Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.

For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:

Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;

For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit: