1Sa 2:30, Pro 3:16, Dan 2:48-49, 5:16, 29 | ESV | STEP | Therefore the Lord , the God of Israel , declares : I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever , but now the Lord declares : Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor , and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed .

j[See ver. 48 above]

k Esth. 2:19

l[ch. 2:26]

m ver. 12

n ver. 7, 29

o ver. 7, 29

p ver. 7, 29

q[See ver. 22 above]

r[ver. 7, 16]

1 Samuel 2:30

30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ^a‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ ^bbut now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

Proverbs 3:16

16 ^cLong life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are ^driches and honor.

Daniel 2:48-49

48 Then the king gave Daniel high honors and many great ^egifts, and made him ruler over the whole ^fprovince of Babylon and ^gchief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon. 49 Daniel made a request of the king, and he ^happointed ⁱShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of ^jthe province of Babylon. But Daniel ^kremained at the king’s court.

Daniel 5:16

16 ^lBut I have heard that you can give interpretations and ^msolve problems. ⁿNow if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, ^oyou shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around your neck and ^pshall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

Daniel 5:29

29 Then ^qBelshazzar gave the command, and Daniel ^rwas clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.