The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.

The king shows favor to a wise servant, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.

The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.

The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.

There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?

I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them!

It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire!

Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”

Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant of David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.

Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they?

Now an intermediary is not for one party alone, but God is one.

Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”

And no one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was.

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

but has not brought it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to present it as an offering to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord. He has shed blood, so that man will be cut off from the midst of his people.