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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Sower</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water&#8217;s edge. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He told them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">so that,</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.4.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.4.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and ever hearing but never understanding;</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.4.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">4:12 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Isaiah 6:9,10  </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The farmer sows the word.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop&#8212;some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Lamp on a Stand</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don&#8217;t you put it on its stand?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.4.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Consider carefully what you hear,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he continued. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;With the measure you use, it will be measured to you&#8212;and even more.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Growing Seed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.4.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.4.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He also said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.4.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.4.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">All by itself the soil produces grain&#8212;first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.4.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Mustard Seed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.4.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.4.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Again he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.4.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.4.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.4.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.4.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.4.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calms the Storm</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.4.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.4.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Let us go over to the other side.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.4.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.4.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.4.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, &#8220;Teacher, don&#8217;t you care if we drown?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.4.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MRK.4.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Quiet! Be still!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MRK.4.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.4.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">He said to his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.4.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MRK.4.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">They were terrified and asked each other, &#8220;Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">32</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 32:1-32 is numbered 32:2-33. </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When Jacob saw them, he said, &#8220;This is the camp of God!&#8221; So he named that place Mahanaim.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:2 </span><span class="fq">Mahanaim </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">two camps.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.32.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He instructed them: &#8220;This is what you are to say to my lord Esau: &#8216;Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I have cattle and donkeys, sheep and goats, male and female servants. Now I am sending this message to my lord, that I may find favor in your eyes.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, &#8220;We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.32.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In great fear and distress Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">camps</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the flocks and herds and camels as well. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He thought, &#8220;If Esau comes and attacks one group,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">camp</span></span></span><span class="content"> the group</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">camp</span></span></span><span class="content"> that is left may escape.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.32.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then Jacob prayed, &#8220;O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you who said to me, &#8216;Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.32.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But you have said, &#8216;I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.32.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.32.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau: </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.32.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.32.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.32.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, &#8220;Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.32.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.32.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He instructed the one in the lead: &#8220;When my brother Esau meets you and asks, &#8216;Who do you belong to, and where are you going, and who owns all these animals in front of you?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.32.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">then you are to say, &#8216;They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.32.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.32.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He also instructed the second, the third and all the others who followed the herds: &#8220;You are to say the same thing to Esau when you meet him. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.32.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And be sure to say, &#8216;Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; For he thought, &#8220;I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.32.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So Jacob&#8217;s gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jacob Wrestles With God</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.32.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.32.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.32.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.32.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.32.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob&#8217;s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.32.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then the man said, &#8220;Let me go, for it is daybreak.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.32.26"><span class="content">But Jacob replied, &#8220;I will not let you go unless you bless me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.32.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.32.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The man asked him, &#8220;What is your name?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.32.27"><span class="content">&#8220;Jacob,&#8221; he answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.32.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.32.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then the man said, &#8220;Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:28 </span><span class="fq">Israel </span><span class="ft">probably means </span><span class="fqa">he struggles with God.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.32.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.32.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Jacob said, &#8220;Please tell me your name.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.32.29"><span class="content">But he replied, &#8220;Why do you ask my name?&#8221; Then he blessed him there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.32.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.32.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">So Jacob called the place Peniel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:30 </span><span class="fq">Peniel </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">face of God.</span></span></span><span class="content"> saying, &#8220;It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.32.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.32.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:31 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Penuel</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Peniel</span></span></span><span class="content"> and he was limping because of his hip. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.32.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob&#8217;s hip was touched near the tendon.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Collection for the Lord&#8217;s People</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now about the collection for the Lord&#8217;s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Personal Requests</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you&#8212;for I will be going through Macedonia. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Perhaps I will stay with you for a while, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is carrying on the work of the Lord, just as I am. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he may return to me. I am expecting him along with the brothers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.16.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was quite unwilling to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do everything in love.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the Lord&#8217;s people. I urge you, brothers and sisters, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">to submit to such people and to everyone who joins in the work and labors at it. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For they refreshed my spirit and yours also. Such men deserve recognition.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:19 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Prisca</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Priscilla</span></span></span><span class="content"> greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">All the brothers and sisters here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.16.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Come, Lord</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:22 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">Come, Lord </span><span class="ft">reproduces an Aramaic expression (Marana tha) used by early Christians.</span></span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.16.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.16.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:24 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fq">Amen</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch5" data-usfm="1PE.5">
