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For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.

Verse ConceptsFutilityHeatMoney, Attitudes ToPlantsStrength, HumanThe SunWeather, As God's JudgmentGrass WitheredHot WeatherScorchingNo Beauty

Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:

Verse ConceptsBeing A Man Of GodHuman NatureTemptation, Sources OfGod Is HolyBeing TemptedTemptationResisting TemptationTeststrailsoverworking

And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;

Verse ConceptsFootstoolsSitting In FellowshipHolier Than ThougaysRespectTreating OthersBeing GayGoing To ChurchGiving BackBeing Differentdiscriminationpoopmanattentionpeople

Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you?

Verse ConceptsRich, TheBlasphemyatheism

What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

Verse ConceptsFaith, As Basis Of SalvationClaimsProfitsWork, And RedemptionFaith That WorksUseless ReligionThings Which Cannot SaveWorks Of Faith

If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

Verse ConceptsNaked In PovertyHelp In ShortageFeeding The PoorSibling Love

But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.

Verse ConceptsFaith That WorksWorks Of FaithFaith KjvKeeping FaithHaving FaithLove Shown By DeedsJudging Others Actionsdeeds

You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;

Verse ConceptsFaith That WorksWorks Of FaithWorking TogetherHaving Faith

Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies.

Verse ConceptsBinding As AnimalsOther References To MouthsThe TongueDirectionobeying

And again ships, though they are so great and are moved by violent winds, are turned by a very small guiding-blade, at the impulse of the man who is using it.

Verse ConceptsWindShipsBig ThingsSmall ThingsMarinersThe TongueDirectionStaying Strong During Hard Timessailing

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

Verse ConceptsBlessedCursingAbusive MarriagesBlessing And CurseUngodly CursingThe TongueBlessing OthersSwearingcurses

Is a fig-tree able to give us olives, my brothers, or do we get figs from a vine, or sweet water from the salt sea?

Verse ConceptsGrapesBad WaterSourness

You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy, and you are not able to get your desire, so you are fighting and making war; you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it.

Verse ConceptsAmbition, Warnings RegardingPrayer, Practicalities OfPrayerlessnessCovetousness, Nature ofEvil DesiresReady To KillFighting One Anothergrandmas

Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?

Verse Conceptsgrandmasfriendliness

Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

Verse ConceptsBackbitingCommitment, to God's peopleEvil SpeakingGossipInjurySpeech, Negative Aspects OfObscenitySpeaking, EvilAbraham, New Testament ReferencesSlanderUncharitablenessBackstabbersNot JudgingIf You Do Not Keep CommandsSiblingsFake FriendsBrothers LoveConfidence And Self EsteemSibling Lovecriticismgrandmas

But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

Verse ConceptsBad LanguageConsistencyAffirmationsethics, personalOaths, HumanAffirmative ActionConversationHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansCursingSwearing Being ForbiddenAssentingDissentSwearing OathsNot Swearing OathsNo CondemnationSwearing