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      <div class="chapter ch6" data-usfm="MRK.6">
         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophet Without Honor</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.6.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Where did this man get these things?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;What&#8217;s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing? </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Isn&#8217;t this the carpenter? Isn&#8217;t this Mary&#8217;s son and the brother of James, Joseph,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:3 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Joses</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Joseph</span></span></span><span class="content"> Judas and Simon? Aren&#8217;t his sisters here with us?&#8221; And they took offense at him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.6.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He was amazed at their lack of faith.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Sends Out the Twelve</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.6.6"><span class="content">Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">These were his instructions: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take nothing for the journey except a staff&#8212;no bread, no bag, no money in your belts.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Wear sandals but not an extra shirt.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.6.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They went out and preached that people should repent. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John the Baptist Beheaded</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.6.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">King Herod heard about this, for Jesus&#8217; name had become well known. Some were saying,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:14 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">He was saying</span></span></span><span class="content"> &#8220;John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.6.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Others said, &#8220;He is Elijah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.6.15"><span class="content">And still others claimed, &#8220;He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.6.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But when Herod heard this, he said, &#8220;John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.6.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip&#8217;s wife, whom he had married. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For John had been saying to Herod, &#8220;It is not lawful for you to have your brother&#8217;s wife.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:20 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">he did many things</span></span></span><span class="content">; yet he liked to listen to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.6.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet for his high officials and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.6.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When the daughter of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:22 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">When his daughter</span></span></span><span class="content"> Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.6.22"><span class="content">The king said to the girl, &#8220;Ask me for anything you want, and I&#8217;ll give it to you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.6.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And he promised her with an oath, &#8220;Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.6.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.6.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">She went out and said to her mother, &#8220;What shall I ask for?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.6.24"><span class="content">&#8220;The head of John the Baptist,&#8221; she answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.6.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.6.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: &#8220;I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.6.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.6.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.6.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John&#8217;s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.6.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.6.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">On hearing of this, John&#8217;s disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.6.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.6.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.6.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.6.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.6.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.6.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.6.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.6.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.6.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. &#8220;This is a remote place,&#8221; they said, &#8220;and it&#8217;s already very late. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.6.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.6.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.6.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">But he answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You give them something to eat.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.6.37"><span class="content">They said to him, &#8220;That would take more than half a year&#8217;s wages</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:37 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">take two hundred denarii</span></span></span><span class="content">! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.6.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.6.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How many loaves do you have?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go and see.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.6.38"><span class="content">When they found out, they said, &#8220;Five&#8212;and two fish.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.6.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MRK.6.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.6.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MRK.6.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MRK.6.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">They all ate and were satisfied, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MRK.6.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MRK.6.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Walks on the Water</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MRK.6.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MRK.6.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MRK.6.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MRK.6.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MRK.6.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="MRK.6.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them, </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="MRK.6.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MRK.6.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">because they all saw him and were terrified.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MRK.6.50"><span class="content">Immediately he spoke to them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take courage! It is I. Don&#8217;t be afraid.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MRK.6.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed, </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="MRK.6.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="MRK.6.52"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="MRK.6.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there. </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="MRK.6.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">As soon as they got out of the boat, people recognized Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="MRK.6.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">They ran throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="MRK.6.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">And wherever he went&#8212;into villages, towns or countryside&#8212;they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch34" data-usfm="GEN.34">
         <div class="label">34</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Dinah and the Shechemites</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.34.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.34.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.34.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.34.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And Shechem said to his father Hamor, &#8220;Get me this girl as my wife.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.34.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.34.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled, his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it until they came home.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.34.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.34.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then Shechem&#8217;s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.34.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, Jacob&#8217;s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious, because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">34:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">against</span></span></span><span class="content"> Israel by sleeping with Jacob&#8217;s daughter&#8212;a thing that should not be done.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.34.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.34.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But Hamor said to them, &#8220;My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.34.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Intermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.34.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You can settle among us; the land is open to you. Live in it, trade</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">34:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">move about freely</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 21</span></span></span><span class="content"> in it, and acquire property in it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.34.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.34.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then Shechem said to Dinah&#8217;s father and brothers, &#8220;Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.34.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I&#8217;ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the young woman as my wife.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.34.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.34.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob&#8217;s sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.34.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They said to them, &#8220;We can&#8217;t do such a thing; we can&#8217;t give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.34.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.34.