<p class="poetry">Better is a person of humble standing<n id="1" /> who nevertheless has a servant,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">than one who pretends to be somebody important<n id="3" /> yet has no food.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who neglects<n id="1" /> discipline ends up in<n id="2" /> poverty and shame,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who accepts reproof is honored.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who oppresses<n id="1" /> the poor insults<n id="2" /> his Creator,p> <p class="poetry">but whoever shows favor<n id="3" /> to the needy honors him.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who tends a fig tree<n id="1" /> will eat its fruit,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and whoever takes care of<n id="3" /> his master will be honored.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.

<p class="bodytext">So the <sc>Lordsc> said, &#8220;The outcry against<n id="1" /> Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant<n id="2" />

Make the work harder<n id="1" /> for the men so they will keep at it<n id="2" /> and pay no attention to lying words!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

And the Egyptians will know<n id="1" /> that I am the <sc>Lordsc> when I have gained my honor<n id="2" /> because of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.&#8221;p>

Manoah said to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s messenger, &#8220;Tell us your name, so we can honor you when your announcement comes true.&#8221;<n id="1" />

Saul himself was in the thick of the battle;<n id="1" /> the archers<n id="2" /> spotted him and wounded him severely.p>

I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this!<n id="1" /> But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!&#8221;

From<n id="1" /> the three he was given honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of the three.p>

He received honor from<n id="1" /> the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.p>

<p class="bodytext">Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, &#8220;I experienced pain when I gave birth to him.&#8221;<n id="1" />

The battle was thick<n id="1" /> around Saul; the archers spotted him and wounded him.<n id="2" />

From<n id="1" /> the three he was given double honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of them.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But because it is heavier<n id="1" /> than the sand<n id="2" /> of the sea,p> <p class="poetry">that is why my words have been wild.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He despises a reprobate,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but honors the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s loyal followers.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For day and night you tormented me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you tried to destroy me<n id="2" /> in the intense heat<n id="3" /> of summer.<n id="4" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">For my sins overwhelm me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.p>