She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers.’ So she came, and she has continued from early morning until now, except for a short rest.”
The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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