Provérbios 13

Provérbios 13:8

Suppose you are an ignoble and undistinguished person, poor and of lowly origin, without home or city, sick, in need of daily sustenance, in dread of the powerful, cowering before everyone because of your abject condition. "But he that is poor," says the Scripture, "bears not reprehension." Yet, do not despair or cast aside every good hope because your present state is quite unenviable. Rather, turn your thoughts to the blessings already granted you by God and to those reserved by promise for the future. — HOMILY ON THE WORDS 'GIVE HEED TO THYSELF.'