¹⁹ And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.

⁹ And Jabez was honoured more than his brothers; but his mother had given him the name Jabez, saying, Because I gave birth to him with sorrow.

¹² And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men.

⁵⁰ But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts.

⁴ You will not now be named, She who is given up; and your land will no longer be named, The waste land: but you will have the name, My pleasure is in her, and your land will be named, Married: for the Lord has pleasure in you, and your land will be married.

⁸ By whom was this purposed against Tyre, the crowning town, whose traders are chiefs, whose business men are honoured in the land?

⁹ It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.

¹³ For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water.

³ The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers.

⁴ And I will make children their chiefs, and foolish ones will have rule over them.

⁵ And the people will be crushed, every one by his neighbour; the young will be full of pride against the old, and those of low position will be lifted up against the noble.

⁶ Put me as a sign on your heart, as a sign on your arm; love is strong as death, and wrath bitter as the underworld: its coals are coals of fire; violent are its flames.

¹ Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper.

¹⁴ Then Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house?

¹⁵ So Balak sent more chiefs, greater in number and of higher position than the others.

²⁰ And the thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows who came up first;

²⁰ And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.