         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Elders and the Flock</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1PE.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ&#8217;s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1PE.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Be shepherds of God&#8217;s flock that is under your care, watching over them&#8212;not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1PE.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1PE.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1PE.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1PE.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1PE.5.5"><span class="content">&#8220;God opposes the proud</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1PE.5.5"><span class="content">but shows favor to the humble.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:5 </span><span class="ft">Prov. 3:34</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1PE.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Humble yourselves, therefore, under God&#8217;s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1PE.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1PE.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1PE.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">With the help of Silas,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:12 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Silvanus</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Silas</span></span></span><span class="content"> whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1PE.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1PE.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Greet one another with a kiss of love.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1PE.5.14"><span class="content">Peace to all of you who are in Christ.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch32" data-usfm="JOB.32">
         <div class="label">32</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Elihu</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:3 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition </span><span class="fqa">Job, and so had condemned God</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But when he saw that the three men had nothing more to say, his anger was aroused.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">&#8220;I am young in years,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">and you are old;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">that is why I was fearful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">not daring to tell you what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I thought, &#8216;Age should speak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.32.7"><span class="content">advanced years should teach wisdom.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.32.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But it is the spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Spirit</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 18</span></span></span><span class="content"> in a person,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.32.8"><span class="content">the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.32.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">It is not only the old</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">many</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">great</span></span></span><span class="content"> who are wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"><span class="content">not only the aged who understand what is right.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I say: Listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.32.10"><span class="content">I too will tell you what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.32.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I waited while you spoke,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="content">I listened to your reasoning;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="content">while you were searching for words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I gave you my full attention.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="content">But not one of you has proved Job wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="content">none of you has answered his arguments.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.32.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Do not say, &#8216;We have found wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.32.13"><span class="content">let God, not a man, refute him.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.32.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But Job has not marshaled his words against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"><span class="content">and I will not answer him with your arguments.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.32.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;They are dismayed and have no more to say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.32.15"><span class="content">words have failed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.32.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.32.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Must I wait, now that they are silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.32.16"><span class="content">now that they stand there with no reply?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.32.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.32.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I too will have my say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.32.17"><span class="content">I too will tell what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.32.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.32.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For I am full of words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.32.18"><span class="content">and the spirit within me compels me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.32.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.32.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">inside I am like bottled-up wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.32.19"><span class="content">like new wineskins ready to burst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.32.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.32.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I must speak and find relief;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.32.20"><span class="content">I must open my lips and reply.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.32.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.32.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I will show no partiality,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.32.21"><span class="content">nor will I flatter anyone;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.32.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.32.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">for if I were skilled in flattery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.32.22"><span class="content">my Maker would soon take me away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch32" data-usfm="PSA.32">
         <div class="label">32</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 32</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">whose transgressions are forgiven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">whose sins are covered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">whose sin the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not count against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">and in whose spirit is no deceit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I kept silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">my bones wasted away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">through my groaning all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For day and night</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">your hand was heavy on me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">my strength was sapped</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">as in the heat of summer.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:4 </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 5 and 7.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then I acknowledged my sin to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">and did not cover up my iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">I said, &#8220;I will confess</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">my transgressions to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">And you forgave</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">the guilt of my sin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore let all the faithful pray to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">while you may be found;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">surely the rising of the mighty waters</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">will not reach them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You are my hiding place;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">you will protect me from trouble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">and surround me with songs of deliverance.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="content">I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not be like the horse or the mule,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">which have no understanding</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">but must be controlled by bit and bridle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">or they will not come to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Many are the woes of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">surrounds the one who trusts in him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and be glad, you righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.32.11"><span class="content">sing, all you who are upright in heart!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Purpose and Theme</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for gaining wisdom and instruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">for understanding words of insight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">doing what is right and just and fair;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">for giving prudence to those who are simple,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew word rendered </span><span class="fq">simple </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">knowledge and discretion to the young&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">let the wise listen and add to their learning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">and let the discerning get guidance&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">for understanding proverbs and parables,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">the sayings and riddles of the wise.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the beginning of knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">but fools</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew words rendered </span><span class="fq">fool </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.</span></span></span><span class="content"> despise wisdom and instruction.