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Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.

For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Pray, n:. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?

And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.