Moreover, the strength of their hands – what use was it to me? Men whose strength had perished;

Inside I am like wine which has no outlet, like new wineskins ready to burst!

“Indeed, God does all these things, twice, three times, in his dealings with a person,

Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land.

Then observers will say, “Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!”

Yes, look! Those far from you die; you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you.

Yes, the Lord will bestow his good blessings, and our land will yield its crops.

Indeed, look at your enemies, O Lord! Indeed, look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered!

indeed, if you call out for discernment – raise your voice for understanding –

Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,

For indeed, I am on your side; I will turn to you, and you will be plowed and planted.

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

But I tell you that Elijah has certainly come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him.”

In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days.

Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law.

For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,