Ruth

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.