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom</span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Listen, my son, to your father&#8217;s instruction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">and do not forsake your mother&#8217;s teaching.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They are a garland to grace your head</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">and a chain to adorn your neck.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My son, if sinful men entice you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">do not give in to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If they say, &#8220;Come along with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s lie in wait for innocent blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s ambush some harmless soul;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">let&#8217;s swallow them alive, like the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">and whole, like those who go down to the pit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">we will get all sorts of valuable things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">and fill our houses with plunder;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">cast lots with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">we will all share the loot&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">my son, do not go along with them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">do not set foot on their paths;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for their feet rush into evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">they are swift to shed blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How useless to spread a net</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">where every bird can see it!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">These men lie in wait for their own blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">they ambush only themselves!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">it takes away the life of those who get it.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom&#8217;s Rebuke</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">she raises her voice in the public square;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">on top of the wall</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">/ at noisy street corners</span></span></span><span class="content"> she cries out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">at the city gate she makes her speech:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">How long will mockers delight in mockery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">and fools hate knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Repent at my rebuke!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">I will make known to you my teachings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But since you refuse to listen when I call</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">since you disregard all my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">and do not accept my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">I will mock when calamity overtakes you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">when calamity overtakes you like a storm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when distress and trouble overwhelm you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then they will call to me but I will not answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">they will look for me but will not find me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">since they hated knowledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">and did not choose to fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Since they would not accept my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">and spurned my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">they will eat the fruit of their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">and the complacency of fools will destroy them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">but whoever listens to me will live in safety</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="content">and be at ease, without fear of harm.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Zebah and Zalmunna</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon, &#8220;Why have you treated us like this? Why didn&#8217;t you call us when you went to fight Midian?&#8221; And they challenged him vigorously.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But he answered them, &#8220;What have I accomplished compared to you? Aren&#8217;t the gleanings of Ephraim&#8217;s grapes better than the full grape harvest of Abiezer? </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">God gave Oreb and Zeeb, the Midianite leaders, into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?&#8221; At this, their resentment against him subsided.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet keeping up the pursuit, came to the Jordan and crossed it. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He said to the men of Sukkoth, &#8220;Give my troops some bread; they are worn out, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But the officials of Sukkoth said, &#8220;Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your troops?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then Gideon replied, &#8220;Just for that, when the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with desert thorns and briers.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">From there he went up to Peniel</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:8 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Penuel, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Peniel</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 9 and 17</span></span></span><span class="content"> and made the same request of them, but they answered as the men of Sukkoth had. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So he said to the men of Peniel, &#8220;When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with a force of about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of the armies of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had fallen. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Gideon went up by the route of the nomads east of Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked the unsuspecting army. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian, fled, but he pursued them and captured them, routing their entire army.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Gideon son of Joash then returned from the battle by the Pass of Heres. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He caught a young man of Sukkoth and questioned him, and the young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven officials of Sukkoth, the elders of the town. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then Gideon came and said to the men of Sukkoth, &#8220;Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me by saying, &#8216;Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your exhausted men?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He took the elders of the town and taught the men of Sukkoth a lesson by punishing them with desert thorns and briers. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He also pulled down the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the town.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.8.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, &#8220;What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.8.18"><span class="content">&#8220;Men like you,&#8221; they answered, &#8220;each one with the bearing of a prince.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.8.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Gideon replied, &#8220;Those were my brothers, the sons of my own mother. As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives, if you had spared their lives, I would not kill you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Turning to Jether, his oldest son, he said, &#8220;Kill them!&#8221; But Jether did not draw his sword, because he was only a boy and was afraid.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.8.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Zebah and Zalmunna said, &#8220;Come, do it yourself. &#8216;As is the man, so is his strength.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; So Gideon stepped forward and killed them, and took the ornaments off their camels&#8217; necks.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Gideon&#8217;s Ephod</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JDG.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The Israelites said to Gideon, &#8220;Rule over us&#8212;you, your son and your grandson&#8212;because you have saved us from the hand of Midian.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JDG.8.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JDG.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But Gideon told them, &#8220;I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will rule over you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JDG.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And he said, &#8220;I do have one request, that each of you give me an earring from your share of the plunder.&#8221; (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites to wear gold earrings.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JDG.8.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JDG.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">They answered, &#8220;We&#8217;ll be glad to give them.&#8221; So they spread out a garment, and each of them threw a ring from his plunder onto it. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JDG.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The weight of the gold rings he asked for came to seventeen hundred shekels,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:26 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 43 pounds or about 20 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> not counting the ornaments, the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian or the chains that were on their camels&#8217; necks. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JDG.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his town. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Gideon&#8217;s Death</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JDG.8.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JDG.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. During Gideon&#8217;s lifetime, the land had peace forty years.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JDG.8.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JDG.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Jerub-Baal son of Joash went back home to live. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JDG.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">He had seventy sons of his own, for he had many wives. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JDG.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelek. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JDG.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JDG.8.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JDG.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">No sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They set up Baal-Berith as their god </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JDG.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">and did not remember the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God, who had rescued them from the hands of all their enemies on every side. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JDG.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">They also failed to show any loyalty to the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) in spite of all the good things he had done for them.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch32" data-usfm="ISA.32">
