I therefore so run, not as unto an uncertain thing; so I fight, not as one that beats the air;

Charge those that are rich in this world, that they not be highminded, not placing their hope in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

For if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

in almost all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, among which are some things that are hard to understand, which those that are ignorant and unstable twist, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Become ye dumb, and make others dumb; become ye blind, and blind others: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

He that trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

Come now, ye that say, Today and tomorrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year and buy and sell and get gain;

Nevertheless when they convert to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.)

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, modest, benevolent, full of mercy and of good fruits, not judgmental, unfeigned.

And the proud one shall stumble and fall and have no one to raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.

For this cause I, also, not waiting any longer, have sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter has tempted you and our labour is in vain.

And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the sons of Israel journeyed; and in the place where the cloud abode, there the sons of Israel pitched their tents.

Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spoke.

Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee; and I will save her that is lame and gather her that was driven out; and I will make them a praise and of good reputation in every land where they have been put to shame.

lest thou should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable; thou shalt not know them.

Then Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea and all ye that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known unto you and hearken to my words;

The double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in its midst, and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

but charge them to do good, that they be rich in good works, liberal to distribute, willing to communicate,

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. I also have seen that this is from the hand of God.

Now we beseech you, brethren, regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together unto him,

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes upon you;

Trust not in violence and become not vain in the taking of spoil; if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of the life of his vanity which he causes to be as a shadow? for who shall teach the man what shall be after him under the sun?

And he spoke a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully;

Faith, therefore, is the substance of things waited for, the evidence of things not seen.

the only one who has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto, whom no man has seen nor can see, to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

and ye do not know what shall be tomorrow. For what is your life? Certainly it is a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

Why was my pain perpetual and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar and as waters that fail?