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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Fall</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God had made. He said to the woman, &#8220;Did God really say, &#8216;You must not eat from any tree in the garden&#8217;?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The woman said to the serpent, &#8220;We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">but God did say, &#8216;You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;You will not certainly die,&#8221; the serpent said to the woman. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God among the trees of the garden. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God called to the man, &#8220;Where are you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And he said, &#8220;Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The man said, &#8220;The woman you put here with me&#8212;she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God said to the woman, &#8220;What is this you have done?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.3.13"><span class="content">The woman said, &#8220;The serpent deceived me, and I ate.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God said to the serpent, &#8220;Because you have done this,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed are you above all livestock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">and all wild animals!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">You will crawl on your belly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">and you will eat dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">all the days of your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And I will put enmity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="content">between you and the woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="content">and between your offspring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">seed</span></span></span><span class="content"> and hers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="content">he will crush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">strike</span></span></span><span class="content"> your head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="content">and you will strike his heel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">To the woman he said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="content">&#8220;I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="content">with painful labor you will give birth to children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="content">Your desire will be for your husband,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="content">and he will rule over you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">To Adam he said, &#8220;Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, &#8216;You must not eat from it,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.3.17"><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is the ground because of you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.3.17"><span class="content">through painful toil you will eat food from it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.3.17"><span class="content">all the days of your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">It will produce thorns and thistles for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.3.18"><span class="content">and you will eat the plants of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">By the sweat of your brow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">you will eat your food</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">until you return to the ground,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">since from it you were taken;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">for dust you are</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">and to dust you will return.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Adam</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The man</span></span></span><span class="content"> named his wife Eve,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:20 </span><span class="fq">Eve </span><span class="ft">probably means </span><span class="fqa">living.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because she would become the mother of all the living.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God said, &#8220;The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">placed in front</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="PSA.3">
         <div class="label">3</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 3</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 3:1-8 is numbered 3:2-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, how many are my foes!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.3.1"><span class="content">How many rise up against me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Many are saying of me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.3.2"><span class="content">&#8220;God will not deliver him.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 4 and 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are a shield around me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.3.3"><span class="content">my glory, the One who lifts my head high.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I call out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.3.4"><span class="content">and he answers me from his holy mountain.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I lie down and sleep;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.3.5"><span class="content">I wake again, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sustains me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will not fear though tens of thousands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.3.6"><span class="content">assail me on every side.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Arise, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">Deliver me, my God!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">Strike all my enemies on the jaw;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">break the teeth of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">From the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes deliverance.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.3.8"><span class="content">May your blessing be on your people.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkPRO">
      <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="PRO.3">
         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom Bestows Well-Being</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, do not forget my teaching,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.3.1"><span class="content">but keep my commands in your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for they will prolong your life many years</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.3.2"><span class="content">and bring you peace and prosperity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let love and faithfulness never leave you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="content">bind them around your neck,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="content">write them on the tablet of your heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then you will win favor and a good name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.3.4"><span class="content">in the sight of God and man.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with all your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.3.5"><span class="content">and lean not on your own understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">in all your ways submit to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.3.6"><span class="content">and he will make your paths straight.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will direct your paths</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Do not be wise in your own eyes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.3.7"><span class="content">fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and shun evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">This will bring health to your body</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.3.8"><span class="content">and nourishment to your bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Honor the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with your wealth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.3.9"><span class="content">with the firstfruits of all your crops;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">then your barns will be filled to overflowing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.3.10"><span class="content">and your vats will brim over with new wine.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My son, do not despise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.3.11"><span class="content">and do not resent his rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> disciplines those he loves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.3.12"><span class="content">as a father the son he delights in.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Blessed are those who find wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.3.13"><span class="content">those who gain understanding,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">for she is more profitable than silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.3.14"><span class="content">and yields better returns than gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">She is more precious than rubies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.3.15"><span class="content">nothing you desire can compare with her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Long life is in her right hand;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.3.16"><span class="content">in her left hand are riches and honor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Her ways are pleasant ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.3.17"><span class="content">and all her paths are peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.3.18"><span class="content">those who hold her fast will be blessed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">By wisdom the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> laid the earth&#8217;s foundations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.3.19"><span class="content">by understanding he set the heavens in place;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">by his knowledge the watery depths were divided,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.3.20"><span class="content">and the clouds let drop the dew.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.3.21"><span class="content">preserve sound judgment and discretion;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.3.