"Though your beginningwas insignificant,Yet your endwill increasegreatly.
The LORDrestoredthe fortunesof Jobwhen he prayedfor his friends,and the LORDincreasedallthat Jobhad twofold.
So that He setson highthose who are lowly,And those who mournare liftedto safety.
"Pleaseinquireof pastgenerations,And considerthe thingssearchedout by their fathers.
Listento counseland acceptdiscipline,That you may be wisethe restof your days.
But the pathof the righteousis like the lightof dawn,That shinesbrighterand brighteruntilthe fullday.
For it will be a uniquedaywhichis knownto the LORD,neitherdaynornight,but it will comeabout that at eveningtimethere will be light.
"For whohas despisedthe dayof smallthings?But thesesevenwill be gladwhen they seethe plumblinein the handof Zerubbabel--[these are] the eyesof the LORDwhichrangeto and frothroughoutthe earth."
"For whoeverhas,to him [more] shall be given,and he will have an abundance;but whoeverdoes not have,evenwhathe hasshall be taken awayfrom him.
"In the wildernessHe fedyou mannawhichyour fathersdid not know,that He might humbleyou and that He might testyou, to dogoodfor you in the end.
For if,after they have escapedthe defilementsof the worldby the knowledgeof the Lordand SaviorJesusChrist,they are againentangledin them and are overcome,the laststate has becomeworsefor them than the first.
