12 Scattered Tribes
You feel like interrupting someone to give them a piece of your mind
It is Written:
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Ya'aqov 1:19–20
If you're sick
It is written:
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Ya'aqov 5:14–15
I tried 6 times, and I keep failing; I may as well give up.
Indeed, it is written:
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again…
Pro 24:16a
If I lose my job for not working on Shabbat,(or not taking a 'vaccine,' or______) how will I buy food and clothes?
Hath not the Shepherd counseled us? saying,
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Mat 6:31–32
I'll get him for what he did to me!
It is written,
Recompense to no man evil for evil.
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Rom 12:17, 19
You're feeling pretty happy (merry)
It is written:
Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Ya'aqov 5:13(b)
I just don't know how to handle this situation
It is written:
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him
Ya'aqov 1:5
(2 part verse, each worth 100)
Someone lashes out at you in anger, and you have a chance to respond
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Pro 15:1
You have something to offer, but you just remembered your brother has something against you
Remember that Yeshua said,
if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Mat 5:23–24
May as well get it out of my system when I'm young, then repent when I'm older,, since the more I sin, the more grace I'll get
Nay but it is written;What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Rom 6:1–2
When it rains, it pours...and you're starting to get impatient
(3 short vv.)
It is Written:
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Ya'aqov 1:2–4
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Ya'aqov 1:12
If your acquaintance says something like, "I swear on my mother's grave!" You could respond with a verse from Ya'aqov
Hast thou not read?
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Ya'aqov 5:12
(whole verse)
(m) She's so charming and pretty!
(f) If I can make myself look more pretty and be more charming, then guys would notice me.
Ah! But it is written,
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised!
Pro 31:30
(Tell me about a parable—extra points for the intro and conclusion)
I've prayed every day for months with no results!
Did our Master not teach us this parable? saying,
…men ought always to pray, and not to faint…
There was in a city a judge, which feared not God…
A widow… [said] Avenge me of mine adversary.
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me…
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Luke 18:1–9
There's so much pain & suffering, corruption and decay, infirmities and weaknesses… Seems like the forces are mounting against us!
It is written,
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Rom 8:31
You know you are at fault, but you don't want to admit it.
It is written:
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed…
Ya'aqov 5:16a
I have the next year all figured out. My plan is fail-safe—and it all starts tomorrow!
Verily it is written:
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
For that But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
Ya'aqov 4:13–16
(must quote the whole verse)
So I talk a lot; what's wrong with that?
It is written:
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
I see he needs help, but he's a democrat, and I'm too busy anyway
But The Teacher hath given us this parable:
...A certain man went down from Jerusalem...and fell among thieves [who left] him half dead…a certain priest…passed by on the other side…a Levite…passed by on the other side… But a Samaritan…had compassion…and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
Luke 10:30–35
Christ died for sinners, and we're all just sinners here!
Have ye not read?
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
I could befriend my neighbors by joining in their fun, and then afterward, tell them about Messiah
Nay, but is it not written—
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Ya'aqov 4:4
Sola Fide! We are justified by faith alone!
It is Written:
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Ya'aqov 2:24
(2 part verse: each part worth 300)
Your opponent is stumped, and you feel like cheering
But it is written:
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
3 part
You're angry at your brother and you feel like calling him some things that are antonymous with intelligent and wise.
But HaMashiach warned us that:
…whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Mat. 5:22
Jesus fulfilled the law so I don't have to
Is it not written?
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Rom 8:3–4
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Rom 13:10