑ μ ᾶ ς) you from under the yoke of the Egyptians (ἀ π ό τ ῆ ς δυναστε ί ας τ ῶ ν Α ἰ γυπτ ί ων ), and I will deliver you (κα ὶ λυτρ ώ σομαι ὑ μ ᾶ ς ) from their slavery, and I will save you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments (Ex. 6:6)

St. Basil the Great: “So, seek not your brother for your redemption, but the God-man Jesus Christ, who alone can give treason for everyone, because His God supposes cleansing through faith in His blood (Rom. 3:25). Moses was a brother to the Israelites, but he could not redeem them...Moses did not free the people from sin, but I just begged God not to punish for sin».

Evidence from Holy Scripture and the corresponding interpretations of the Holy Fathers that martyrdom is a sacrifice

No one has more sowing love, but whoever lays down his life for his friends (John 15, 13)

St. Cyril of Alexandria: “He clearly says that this is a commandment and this is what I teach those who want to follow Me to do and to think, namely, to strive for the kind of love for each other that I have already shown and fulfilled earlier. So, what limit of Christ’s love everyone should imagine, he himself showed this again, saying that there is nothing greater than such love, which commands you to give your very soul for your loved ones... But now the Savior, out of love for us, laid down His very soul for us and, showing some incomparable love for mankind, showed us to be zealous and blessed, not lacking in any good at all... In this sense, I believe, the above words will befit the Divinely inspired chapters students. If we extend this saying to everyone, that is, This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you., then the research will be of great benefit. After all, if love for brothers contains and completes the fulfillment of all the commandments of our Savior, then isn’t he worthy of great surprise who primarily tries to accomplish it immaculately and impeccably, since it is, so to speak, the head of all virtues? For second only to love for God is love for one another, and all the power of piety towards God lies, as it were, in this one “word, namely: love your neighbor as yourself.” (Gal. 5:14)

For I am already becoming a victim, and the time of my departure has come

(2 Tim. 4:6)

St. John Chrysostom: “He did not say: my sacrifice, but something more, because not everything is offered to God from the sacrifice, but from what is poured out (σπονδ ῆ ς) - everything. »

Bl. Theophylact. Bulgarian: “I didn’t say: I sacrifice myself, but more powerfully. For in a sacrifice not everything was offered to God, but everything was offered as a drink offering.”

St. Feofan the Recluse: “ I'm hungry , - σπ έ νδομαι. I am already being slaughtered as a sacrifice; “or I am already sacrificing myself to Christ” (Ecumenius of Trikki). “I stand at the very end of my exploits. The Apostle called his killing the slaughter of a sacrifice (that is, he expressed it in the word - σπ έ νδομαι); because blood was shed for piety (σπονδη - sacrificial libation)” (Blessed Theodoret of Cyrrhus). “He did not call the death preparing for him a sacrifice, - θυσίαν - but a libation, - σπονδη, to express it more powerfully and sacredly. For in a sacrifice, usually only a certain part was offered as a burnt offering to God; and all the drink offerings were offered to Him. He commands his disciples to do the same when he says: Imagine the squalor of your body, your victim is alive (Rom. 12:1). For he who is sacrificed for Christ sacredly sacrifices himself. Or he means σπενδομαι as καταλ ύ ω πολεμον, - I’m ending my war with everyone.”

But if I become a sacrifice for the sacrifice and service of your faith, then I rejoice and rejoice with all of you (Phil. 2, 17)

St. John Chrysostom: “And he consoles them regarding his death, and teaches them to willingly endure death for Christ. I become, he says, as if it were a drink offering and a sacrifice. O blessed soul! He calls bringing them a sacrifice. Truly, sacrificing a soul is much better than sacrificing oxen. So, if I add myself to this offering as a drink offering, then I rejoice, he says, about my death.”

Bl. Theophylact of Bulgaria: “Although, he says, I am a sacrifice, “but I am made a sacrifice for the sacrifice and service of your faith,” that is, having first made you a sacrifice to God, dedicating you to the service of God and making you believers. But in view of death, I am not at all sad, but rejoice and rejoice with all of you. I rejoice in offering your faith to Christ as a sacrifice.”

Therefore, I beseech you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.(Rom. 12:1)

Bl. Theophylact of Bulgaria: “Otherwise: we must present our members to God, as to the king, blameless and best; for such are the ones who stand before the king. Then we must present them as living sacrifices; for when we put them to death, then we live in the Spirit.”