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We&#8217;ll settle among you and become one people with you. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.34.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we&#8217;ll take our sister and go.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.34.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.34.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.34.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The young man, who was the most honored of all his father&#8217;s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob&#8217;s daughter. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.34.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.34.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;These men are friendly toward us,&#8221; they said. &#8220;Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.34.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.34.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Won&#8217;t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.34.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.34.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.34.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.34.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob&#8217;s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah&#8217;s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.34.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword and took Dinah from Shechem&#8217;s house and left. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.34.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city where</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">34:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">because</span></span></span><span class="content"> their sister had been defiled. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.34.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.34.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children, taking as plunder everything in the houses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.34.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.34.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, &#8220;You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.34.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.34.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But they replied, &#8220;Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="nb"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CO.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CO.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For if I grieve you, who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved? </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CO.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I wrote as I did, so that when I came I would not be distressed by those who should have made me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would all share my joy. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CO.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Forgiveness for the Offender</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CO.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CO.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you to some extent&#8212;not to put it too severely. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CO.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CO.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CO.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Another reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven&#8212;if there was anything to forgive&#8212;I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ministers of the New Covenant</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CO.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CO.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CO.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CO.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ&#8217;s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CO.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CO.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task? </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CO.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">False Teachers and Their Destruction</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2PE.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them&#8212;bringing swift destruction on themselves. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2PE.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2PE.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2PE.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2PE.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Tartarus</span></span></span><span class="content"> putting them in chains of darkness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">in gloomy dungeons</span></span></span><span class="content"> to be held for judgment; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2PE.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2PE.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2PE.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2PE.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2PE.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2PE.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 18.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and despise authority.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2PE.2.10"><span class="content">Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2PE.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:11 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">beings in the presence of</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2PE.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2PE.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2PE.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:13 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">in their love feasts</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2PE.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed&#8212;an accursed brood! </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2PE.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Bosor</span></span></span><span class="content"> who loved the wages of wickedness. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2PE.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey&#8212;an animal without speech&#8212;who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet&#8217;s madness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2PE.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2PE.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2PE.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2PE.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity&#8212;for &#8220;people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2PE.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2PE.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2PE.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Of them the proverbs are true: &#8220;A dog returns to its vomit,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:22 </span><span class="ft">Prov. 26:11</span></span></span><span class="content"> and, &#8220;A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">34</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.34.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Elihu said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.34.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.34.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear my words, you wise men;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.34.2"><span class="content">listen to me, you men of learning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.34.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.34.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the ear tests words</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.34.3"><span class="content">as the tongue tastes food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.34.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.34.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Let us discern for ourselves what is right;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.34.4"><span class="content">let us learn together what is good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.34.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.34.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Job says, &#8216;I am innocent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.34.5"><span class="content">but God denies me justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.34.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Although I am right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="content">I am considered a liar;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="content">although I am guiltless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="content">his arrow inflicts an incurable wound.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.34.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Is there anyone like Job,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.34.7"><span class="content">who drinks scorn like water?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.34.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.34.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He keeps company with evildoers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.34.8"><span class="content">he associates with the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.34.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.34.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For he says, &#8216;There is no profit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.34.9"><span class="content">in trying to please God.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.34.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;So listen to me, you men of understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="content">Far be it from God to do evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="content">from the Almighty to do wrong.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.34.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He repays everyone for what they have done;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.34.11"><span class="content">he brings on them what their conduct deserves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.34.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.34.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It is unthinkable that God would do wrong,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.34.12"><span class="content">that the Almighty would pervert justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.34.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.34.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Who appointed him over the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.34.13"><span class="content">Who put him in charge of the whole world?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.34.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.34.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">If it were his intention</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.34.14"><span class="content">and he withdrew his spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">34:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> and breath,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.34.