Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.

Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!

But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge – the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?

For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,

But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.

Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.

For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, “The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.

You ought to say instead, “If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”

Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!

Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up – and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.