Patristic sayings about martyrdom as a sacrifice

Svschmch. Cyprian of Carthage: “And without this, you perform and offer a sacrifice to God as precious and as glorious, which will greatly serve to reward us with heavenly rewards, since the Divine Scripture says: sacrifice to God the spirit is broken, the heart is contrite and humble God will not despise(Ps. 50:19). This is the kind of sacrifice you offer to God; having become victims for God, you continually perform this sacrifice day and night, presenting yourselves as holy and blameless victims...”

St. Gregory the Theologian: “... martyrs are no less instructive for us - these verbal burnt offerings, perfect sacrifices, pleasant offerings, this preaching of the truth, the denunciation of lies, the fulfillment of the spiritually understood Law, the destruction of error, the persecution of vice, the drowning of sin, the cleansing of the world.”

St. Gregory the Theologian: “...for, as I think, for the holy martyrs purified by the blood and imitating the sacrifice of Christ, something is observed that the eye has not seen, the ear has not heard, and the human mind, which freely creates in itself the idea of ​​bliss, has not imagined.”

St. John Chrysostom: “By the grace of God, you no longer needed any proof, having already taken root in the faith; and the inhabitants of Rome, where there was great wickedness at that time, needed more help. Therefore, Peter, and Paul, and after them this man, all were sacrificed there, both in order to cleanse this city, defiled by the blood of idols with their own blood, and in order to provide proof of the resurrection of the crucified Christ.” .

St. John Chrysostom: “You received a tongue from nature, but you raised a martyr out of it; You received the mouth, the storehouse of the tongue, but you made from the mouth an altar for the tongue; you received a ring to make sounds, but you showed it as an ear being cut off; you received a tongue, a servant of words, but you sacrificed it to Christ, like a blameless sheep... You, a valiant man, have won an honor equal to the sacrifice of the patriarch, offering the only-begotten branch of the tongue instead of the only-begotten son.”

Liturgical ceremonies

From the general service to the holy martyr (according to the Great Collection. Mukachevo. 1991, part 1)

“By offering a bloodless sacrifice to God, like a most lawful priest, who speaks with all honor to God, ѣ I'm waiting for all the fruits and pri I will make a sacrifice, you brought your very blood, like a true martyr, to Christ, pray to Him for those who sing to you” (Stichera I cried to the Lord, p. 438)

“The most lawful priest, even before your death you were, blessedly celebrating the divine and unspeakable sacraments, you poured out your blood for Christ God, and the sacrifice is favorable You brought it for yourself...” (I cried out to the Lord for glory, p. 439)

“I live as an all-perfect sacrifice, you offered yourself to Christ through torment...” (Canon of Matins, Song 3, p. 444)

« Burnt offeringi you are divine, and the sacrifice is pure You were offered to the Savior of all, O wise martyr.” (Canto 4, p. 445)

« Victim and devourer, you have sacrificed your faith to God for the sake of..." (Song.6, p. 446)

“You piously performed the secret service of Christ, you yourself offered the verbal sheep to Him the sacrifice is pleasant and acceptable“all things accomplished by blood, most blessed” (Song 8, p. 448)

Martyrdom is a liturgical continuation of the redemptive feat of Christ: Holy Scripture and interpretations of the Holy Fathers of the Church

1. The Holy Church, in the person of its Fathers, teaches about martyrdom as equivalent to the Sacrament of Baptism

… work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For God is at work in you both to will and to do according to His good pleasure.(Philippians 2, 12-13)

St. Theophan the Recluse: “The Apostle gives the motivation for the fear of God that God Himself acts in them, both in their good desires and in good deeds. This is even stronger than what Chrysostom says: remember that God is everywhere, therefore with you and with you. It says here that He is not only with us, but also in us; and not as a resting force, but as a force active in everything... And such are all Christians. They are combined with the Lord and have Him active in them” (pp. 367-368) “God acts not because he forces and compels, but because, finding zeal in us, he strengthens it with grace” (p. 369)

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you and make up for the deficiency in my flesh of the sorrows of Christ for His body, which is the Church(Col. 1, 24)

