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.

Every good gift and every perfect present is from heaven, and comes down from the Father of the heavenly lights, about whom there is no variation of changing shadow.

Of his own accord he brought us into being through the message of truth, so that we might be a kind of first-fruits among his creatures.

A religious observance that is pure and stainless in the sight of God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their trouble, and keep one's self unstained by the world.

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

What wise, intelligent man is there among you? Let him show by his good life that what he does is done in the humility of wisdom.

For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there will be confusion and every low action.

There is only one lawgiver and judge??e who has the power to save and to destroy; who are you, to judge your neighbor?

your gold and silver are rusted, and their rust will testify against you and eat into your very flesh, for you have stored up fire for the last days.

Elijah was a man like us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and for three years and six months there was no rain in the land.