Therefore do not rejoice, neither let your bands be made strong; for I have heard of works finished and cut short by the Lord of hosts, which He will execute upon all the earth.

Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; attend to the law of God, you people of Gomorrah.

For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts; for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them.

The lawless man has been brought down, and the proud man has perished, and they that transgress mischievously have been utterly destroyed;

So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and have become subject to reproofs.

The Lord resists the proud, but He gives grace to the humble.

Lawless men burn down a city, but wise men turn away wrath.

[In] the days of our kings, the princes began to be inflamed with wine: he stretched out his hand with pestilent fellows.

"Behold, you despisers, and marvel and perish! For I will work a work in your days which you will by no means believe, though one were to declare it to you.'"