St. John Chrysostom: “It seems to me that he said something great,4 but this was not out of impudence - no! - but out of strong love for Christ. He does not want these sorrows to be attributed to him, but to Christ... So he is not ashamed to attribute these sufferings to Him, because (Christ) not only died for us, but after death he is ready to suffer for our sake.(The Apostle) wanted and tried to prove that (Christ) even now with His own body exposes Himself to danger for the sake of the Church. This is what his speech is aimed at, i.e., that you are brought not by us, but by Him, although we do this - we have taken upon ourselves not our own work, but His... Look how much he expresses, revealing strong love. As he wrote in his second letter to the Corinthians: place in us the ministry of reconciliation(Cor. 5:18), and also: in Christ we embassy, ​​as I pray to God with us(v. 20) - so here, in order to attract them more, he says the same: I suffer for his sake, i.e., although he owes you and has left, I repay His debt. Here we goabout deprivation he speaks to show that, in his opinion, Christ has not yet endured everything. For you, he says, even after death he suffers, if need demands. He presents the same thing differently in the letter to the Romans, saying: others like him are praying for us(Rom. 8:32), showing that He was not content with death alone, but after that He does infinitely many things for us.”

Blazh. Theophylact of Bulgaria: “ And I fulfill (κα ὶ ἀ νταπληρ ῶ ) deprivation of the sorrows of Christ in my flesh. Apparently this word is vain and insane, but no, on the contrary, it is full great love to Christ. For he wants to convince them that Christ is still suffering for them, and that it is not through us, the apostles, that you come (to God), but through Him (Christ), although through our mediation. So, what are you doing, retreating from Him who, even after His death, is exposed to dangers for you? The meaning of his words is this: if Christ was still ready to suffer for you, but withdrew and did not pay this debt, then I fulfill His duty; just as, in the absence of the commander, his assistant, protecting the phalanx and taking his place, would receive wounds in his place. That's why I said - deprivation ( ὑ στερ ή μα -flaw) to show that, in his opinion, He has not yet endured everything. He loves us so much that even after his death, as if previous sufferings were not enough, he suffers in my body; for He was not content with His death, but still performs countless good deeds. So, Paul, not exalting himself, says this, but out of a desire to show that Christ still cares about them.

For his body, there is a church. Having said that although I suffer, this is actually the suffering of Christ, he gives credibility to these words, saying that these (sufferings) also occur for the sake of His body. So, do not consider these words to be boasting, but believe that He who did not despise uniting the church with Himself is still suffering for her sake in my flesh.”

St. John Chrysostom: “The strongest true proof of the resurrection is that the mortified Christ showed such power after death that he convinced living people to despise their fatherland, home, friends, relatives, and life itself for the sake of confessing Him...”

Holy Fathers of the Church .

Smch. Cyprian of Carthage: “With what kindness in the person of such His servants did this Guardian of the Faith overcome and conquer, giving to the believers as much as anyone by their faith can accept! He Himself was present at His battle - He Himself encouraged, strengthened, and inspired those who fought and labored for His name. And He, who once conquered death for us, always conquers in us.”

St. John Chrysostom: " Not only their soul, but their very body became partaker of greater grace, and not only did not lose, after frequent torment and cutting, the strength that it had, but also acquired greater and higher. What could be more amazing than this victory, when (the enemies) could not defeat those whom they held and had in their hands, and, having tied them up, tormented them at will, but on the contrary, they themselves were defeated by them in a pitiful and unfortunate manner? They didn't fight against them, but against the God who dwells in them; and everyone knows that it is quite necessary for someone who fights with God to suffer extreme defeat, suffering punishment for just one undertaking.”

St. John Chrysostom: “If Christ died and was not resurrected, then who performed these supernatural deeds?”

St. John Chrysostom: “And whoever does not undertake these exploits with great joy, intending to partake of the sufferings of the Lord and become conformed to the death of Christ. This is a sufficient reward, a great honor, a reward that exceeds labor, even before the kingdom of heaven.”

St. John Chrysostom: “Because she, as if in some wondrous dyehouse, having become a royal scarlet, went to the high King and with great boldness entered the vaults of heaven, while Christ himself supported the holy head of the martyr with an invisible hand and baptized her with fire like water."

Martyrdom is a baptism of blood, equivalent to the sacrament of Baptism

In those cases where a person has not received rebirth in the sacrament of Baptism, he receives it in the shedding of martyrdom. This is the baptism “with which Christ Himself was baptized” (Matthew 20:22-23), notes Metropolitan Macarius (Bulgakov).

