Fear none of those things which you shall suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days: be you faithful to death, and I will give you a crown of life.
Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Jeremiah 8:5 5Why then is this people of Jerusalem slid back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Whoever keeps the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shames his father.
A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another.
And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
