1992 verses about Holiness

for the day is holy to the Lord: and be not sorrowful; for the Lord will bring you to honor.

So the Levites published all things to the people, saying, This day is holy; be not sorrowful.

Having arrived at Jerusalem, sacrificed, and offered thank-offerings to the Greatest God, and done whatever else was suitable to the sanctity of the place, and entered the inner court,

And when they told him that this was not permissible, none of the nation, no, nor even the priests in general, but only the supreme high priest of all, and he only once in a year, being allowed to go in, he would by no means give way.

New-born babes were deserted by the mothers or nurses who waited upon them; some here, some there, in houses, or in fields; these now, with an ardour which could not be checked, swarmed into the Most High temple.

Not the men only, but the very walls and floor seemed to sound forth; all things preferring dissolution rather than to see the place defiled.

O Lord, Lord, King of the heavens, and Ruler of the whole creation, Holy among the holy, sole Governor, Almighty, give ear to us who are oppressed by a wicked and profane one, who exults in his confidence and strength.

You, O King, when you created the illimitable and measureless earth, did choose out this city: you did make this place sacred to your name, albeit you need nothing: you did glorify it with your illustrious presence, after constructing it to the glory of your great and honorable name.

We being in this low condition, this bold and profane man seeks to dishonor this your holy place, consecrated out of the earth to the name of your Majesty.

Your dwelling place, the heaven of heavens, is indeed unapproachable to men.

But since it seemed good to you to exhibit your glory among your people Israel, you did sanctify this place.

We have trampled upon the holy house, as idolatrous houses are trampled upon.

At that time God, who sees all things, who is beyond all Holy among the holy, heard that prayer, so suitable; and scourged the man greatly uplifted with scorn and insolence.

And Eleazar, an illustrious priest of the country, who had attained to length of days, and whose life had been adorned with virtue, caused the presbyters who were about him to cease to cry out to the holy God, and prayed thus:

and of all the depths of the sea you have filled you one river: and of all built cities you have hallowed Sion to yourself:

In the time that they lived therein they painfully served the Most High, and were in jeopardy every hour, that they might keep the law of the lawgiver perfectly.

Yet in this shall you be admirable to the Most High;

But those that be left behind of your people are those who are found within my holy border.

Reasoning is, then, intellect accompanied by a life of rectitude, putting foremost the consideration of wisdom.

And reasoning, the universal husbandman, purging, and pruning these severally, and binding round, and watering, and transplanting, in every way improves the materials of the morals and affections.

And when many had been seized, a foremost man of the assembly, a Hebrew, by name Eleazar, a priest by family, by profession a lawyer, and advanced in years, and for this reason known to many of the king’s followers, was brought near to him.

Mouth! you shall not pollute my old age, nor the full stature of a perfect life.

And first, they stripped the old man, adorned as he was with the comeliness of piety.

for it were irrational, if having lived up to old age in all truth, and having scrupulously guarded our character for it, we should now turn back,

The reasoning of our father Eleazar, like a first-rate pilot, steering the vessel of piety in the sea of passions,

O priest worthy of the priesthood! you did not pollute your sacred teeth; nor make your appetite, which had always embraced the clean and lawful, a partaker of profanity.

and knowing that it is a blessed thing to endure all kinds of hardships for virtue, would not, for the sake of religion, master his passion?

For they were well aware of the sufferings, and masters of the pains. So that as soon as the tyrant had ceased counselling them to eat the unclean, they altogether with one voice, as from the same heart said:

Imitate me, O kindred, nor ever desert your station, nor abjure my brotherhood in courage: fight the holy and honorable fight of religion;

And he, while tormented, said, O period good and holy, in which, for the sake of religion, we kindred have been called to the contest of pain, and have not been conquered.

For just as if, had they as slaves to the passions, eaten of the unholy, we should have said that they had been conquered by the;

so that seven-towered right-reasoning of the young men, securing the harbour of religion, conquered the intermperance of passions.

For having arranged a holy choir of piety, they encouraged one another, saying,

O holy seven of harmonious kindred! for as the seven days of creation, about religion,

O you only woman who have brought forth perfect holiness!

But this daughter of Abraham remembered his holy fortitude.

Nor, should I die, shall I have a son to bury me. But with such a lament as this the holy and God-fearing mother bewailed none of them.

For it was truly a divine contest which was carried through by them.

And reverence for God conquered, and crowned her own athletes.

These, therefore, having been sanctified through God, have been honored not only with this honor, but that also by their means the enemy did not overcome our nation;

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.

Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.

And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’” Isaiah 29:13

These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”

He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.

He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ Isaiah 56:7 but you have made it a den of robbers!” Jeremiah 7:11

You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

saying, “Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!”

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father’s glory, with the holy angels.”

His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.

For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.

He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.

He taught, saying to them, “Isn’t it written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?’ Isaiah 56:7 But you have made it a den of robbers!” Jeremiah 7:11

Now while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his division,

according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.

For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.

In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”), Exodus 13:2,12

saying, “Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!”

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”

The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?

He entered into the temple, and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,

saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ Isaiah 56:7 but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!” Jeremiah 7:11

(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom:

To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!”

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.”

Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?

Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him. Isaiah 6:1

Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”

Jesus said to him, “Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.”

One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.

I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.