Do you believe in one God? Very well! So do the demons, and they shudder.

Even ships, great as they are, and driven by strong winds, are steered with a very small rudder wherever the pilot pleases.

So the tongue is a little organ and yet very boastful. What a great forest a spark will set on fire!

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.

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.