Take heed that you give not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise you have no reward of your Father who is in heaven.

But when you give alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand does:

But all their works they do to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet you lack one thing: sell all that you have, and distribute unto the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed you.

And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow has cast in more than they all:

For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her poverty has cast in all the living that she had.

For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

But if not, be it known unto you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.

And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spoke, and said unto his counselors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.

Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spoke, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the most high God, come forth, and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth out of the midst of the fire.

Then Nebuchadnezzar spoke, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out demons? and in your name done many wonderful works?

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.

Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my life for your sake.

Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Then Paul answered, What mean you to weep and to break my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.

I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not profit you.

Behold, you trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

For bodily exercise profits for a little while: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Be not carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with foods, which have not profited them that have been observing them.

What does it profit, my brethren, though a man says he has faith, and has not works? can faith save him?

And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled; yet you give them not those things which are needful to the body; what does it profit?