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for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your assembly, and there come in also a poor man in filthy clothing;

For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he has become guilty of all.

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

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn't stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

You ask, and don't receive, because you ask amiss, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.

Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the eretz, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the Zakenim of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,

Confess your offenses one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effective, earnest prayer of a righteous man is powerfully effective.

Eliyah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn't rain on the eretz for three years and six months.