9 Be sad and sorry and weep. Stop laughing and start crying. Be gloomy instead of glad.
10 Be humble in the Lord's presence, and he will honor you.
11 My friends, don't say cruel things about others! If you do, or if you condemn others, you are condemning God's Law. And if you condemn the Law, you put yourself above the Law and refuse to obey either it
12 or God who gave it. God is our judge, and he can save or destroy us. What right do you have to condemn anyone?
13 You should know better than to say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to the city. We will do business there for a year and make a lot of money!”
14 What do you know about tomorrow? How can you be so sure about your life? It is nothing more than mist that appears for only a little while before it disappears.
15 You should say, “If the Lord lets us live, we will do these things.”