         <div class="label">32</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Kingdom of Righteousness</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">See, a king will reign in righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.32.1"><span class="content">and rulers will rule with justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.32.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Each one will be like a shelter from the wind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.32.2"><span class="content">and a refuge from the storm,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.32.2"><span class="content">like streams of water in the desert</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.32.2"><span class="content">and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.32.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.32.3"><span class="content">and the ears of those who hear will listen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.32.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The fearful heart will know and understand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.32.4"><span class="content">and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.32.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">No longer will the fool be called noble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.32.5"><span class="content">nor the scoundrel be highly respected.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For fools speak folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">their hearts are bent on evil:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">They practice ungodliness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">and spread error concerning the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">the hungry they leave empty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">and from the thirsty they withhold water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Scoundrels use wicked methods,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.32.7"><span class="content">they make up evil schemes</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.32.7"><span class="content">to destroy the poor with lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.32.7"><span class="content">even when the plea of the needy is just.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.32.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But the noble make noble plans,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.32.8"><span class="content">and by noble deeds they stand.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Women of Jerusalem</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.32.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You women who are so complacent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.32.9"><span class="content">rise up and listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.32.9"><span class="content">you daughters who feel secure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.32.9"><span class="content">hear what I have to say!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.32.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">In little more than a year</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.32.10"><span class="content">you who feel secure will tremble;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.32.10"><span class="content">the grape harvest will fail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.32.10"><span class="content">and the harvest of fruit will not come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.32.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Tremble, you complacent women;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.32.11"><span class="content">shudder, you daughters who feel secure!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.32.11"><span class="content">Strip off your fine clothes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.32.11"><span class="content">and wrap yourselves in rags.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.32.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.32.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.32.12"><span class="content">for the fruitful vines</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.32.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.32.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and for the land of my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.32.13"><span class="content">a land overgrown with thorns and briers&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.32.13"><span class="content">yes, mourn for all houses of merriment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.32.13"><span class="content">and for this city of revelry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.32.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.32.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The fortress will be abandoned,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.32.14"><span class="content">the noisy city deserted;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.32.14"><span class="content">citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.32.14"><span class="content">the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.32.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.32.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">till the Spirit is poured on us from on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.32.15"><span class="content">and the desert becomes a fertile field,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.32.15"><span class="content">and the fertile field seems like a forest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.32.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.32.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s justice will dwell in the desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.32.16"><span class="content">his righteousness live in the fertile field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.32.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.32.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The fruit of that righteousness will be peace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.32.17"><span class="content">its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.32.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.32.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">My people will live in peaceful dwelling places,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.32.18"><span class="content">in secure homes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.32.18"><span class="content">in undisturbed places of rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.32.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.32.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Though hail flattens the forest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.32.19"><span class="content">and the city is leveled completely,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.32.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.32.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">how blessed you will be,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.32.20"><span class="content">sowing your seed by every stream,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.32.20"><span class="content">and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Peter and John Before the Sanhedrin</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The next day the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Annas the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and others of the high priest&#8217;s family. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: &#8220;By what power or what name did you do this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: &#8220;Rulers and elders of the people! </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jesus is</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.4.11"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;the stone you builders rejected,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.4.11"><span class="content">which has become the cornerstone.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:11 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 118:22</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;What are we going to do with these men?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;Everyone living in Jerusalem knows they have performed a notable sign, and we cannot deny it. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But Peter and John replied, &#8220;Which is right in God&#8217;s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges! </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Believers Pray</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.4.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. &#8220;Sovereign Lord,&#8221; they said, &#8220;you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.4.25"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Why do the nations rage</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.4.25"><span class="content">and the peoples plot in vain?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.4.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.4.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The kings of the earth rise up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.4.26"><span class="content">and the rulers band together</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.4.26"><span class="content">against the Lord</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.4.26"><span class="content">and against his anointed one.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:26 </span><span class="ft">That is, Messiah or Christ</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:26 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 2:1,2</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.4.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.4.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.4.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.4.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.4.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.4.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.4.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Believers Share Their Possessions</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.4.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.4.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.4.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God&#8217;s grace was so powerfully at work in them all </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.4.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.4.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">and put it at the apostles&#8217; feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.4.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.4.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means &#8220;son of encouragement&#8221;), </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.4.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles&#8217; feet.</span></span></div>
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