I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this! ¹  But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!”

In those days Ahithophel’s advice was considered as valuable as a prophetic revelation. ¹  Both David and Absalom highly regarded the advice of Ahithophel. ² 

Even a fool who remains silent is considered ¹  wise, and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning. ² 

A good name ¹  is to be chosen ²  rather than great wealth, good favor ³  more than silver or gold.

ב (Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold – Alas! – but now they are treated like ¹  broken clay pots, made by a potter. ² 

So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church? ¹ 

Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition ¹  or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.

He regarded abuse suffered for Christ ¹  to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on ²  the reward.

Jehoshaphat was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made an alliance by marriage with Ahab,

Would your wealth ¹  sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, ²  even all your mighty efforts? ³ 

The one who despises instruction ¹  will pay the penalty, ²  but whoever esteems instruction ³  will ⁴  be rewarded. ⁵ 

The wealth ¹  of a rich person is like ²  a strong city, ³  and it is like a high wall in his imagination. ⁴ 

A person’s wisdom ¹  makes him slow to anger, ²  and it is his glory ³  to overlook ⁴  an offense.

The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation ¹  than seven people who respond with good sense. ² 

A rich person ¹  is wise in his own eyes, ²  but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly. ³ 

Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?

The Lord is exalted, ¹  indeed, ²  he lives in heaven; ³  he fills Zion with justice and fairness.

One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, ¹  was at the table ²  to the right of Jesus in a place of honor. ³ 

“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense ¹  that I now ²  make to you.”

“Honor your father and mother,” ¹  which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,