That is the fate of those who shake their fists at God and defy the Almighty.

(SEE 15:26)

God is so wise and powerful; no one can stand up against him.

And so people become enemies of God when they are controlled by their human nature; for they do not obey God's law, and in fact they cannot obey it.

Those who obey their human nature cannot please God.

Is it right for you to be so cruel? To despise what you yourself have made? And then to smile on the schemes of wicked people?

But thieves and godless people live in peace, though their only god is their own strength.

Then keep from speaking evil and from telling lies.

"You have said terrible things about me," says the LORD. "But you ask, 'What have we said about you?'

Do any of you think you are religious? If you do not control your tongue, your religion is worthless and you deceive yourself.

All of us often make mistakes. But if a person never makes a mistake in what he says, he is perfect and is also able to control his whole being.

Or think of a ship: big as it is and driven by such strong winds, it can be steered by a very small rudder, and it goes wherever the pilot wants it to go.

And the tongue is like a fire. It is a world of wrong, occupying its place in our bodies and spreading evil through our whole being. It sets on fire the entire course of our existence with the fire that comes to it from hell itself.