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And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

Matthew 3:15, KJV

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Matthew 21:42, KJV

For You, because Your mercy endures for ever, vouchsafes to those to whom You forgives all of their debts, to become also a debtor by Your promises.

Augustine, Confessions

By the help of his grace I am become safe, because The unseen king saith to me, 'Thou art the soul of the world.' The essence of the meaning of 'He' has filled my heart and soul.

Rumi

Exert not thyself in the amassing of wealth, for evil is the smell of stagnant water; strive, rather, to be generous, for running water becomes a flood

Saadi, Bustan

Lighten the lamp of thy soul with piety, That thou mayest become happy, like the prosperous

Saadi, Scroll of Wisdom

What our contempts doth often hurl from us We wish it ours again. The present pleasure, By revolution lowering, does become The opposite of itself

Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act 1, Scene 2

God and his angels guard your sacred throne And make you long become it.

Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 1, Scene 2

I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.

Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 7