Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;

Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts,

These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage.

Fierce

“Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;
And their wrath, for it is cruel.

I will disperse them in Jacob,

And scatter them in Israel.

“In the latter period of their rule,
When the transgressors have run their course,
A king will arise,

Insolent and skilled in intrigue.

And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. They deserve it.”

And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly.

Despisers

But I am a worm and not a man,
A reproach of men and despised by the people.

He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

“The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you,
And all those who despised you will bow themselves at the soles of your feet;
And they will call you the city of the Lord,
The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

“The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him.

So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.

But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?

General references

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.