Eve … bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. |
Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven. … The Lord scattered them. – Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan. – It was well watered every where, … even as the garden of the Lord. … But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly. |
I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. – I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: … I gathered me also silver and gold. … Then I looked on all, … and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit. |
If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. – He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. – Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. |