³ And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

¹ Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

⁶ For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

¹⁰ For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

¹¹ Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.