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.34.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">all humanity would perish together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.34.15"><span class="content">and mankind would return to the dust.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.34.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.34.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you have understanding, hear this;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.34.16"><span class="content">listen to what I say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.34.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.34.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Can someone who hates justice govern?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.34.17"><span class="content">Will you condemn the just and mighty One?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.34.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.34.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Is he not the One who says to kings, &#8216;You are worthless,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.34.18"><span class="content">and to nobles, &#8216;You are wicked,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.34.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">who shows no partiality to princes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="content">and does not favor the rich over the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="content">for they are all the work of his hands?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They die in an instant, in the middle of the night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="content">the people are shaken and they pass away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="content">the mighty are removed without human hand.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.34.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;His eyes are on the ways of mortals;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.34.21"><span class="content">he sees their every step.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.34.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.34.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">There is no deep shadow, no utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.34.22"><span class="content">where evildoers can hide.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.34.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.34.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">God has no need to examine people further,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.34.23"><span class="content">that they should come before him for judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.34.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.34.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Without inquiry he shatters the mighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.34.24"><span class="content">and sets up others in their place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.34.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.34.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Because he takes note of their deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.34.25"><span class="content">he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.34.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.34.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He punishes them for their wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.34.26"><span class="content">where everyone can see them,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.34.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.34.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">because they turned from following him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.34.27"><span class="content">and had no regard for any of his ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.34.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.34.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They caused the cry of the poor to come before him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.34.28"><span class="content">so that he heard the cry of the needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.34.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">But if he remains silent, who can condemn him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="content">If he hides his face, who can see him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="content">Yet he is over individual and nation alike,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.34.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">to keep the godless from ruling,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.34.30"><span class="content">from laying snares for the people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.34.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.34.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Suppose someone says to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.34.31"><span class="content">&#8216;I am guilty but will offend no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.34.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.34.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Teach me what I cannot see;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.34.32"><span class="content">if I have done wrong, I will not do so again.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.34.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Should God then reward you on your terms,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">when you refuse to repent?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">You must decide, not I;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">so tell me what you know.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.34.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Men of understanding declare,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.34.34"><span class="content">wise men who hear me say to me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.34.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.34.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8216;Job speaks without knowledge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.34.35"><span class="content">his words lack insight.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.34.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.34.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Oh, that Job might be tested to the utmost</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.34.36"><span class="content">for answering like a wicked man!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.34.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.34.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">To his sin he adds rebellion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.34.37"><span class="content">scornfully he claps his hands among us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.34.37"><span class="content">and multiplies his words against God.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch34" data-usfm="PSA.34">
         <div class="label">34</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 34</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 34:1-22 is numbered 34:2-23.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelek, who drove him away, and he left.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.34.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will extol the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at all times;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.34.1"><span class="content">his praise will always be on my lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.34.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.34.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will glory in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.34.2"><span class="content">let the afflicted hear and rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.34.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.34.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Glorify the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.34.3"><span class="content">let us exalt his name together.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.34.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.34.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I sought the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he answered me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.34.4"><span class="content">he delivered me from all my fears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.34.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.34.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who look to him are radiant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.34.5"><span class="content">their faces are never covered with shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.34.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.34.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This poor man called, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> heard him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.34.6"><span class="content">he saved him out of all his troubles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.34.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.34.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> encamps around those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.34.7"><span class="content">and he delivers them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.34.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.34.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Taste and see that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.34.8"><span class="content">blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.34.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.34.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you his holy people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.34.9"><span class="content">for those who fear him lack nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.34.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.34.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The lions may grow weak and hungry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.34.10"><span class="content">but those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lack no good thing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.34.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.34.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Come, my children, listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.34.11"><span class="content">I will teach you the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.34.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.34.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Whoever of you loves life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.34.12"><span class="content">and desires to see many good days,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.34.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.34.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">keep your tongue from evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.34.13"><span class="content">and your lips from telling lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.34.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.34.