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">they will be life for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.3.22"><span class="content">an ornament to grace your neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.3.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then you will go on your way in safety,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.3.23"><span class="content">and your foot will not stumble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When you lie down, you will not be afraid;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.3.24"><span class="content">when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.3.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Have no fear of sudden disaster</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.3.25"><span class="content">or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be at your side</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.3.26"><span class="content">and will keep your foot from being snared.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.3.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.3.27"><span class="content">when it is in your power to act.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.3.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do not say to your neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.3.28"><span class="content">&#8220;Come back tomorrow and I&#8217;ll give it to you&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.3.28"><span class="content">when you already have it with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.3.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Do not plot harm against your neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.3.29"><span class="content">who lives trustfully near you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.3.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Do not accuse anyone for no reason&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.3.30"><span class="content">when they have done you no harm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.3.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Do not envy the violent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.3.31"><span class="content">or choose any of their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.3.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.3.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests the perverse</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.3.32"><span class="content">but takes the upright into his confidence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.3.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.3.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s curse is on the house of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.3.33"><span class="content">but he blesses the home of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.3.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.3.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He mocks proud mockers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.3.34"><span class="content">but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.3.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.3.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The wise inherit honor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.3.35"><span class="content">but fools get only shame.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Time for Everything</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">There is a time for everything,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.3.1"><span class="content">and a season for every activity under the heavens:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">a time to be born and a time to die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.3.2"><span class="content">a time to plant and a time to uproot,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">a time to kill and a time to heal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.3.3"><span class="content">a time to tear down and a time to build,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">a time to weep and a time to laugh,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.3.4"><span class="content">a time to mourn and a time to dance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.3.5"><span class="content">a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">a time to search and a time to give up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.3.6"><span class="content">a time to keep and a time to throw away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">a time to tear and a time to mend,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.3.7"><span class="content">a time to be silent and a time to speak,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">a time to love and a time to hate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.3.8"><span class="content">a time for war and a time for peace.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">What do workers gain from their toil? </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">also placed ignorance in the human heart, so that</span></span></span><span class="content"> no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil&#8212;this is the gift of God. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Whatever is has already been,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.3.15"><span class="content">and what will be has been before;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.3.15"><span class="content">and God will call the past to account.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">God calls back the past</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And I saw something else under the sun:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.3.16"><span class="content">In the place of judgment&#8212;wickedness was there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.3.16"><span class="content">in the place of justice&#8212;wickedness was there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I said to myself,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.3.17"><span class="content">&#8220;God will bring into judgment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.3.17"><span class="content">both the righteous and the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.3.17"><span class="content">for there will be a time for every activity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.3.17"><span class="content">a time to judge every deed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ECC.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I also said to myself, &#8220;As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ECC.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">spirit</span></span></span><span class="content">; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ECC.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ECC.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ECC.3.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ECC.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John the Baptist Prepares the Way</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and saying, &#8220;Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">&#8220;A voice of one calling in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">&#8216;Prepare the way for the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">make straight paths for him.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:3 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 40:3</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">John&#8217;s clothes were made of camel&#8217;s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: &#8220;You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And do not think you can say to yourselves, &#8216;We have Abraham as our father.&#8217; I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;I baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Holy Spirit and fire. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Baptism of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But John tried to deter him, saying, &#8220;I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Then John consented.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And a voice from heaven said, &#8220;This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.2.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.2.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.2.34"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The Lord said to my Lord:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.2.34"><span class="content">&#8220;Sit at my right hand</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.2.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.2.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">until I make your enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.2.35"><span class="content">a footstool for your feet.&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:35 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 110:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.2.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.2.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.2.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.2.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, &#8220;Brothers, what shall we do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.2.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ACT.2.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Peter replied, &#8220;Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.2.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off&#8212;for all whom the Lord our God will call.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.2.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.2.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, &#8220;Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.2.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Fellowship of the Believers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.2.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="ACT.2.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">They devoted themselves to the apostles&#8217; teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="ACT.2.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="ACT.2.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">All the believers were together and had everything in common. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="ACT.2.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="ACT.2.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="ACT.2.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.</span></span></div>
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