But indeed, O man, who are you to [be] answering back against God? Surely the thing formed will not say to him who formed it, "Why did you made me like this?"

For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?

And far be it from me to sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you; but I will serve the Lord, and show you the good and the right way.

Also You came down upon Mount Sinai, and You spoke to them out of heaven, and gave them right judgments, and laws of truth, ordinances, and good commandments.

But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all Your praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion.

is good, and shall wait for, and quietly expect salvation from the Lord.

But one [thing] is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."

But if I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that [it is] good.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and a good hope by grace,

And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, and to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul;

to keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and His statutes, all that I command you this day, that it may be well with you?

For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham all things whatsoever He has spoken to him.

And Samuel said, Does the Lord take [as great] pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? Behold, obedience is better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.

To do justly and to speak truth are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.

Hear the end of the matter, the sum: Fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is man's all.

Wash, and be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before My eyes; cease from your iniquities;

And come, let us reason together, says the Lord; and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make [them] white as wool.

I have not chosen such a fast, says the Lord; but do you loose every burden of iniquity, do you untie the knots of hard bargains, set the bruised free, and cancel every unjust account?

Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your health shall speedily spring forth; and your righteousness shall go before you, and the glory of God shall surround you.

and [if] you give bread to the hungry from your heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light spring up in darkness, and your darkness [shall be] as noon day;

Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Correct your ways and your devices, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

For if you thoroughly correct your ways and your practices, and do indeed execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;

For I desire mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than whole burnt offerings.

You therefore shall return to your God. Keep mercy and judgment, and draw near to your God continually.

But let judgment roll down as water, and righteousness as an impassable torrent.

Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth; do judgment, and seek justice, and answer accordingly; that you may be hid in the day of the wrath of the Lord.

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance,

But even now, the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

' And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment.

So the scribe said to Him, "Well [said], Teacher, in truth You said that He is one, and there is no other besides Him.

Now when Jesus saw that he answered intelligently, He said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And no one dared any longer to question Him.

But woe to you Pharisees! Because you pay a tithe of mint and rue and every vegetable, and you pass over justice and the love of God. These things you ought to have done, without leaving the others [undone].

For the saving grace of God has appeared to all men,

teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,

But also [for] this very reason, making every effort, provide with your faith virtue, and with virtue knowledge,

and with godliness brotherly love, and with brotherly love, love.

He is merciful, and lends continually; and his seed shall be blessed.

To the upright light has sprung up in darkness; he is pitiful, and merciful, and righteous.

He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.

See how the just man has perished, and no one lays [it] to heart; and righteous men are taken away, and no one considers; for the righteous has been removed out of the way of injustice.

His burial shall be in peace; he has been removed out of the way.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Then summoning him, his master said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.

"And being angered, his master handed him over to the tormentors until he should pay all that was owed to him.

Therefore be compassionate, just as your Father also is compassionate.

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ forgave us.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience;

Finally, all [of you] be like-minded, sympathetic, loving the brothers, compassionate, friendly,

And Enoch was well-pleasing to God. After his begetting [of] Methuselah, [He walked with God] two hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters.

and I walked with them with a perverse mind; and I will destroy them in the land of their enemies: then shall their uncircumcised heart be ashamed, and then shall they acquiesce in [the punishment of] their sins.

But the men of Asher, and [some] of Manasseh and of Zebulun, were ashamed, and came to Jerusalem and Judah.

And Hezekiah humbled himself after the exaltation of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

And when he was afflicted, he sought the face of the Lord his God, and was greatly humbled before the face of the God of his fathers;

and he prayed to Him. And He hearkened to him, and listened to his cry, and brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. And Manasseh knew that the Lord, He is God.

behold, [they are] in the account of his prayer. And [God] hearkened to him. And all his sins, and his backslidings, and the spots on which he built the high places, and set there groves and graven images, before he repented, behold, they are written in the books of the seers.

And he was not humbled before the Lord as his father Manasseh was humbled; for his son Amon abounded in transgression.

forasmuch as your heart was ashamed, and you were humbled before Me when you heard My words against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, and you were humbled before Me, and you tore your clothes, and wept before Me; I also have heard, says the Lord.

Thus says the Most High, who dwells on high forever, Holy in the holies is His name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted;

For all these things are Mine, says the Lord; and to whom will I have respect, but to the humble and meek, and the [man] that trembles [at] My words?

that you may remember, and be ashamed, and may no more be able to open your mouth for your shame, when I am reconciled to you for all that you have done, says the Lord.

Now therefore, I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and greatly exalt and glorify the King of heaven; for all His works are true, and His paths are judgment: and all that walk in pride He is able to abase.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

And the tax collector, standing far away, would not so much as lift his eyes towards heaven, but beat on his chest, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!'

And they were bringing infants to Him, that He might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

Assuredly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter into it."

Brothers, the good pleasure of my heart and my supplication to God on behalf of Israel, is for [their] salvation.

For they, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded.

Be humbled before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Likewise, younger [people], subject yourselves to [the] elders. And all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility, because "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,