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Turn from evil and do good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.34.14"><span class="content">seek peace and pursue it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.34.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.34.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are on the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.34.15"><span class="content">and his ears are attentive to their cry;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.34.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.34.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">but the face of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is against those who do evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.34.16"><span class="content">to blot out their name from the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.34.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.34.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The righteous cry out, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hears them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.34.17"><span class="content">he delivers them from all their troubles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.34.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.34.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is close to the brokenhearted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.34.18"><span class="content">and saves those who are crushed in spirit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.34.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.34.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The righteous person may have many troubles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.34.19"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> delivers him from them all;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.34.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.34.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">he protects all his bones,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.34.20"><span class="content">not one of them will be broken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.34.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.34.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Evil will slay the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.34.21"><span class="content">the foes of the righteous will be condemned.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.34.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.34.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will rescue his servants;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.34.22"><span class="content">no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkPRO">
      <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="PRO.3">
         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom Bestows Well-Being</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, do not forget my teaching,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.3.1"><span class="content">but keep my commands in your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for they will prolong your life many years</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.3.2"><span class="content">and bring you peace and prosperity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let love and faithfulness never leave you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="content">bind them around your neck,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="content">write them on the tablet of your heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then you will win favor and a good name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.3.4"><span class="content">in the sight of God and man.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with all your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.3.5"><span class="content">and lean not on your own understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">in all your ways submit to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.3.6"><span class="content">and he will make your paths straight.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will direct your paths</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Do not be wise in your own eyes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.3.7"><span class="content">fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and shun evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">This will bring health to your body</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.3.8"><span class="content">and nourishment to your bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Honor the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with your wealth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.3.9"><span class="content">with the firstfruits of all your crops;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">then your barns will be filled to overflowing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.3.10"><span class="content">and your vats will brim over with new wine.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My son, do not despise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.3.11"><span class="content">and do not resent his rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> disciplines those he loves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.3.12"><span class="content">as a father the son he delights in.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Blessed are those who find wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.3.13"><span class="content">those who gain understanding,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">for she is more profitable than silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.3.14"><span class="content">and yields better returns than gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">She is more precious than rubies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.3.15"><span class="content">nothing you desire can compare with her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Long life is in her right hand;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.3.16"><span class="content">in her left hand are riches and honor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Her ways are pleasant ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.3.17"><span class="content">and all her paths are peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.3.18"><span class="content">those who hold her fast will be blessed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">By wisdom the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> laid the earth&#8217;s foundations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.3.19"><span class="content">by understanding he set the heavens in place;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">by his knowledge the watery depths were divided,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.3.20"><span class="content">and the clouds let drop the dew.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.3.21"><span class="content">preserve sound judgment and discretion;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.3.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">they will be life for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.3.22"><span class="content">an ornament to grace your neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.3.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then you will go on your way in safety,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.3.23"><span class="content">and your foot will not stumble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When you lie down, you will not be afraid;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.3.24"><span class="content">when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.3.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Have no fear of sudden disaster</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.3.25"><span class="content">or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be at your side</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.3.26"><span class="content">and will keep your foot from being snared.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.3.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.3.27"><span class="content">when it is in your power to act.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.3.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do not say to your neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.3.28"><span class="content">&#8220;Come back tomorrow and I&#8217;ll give it to you&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.3.28"><span class="content">when you already have it with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.3.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Do not plot harm against your neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.3.29"><span class="content">who lives trustfully near you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.3.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Do not accuse anyone for no reason&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.3.30"><span class="content">when they have done you no harm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.3.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Do not envy the violent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.3.31"><span class="content">or choose any of their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.3.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.3.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests the perverse</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.3.32"><span class="content">but takes the upright into his confidence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.3.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.3.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s curse is on the house of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.3.33"><span class="content">but he blesses the home of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.3.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.3.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He mocks proud mockers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.3.34"><span class="content">but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.3.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.3.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The wise inherit honor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.3.35"><span class="content">but fools get only shame.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Tola</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After the time of Abimelek, a man of Issachar named Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He led</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:2 </span><span class="ft">Traditionally </span><span class="fqa">judged</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 3</span></span></span><span class="content"> Israel twenty-three years; then he died, and was buried in Shamir.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jair</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. They controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth Jair.