<p class="poetry">When words abound, transgression is inevitable,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who restrains<n id="2" /> his words<n id="3" /> is wise.p>

<p class="poetry">Are not my days few?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Cease,<n id="2" /> then, and leave<n id="3" /> me alone,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">that I may find a little comfort,<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, &#8220;Come on, let&#8217;s head back before my father quits worrying about the donkeys and becomes anxious about us!&#8221;

There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open<n id="1" /> your hand to your fellow Israelites<n id="2" /> who are needy and poor in your land.p>

But when I speak with you, I will loosen your tongue<n id="1" /> and you must say to them, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says.&#8217; Those who listen will listen, but the indifferent will refuse,<n id="2" /> for they are a rebellious house.p>