“But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.” – First Epistle of St. Paul to the Church at Corinth
“Behold, says the Lord, I will bring plagues upon the world; the sword, famine, death, and destruction.” – The Prophet Ezra
“Beguiling and deceptive is the life of the world, fruitless its labor, perilous its delight, poor its riches, delusive its honors, inconstant, insignificant; and woe to those who hope in its seeming goods: because of this many die without repentance. Blessed and most blessed are those who depart from the world and its desires.” — Elder Nazarius