³ And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, came to his end; and only her two sons were with her.

¹ Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.

¹⁹ Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

⁶ For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

¹⁰ For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.

¹¹ At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.