Sorry I didn't reply sooner. I was tired last night and in pain, and I didn't feel like walking across the house to get my Bible, where I have written hundreds of amazing verses in the back, that no-one really tends to quote.
As for the minor prophets, they are not "lesser" and the major prophets "greater." Rather they are called "minor" because they are simply smaller books than the large prophets such as Isaiah with 66 chapters and Jeremiah with 52 chapters. No book in the Bible is less than any other book. All the words in the Bible are inspired! Just to clarify!
Here is a NOT small book, but a verse I love.
"And Samuel said,“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams." 1 Samuel 15:22
From the "writings":
"Vanityof vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity." Ecclesiastes 12:8
Another big book of narratives, but very important theology! Sometimes we look for the grand, the powerful, the amazing! But God is not in the earthquake or the wind, God was found in a low whisper. And this was right after Elijah had just fought and beaten the prophets of Baal through the strong arm of the Lord on Mt. Carmel
"11 And he said, “Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.12 And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper.13 And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?" 1 Kings 19:11-13
Even in the OT, people did not have to be ritually clean to partake of the Passover - seeking God with all your heart is really the most important thing anyone can do, Old or New Covenant!
"18 For a majority of the people, many of them from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than as prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord pardon everyone19 who sets his heart to seek God, the Lord, the God of his fathers, even though not according to the sanctuary's rules of cleanness." 1 Chronicles 30:18-19
And not to leave out the minor prophets! (As in small, not lesser!)
"Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts." Zech 4:6
And some really good stuff in the major prophets, which are not always quoted.
"It is good that one should wait quietly,
For the salvation of the Lord." Lamentations 3:26
Much more to come!