Then all the trees said to the bramble, Come, and reign over us.

And now, if you have done it in truth and integrity, and have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal, and with his house, and if you have done to him according to the reward of his hand,

and you have risen up this day against the house of my father, and have slain his sons, being seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his bondwoman king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother:

But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Beth Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from the house of Beth Millo, and devour Abimelech.

And the king answered the people harshly. And Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men which they counseled him.

And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

And after this King Artaxerxes highly honored Haman, [son] of Hammedatha, the Bugaean, and exalted him, and set his seat above all his friends.

The ungodly walk around; according to Your greatness You have greatly exalted the sons of men.

By reason of the help of righteous men great glory arises, but in the places of the ungodly men are caught.

In the places of ungodly [men] the righteous mourn, but in their destruction the righteous shall be multiplied.

and you have respect for him that wears the fine clothes and you say to him, "You sit here in a good seat," and say to the poor man, "You stand there," or, "Sit here under my footstool,"

Listen, my beloved brothers. Did God not choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those that love Him?