Worldliness

“Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.”

“Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.””

“Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,”

“They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,”

“Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.”

“But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.”

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”

“Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.”