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5 And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded: for God proved them, and found them
worthy for himself.
7 And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble.
8 They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.
9 They that put their trust in him shall understand the truth: and such as be faithful in love shall abide
with him: for grace and mercy is to his saints, and he hath care for his elect.
10 But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, which have neglected the righteous,
and forsaken the Lord.
11 For whoso despiseth wisdom and nurture, he is miserable, and their hope is vain, their labours unfruitful,
and their works unprofitable:
13 Their offspring is cursed. Wherefore blessed is the barren that is undefiled, which hath not known the
sinful bed: she shall have fruit in the visitation of souls.
14 And blessed is the eunuch, which with his hands hath wrought no iniquity, nor imagined wicked things
against God: for unto him shall be given the special gift of faith, and an inheritance in the temple
of the Lord more acceptable to his mind.
16 As for the children of adulterers, they shall not come to their perfection, and the seed of an unrighteous
bed shall be rooted out.