1Sa 2:5-8, Isa 5:19, Jer 44:16, Luk 7:30, 16:14, Act 20:27, Rom 1:28 | ESV | STEP | Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread , but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven , but she who has many children is forlorn .

1 Samuel 2:5-8

5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
^aThe barren has borne seven,
^bbut she who has many children is forlorn.
6 ^cThe Lord kills and brings to life;
he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
7 ^dThe Lord makes poor and makes rich;
^ehe brings low and he exalts.
8 ^fHe raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
^gto make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
^hFor the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.

Isaiah 5:19

19 who say: ⁱ“Let him be quick,
let him speed his work
that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
and let it come, that we may know it!”

Jeremiah 44:16

16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, ^jwe will not listen to you.

Luke 7:30

30 ^kbut the Pharisees and ^lthe lawyers ^mrejected ⁿthe purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)

Luke 16:14

The Law and the Kingdom of God

14 ^oThe Pharisees, who were ^plovers of money, heard all these things, and they ^qridiculed him.

Acts 20:27

27 for ^rI did not shrink from declaring to you ^sthe whole counsel of God.

Romans 1:28

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ^tGod gave them up to ^ua debased mind to do ^vwhat ought not to be done.