Smch. Cyprian. Carthage: “What baptism can have greater and higher power, like the baptism of confession and suffering, when the one who confesses Christ before people is baptized with his own blood?”

Smch. Cyprian of Carthage: “...and secondly, they are not deprived of the sacrament of baptism, like people baptized with the most glorious and greatest baptism of blood, about which the Lord said: that he intends be baptized others baptism(Luke 12:50). And what about those who were baptized with their own blood? And those who are sanctified by suffering achieve perfection and receive the grace of the Divine promise, this is shown by the same Lord in the Gospel when he says to the thief who believes and confesses in the very suffering that He will be with Him in paradise (Luke 23:43).”

Smch. Cyprian of Carthage: “Let it be known that the catechumens (who are subjected to martyrdom) are not deprived of the sacrament of Baptism: for they are baptized with the most glorious and greatest Baptism of blood, about which the Lord said that He has to be baptized with another baptism (Matthew 20:22). And that those who are baptized with their own blood and dedicated through suffering achieve perfection and receive the grace of the divine promise, the same Lord testifies in the Gospel.”

St. Cyril of Jerusalem: “Whoever does not accept baptism has no salvation, except for the martyrs, who receive the Kingdom of Heaven even without water. For the Savior, having redeemed the universe with the Cross, and having been pierced in the side, brought blood and water out of it, so that some in times of peace would be baptized with water, others in times of persecution would be baptized with their own blood. And the Savior called martyrdom baptism, saying: can you drink the cup with which I drink, and with baptism, with which I am baptized, be baptized?(Mark 10:38)? And the martyrs realize this, becoming a spectacle for the world, both Angels and men; and you will find out over time...”

St. Basil the Great: “Others, in deeds for piety, actually, and not imitatively, having accepted death for Christ, no longer had the need for their salvation in the symbol of water, having been baptized with their own blood.”

St. Gregory the Theologian: “I also know the fourth baptism - the baptism of martyrdom and blood, with which Christ himself was baptized, which is much more honorable than others, since it is not defiled by new impurities.”

Blazh. Augustine: “For those who die for the confession of Christ without having yet received the font of regeneration, it has the same power of remission of sins as washing in the holy source of baptism. For he who said: unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God(John 3:5), excludes them with another of His sayings, in which he says with the same generality: Whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father in Heaven.(Matthew 10:32)…For what is more honorable than death, through which all sins are forgiven and merits are increased?”

St. John Chrysostom: “So, yesterday our Lord was baptized with water, and today the slave is baptized with blood; Yesterday the gates of heaven were opened, today the gates of hell were trampled under foot. Do not be surprised if I called martyrdom baptism: here too the spirit hovers with great abundance, and there is a blotting out of sins and some wondrous and miraculous cleansing of the soul, and just as those who are baptized with water, so those who undergo martyrdom are washed in their own blood, which also happened with this (martyr Lucian )".

St. John Chrysostom: “And if you want to be convinced that this event was an undoubted baptism, listen to how Christ calls His death baptism. So, talking with the sons of Zebedee, He says: You will drink my cup, and with the baptism in which I am baptized, I am baptized(Matt. 20, 23). And with what baptism was Christ baptized after the baptism of John, besides death and the cross? Just as Jacob, not crucified, but beheaded with a sword, was baptized with the baptism of Christ, so these too, although they were not crucified, but having died of water, were baptized with the baptism of Christ.”

Martyrdom and sorrow are a means of deliverance from sin

St. Gregory of Nyssa: “Since sin entered through pleasure, then the opposite will undoubtedly be expelled. Therefore, those who persecute for the confession of the Lord, and invent unbearable torments, through the difficulties of which they bring some healing to souls, healing them from the disease of voluptuousness with the battles of sorrows, thus Paul accepts the cross, James accepts the sword, Stephen accepts stones, Blessed Peter accepts the piercing of the head with a spear; all the ascetics of the faith who were after - various types of torment, animals, abysses, fires, numbness from cold, exposure of ribs from the flesh, piercing the head with nails, goring of the eyes, cutting off fingers, tearing out parts of the body on both sides, languishing with hunger - all this and the like this, as cleansing from sin, the saints endured with joy, so that not a trace of voluptuousness would remain in the heart after this painful and painful sensation had smoothed out all the imprints of voluptuousness in the soul.”