For You shall save the lowly people, and shall humble the eyes of the proud.

Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.

Hearken to Me, you senseless ones, that are far from righteousness;

peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are close by; and the Lord has said, I will heal them.

And having come, He preached peace to you who were far away and to those near.

Because through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after [Him]; God is not before him.

Yet [such a man] says to the Lord, Depart from me; I desire not to know Your ways.

What is the Mighty One, that we should serve Him? And what profit is there that we should approach Him?

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and [there is] good understanding to all that practice it: and godliness toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will nullify wisdom and instruction.

Then he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am suffering in this flame.'

There is none who understands; there is none who seeks God.