141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.

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141 Though I am lowly and despised,(A)
    I do not forget your precepts.(B)

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But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

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But I am a worm(A) and not a man,
    scorned by everyone,(B) despised(C) by the people.

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Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

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Listen, my dear brothers and sisters:(A) Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world(B) to be rich in faith(C) and to inherit the kingdom(D) he promised those who love him?(E)

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For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

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For you know the grace(A) of our Lord Jesus Christ,(B) that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor,(C) so that you through his poverty might become rich.(D)

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58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

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58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man(A) has no place to lay his head.”

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20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

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20 Looking at his disciples, he said:

“Blessed are you who are poor,
    for yours is the kingdom of God.(A)

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Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

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Better a little with righteousness
    than much gain(A) with injustice.(B)

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16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

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16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great wealth with turmoil.(A)

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My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

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Wisdom Bestows Well-Being

My son,(A) do not forget my teaching,(B)
    but keep my commands in your heart,

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109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

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109 Though I constantly take my life in my hands,(A)
    I will not forget(B) your law.

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17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

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17 But as for me, I am poor and needy;(A)
    may the Lord think(B) of me.
You are my help(C) and my deliverer;(D)
    you are my God, do not delay.(E)

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He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

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He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,(A) and familiar with pain.(B)
Like one from whom people hide(C) their faces
    he was despised,(D) and we held him in low esteem.

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19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

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19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than a fool whose lips are perverse.(A)

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