But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
“But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
from men by your hand, O Lord, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.
And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man, spreading himself like a green laurel tree. But he passed away, and behold, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed.
And you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, but you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.
Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and wandering all the precious things that were hers from days of old. When her people fell into the hand of the foe, and there was none to help her, her foes gloated over her; they mocked at her downfall.
Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning. If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed the generation of your children. But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names.
Yet he filled their houses with good things— but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.
They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol. They say to God, ‘Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
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