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.

Then desire conceives and gives birth to sin, and when sin is mature, it brings forth death.

but if you show partiality, you are committing a sin, and stand convicted before the Law as lawbreakers.

Was not our forefather Abraham made upright for his good deeds, for offering his son Isaac on the altar?

The harvest uprightness yields must be sown in peace, by peacemakers.

So when a man knows what is right and fails to do it, he is guilty of sin.

Why, we call those who showed such endurance happy! You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen what the Lord brought out of it, for the Lord is very kind and merciful.