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">called the settlements of Jair</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jephthah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites and the gods of the Philistines. And because the Israelites forsook the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and no longer served him, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin and Ephraim; Israel was in great distress. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then the Israelites cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;We have sinned against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> replied, &#8220;When the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Midianites</span></span></span><span class="content"> oppressed you and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands? </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But the Israelites said to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. And he could bear Israel&#8217;s misery no longer.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The leaders of the people of Gilead said to each other, &#8220;Whoever will take the lead in attacking the Ammonites will be head over all who live in Gilead.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">34</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment Against the Nations</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.34.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Come near, you nations, and listen;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.34.1"><span class="content">pay attention, you peoples!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.34.1"><span class="content">Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.34.1"><span class="content">the world, and all that comes out of it!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.34.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.34.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is angry with all nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.34.2"><span class="content">his wrath is on all their armies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.34.2"><span class="content">He will totally destroy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">34:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 5.</span></span></span><span class="content"> them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.34.2"><span class="content">he will give them over to slaughter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.34.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.34.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Their slain will be thrown out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.34.3"><span class="content">their dead bodies will stink;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.34.3"><span class="content">the mountains will be soaked with their blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.34.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.34.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">All the stars in the sky will be dissolved</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.34.4"><span class="content">and the heavens rolled up like a scroll;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.34.4"><span class="content">all the starry host will fall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.34.4"><span class="content">like withered leaves from the vine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.34.4"><span class="content">like shriveled figs from the fig tree.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.34.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.34.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.34.5"><span class="content">see, it descends in judgment on Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.34.5"><span class="content">the people I have totally destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.34.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.34.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The sword of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is bathed in blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.34.6"><span class="content">it is covered with fat&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.34.6"><span class="content">the blood of lambs and goats,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.34.6"><span class="content">fat from the kidneys of rams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.34.6"><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a sacrifice in Bozrah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.34.6"><span class="content">and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.34.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.34.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And the wild oxen will fall with them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.34.7"><span class="content">the bull calves and the great bulls.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.34.7"><span class="content">Their land will be drenched with blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.34.7"><span class="content">and the dust will be soaked with fat.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.34.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.34.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a day of vengeance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.34.8"><span class="content">a year of retribution, to uphold Zion&#8217;s cause.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.34.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.34.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Edom&#8217;s streams will be turned into pitch,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.34.9"><span class="content">her dust into burning sulfur;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.34.9"><span class="content">her land will become blazing pitch!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.34.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.34.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It will not be quenched night or day;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.34.10"><span class="content">its smoke will rise forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.34.10"><span class="content">From generation to generation it will lie desolate;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.34.10"><span class="content">no one will ever pass through it again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.34.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.34.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The desert owl</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">34:11 </span><span class="ft">The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and screech owl</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">34:11 </span><span class="ft">The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will possess it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.34.11"><span class="content">the great owl</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">34:11 </span><span class="ft">The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the raven will nest there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.34.11"><span class="content">God will stretch out over Edom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.34.11"><span class="content">the measuring line of chaos</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.34.11"><span class="content">and the plumb line of desolation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.34.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.34.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.34.12"><span class="content">all her princes will vanish away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.34.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.34.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Thorns will overrun her citadels,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.34.13"><span class="content">nettles and brambles her strongholds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.34.13"><span class="content">She will become a haunt for jackals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.34.13"><span class="content">a home for owls.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.34.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.34.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Desert creatures will meet with hyenas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.34.14"><span class="content">and wild goats will bleat to each other;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.34.14"><span class="content">there the night creatures will also lie down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.34.14"><span class="content">and find for themselves places of rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.34.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.34.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The owl will nest there and lay eggs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.34.15"><span class="content">she will hatch them, and care for her young</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.34.15"><span class="content">under the shadow of her wings;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.34.15"><span class="content">there also the falcons will gather,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.34.15"><span class="content">each with its mate.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.34.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.34.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Look in the scroll of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and read:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.34.16"><span class="content">None of these will be missing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.34.16"><span class="content">not one will lack her mate.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.34.16"><span class="content">For it is his mouth that has given the order,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.34.16"><span class="content">and his Spirit will gather them together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.34.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.34.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He allots their portions;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.34.17"><span class="content">his hand distributes them by measure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.34.17"><span class="content">They will possess it forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.34.17"><span class="content">and dwell there from generation to generation.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Choosing of the Seven</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, Jews who had adopted the Greek language and culture</span></span></span><span class="content"> among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, &#8220;It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Stephen Seized</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now Stephen, a man full of God&#8217;s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)&#8212;Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia&#8212;who began to argue with Stephen. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, &#8220;We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.6.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They produced false witnesses, who testified, &#8220;This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.6.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.</span></span></div>
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