For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and consecrated place, even with the contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

For all those My hand has made, and all those exist, says Jehovah. But to this one will I have regard: To the lowly and contrite of spirit, and the one who trembles at My Word.

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

But no, rather, I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse, that I may gain Christ

Command those who are rich in this present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

whereas you do not know what will be tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

He comes forth like a flower and is cut off; he flees like a shadow and does not remain.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass; and wither as the green herb.

I have seen the wicked, ruthless, and spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree.

Yet he passed away, and lo, he was no more; indeed, I sought for him, but he could not be found.

You carry them away like a flood; they are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up:

In the morning it blossoms and sprouts; in the evening it is cut down and dries up.

My days are like a shadow that lengthens, and I am dried up like grass.

As for man, his days are like grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

The voice said, Cry out! And he said, What shall I proclaim? All flesh is grass, and all the goodness of it is as the flower of the field.

Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

and those who use this world as not using it up. For the form of this world is passing away.

because All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,

And the world is passing away, and its lust; but he who does the will of God abides forever.