<p class="poetry">He will bless his loyal followers,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">both young and old.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;For a short time I abandoned<n id="1" /> you,p> <p class="poetry">but with great compassion I will gather you.p>

<p class="bodytext">You must not have in your bag different stone weights,<n id="1" /> a heavy and a light one.<n id="2" />

You must not have in your house different measuring containers,<n id="1" /> a large and a small one.

Now David was the youngest. While the three oldest sons followed Saul,

<p class="bodytext">They cast lots, both young and old, according to their families, to determine which gate they would be responsible for.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">Small and great are<n id="1" /> there,p> <p class="poetry">and the slave is free<n id="2" /> from his master.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">There are four things on earth that are small,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but they are exceedingly wise:<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says to Edom,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will certainly make you small among nations.p> <p class="poetry">I will make you despised by all humankind.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Look! I will<n id="2" /> make you a weak nation;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you will be greatly despised!p>

<p class="bodytext">When Noah awoke from his drunken stupor<n id="1" /> he learned<n id="2" /> what his youngest son had done<n id="3" /> to him.

(Now Laban had two daughters;<n id="1" /> the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.

Since Jacob had fallen in love with<n id="1" /> Rachel, he said, &#8220;I&#8217;ll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel.&#8221;

But you must bring<n id="1" /> your youngest brother to me. Then<n id="2" /> your words will be verified<n id="3" /> and you will not die.&#8221; They did as he said.<n id="4" />p>

Then the man<n id="1" /> searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin&#8217;s sack!

<p class="bodytext">The next morning Jonathan, along with a young servant, went out to the field to meet David.

<p class="bodytext">Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. All the members of Ziba&#8217;s household were Mephibosheth&#8217;s servants.

Raiding parties went out from Syria and took captive from the land of Israel a young girl, who became a servant to Naaman&#8217;s wife.

These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">They cast lots to determine their responsibilities &#8211; oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student.<n id="1" />p>