See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children---and so, in fact, we are. This is why the world does not know us: it has not known God.

Saul answered, "I belong to the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest tribe in Israel, and my family is the least important one in the tribe. Why, then, do you talk like this to me?"

No one likes the poor, not even their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

Everyone tries to gain the favor of important people; everyone claims the friendship of those who give out favors.

Even the relatives of a poor person have no use for him; no wonder he has no friends. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot win any.

Someone lived there who was poor, but so clever that he could have saved the town. But no one thought about him.

I have always said that wisdom is better than strength, but no one thinks of the poor as wise or pays any attention to what they say.

I am unimportant and despised, but I do not neglect your teachings.