But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.

But the rich person's pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.

For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.

But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot's inclination directs.

You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!