For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass, and the flowers wither, and all their beauty is gone. That is the way rich men will fade and die in the midst of their pursuits.

My brothers, what is the good of a man's saying he has faith, if he has no good deeds to show? Can faith save him?

If we put bridles into horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies.

For every kind of animal and bird, reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by man,

but no human being can tame the tongue. It is an irreconcilable evil, full of deadly poison.

Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers, or a grape vine figs? A salt spring cannot give fresh water.

So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be cured. An upright man can do a great deal by prayer when he tries.