IHCC Daily Bible Reading Plan - December

Pieces of Manna: Surviving Your Wilderness Season

Content With Discontent: Killing Comparison With Gratitude

The Renewal You Need at Christmas

Psalm 23: First Nations Version

Praying and Waiting for Christmas: A 7 Day Advent Devotional

The Mended Rib: A 27-Day Devotional for Men Battling Lust and Infidelity

Leading God's Way: Wisdom for Nonprofit Board Governance

A New Year ~ a New Beginning

What Is the Church?

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkJHN">
        <div class="chapter ch12" data-usfm="JHN.12">
            <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Anointed at Bethany</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Here a dinner was given in Jesus&#8217; honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Mary took about a pint</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:3 </span><span class="ft">Or about 0.5 liter</span></span></span><span class="content"> of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus&#8217; feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why wasn&#8217;t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year&#8217;s wages.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:5 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">three hundred denarii</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Leave her alone,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You will always have the poor among you,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:8 </span><span class="ft">See <span class="ref" data-usfm="DEU.15.11">Deut. 15:11</span>.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but you will not always have me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.12.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Hosanna!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:13 </span><span class="ft">A Hebrew expression meaning &#8220;Save!&#8221; which became an exclamation of praise</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.12.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:13 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="PSA.118.25">Psalm 118:25</span>,<span class="ref" data-usfm="PSA.118.26">26</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.12.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed is the king of Israel!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.12.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.12.15"><span class="content">see, your king is coming,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.12.15"><span class="content">seated on a donkey&#8217;s colt.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:15 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="ZEC.9.9">Zech. 9:9</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.12.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So the Pharisees said to one another, &#8220;See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Predicts His Death</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. &#8220;Sir,&#8221; they said, &#8220;we would like to see Jesus.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.12.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.12.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? &#8216;Father, save me from this hour&#8217;? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Father, glorify your name!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.12.28"><span class="content">Then a voice came from heaven, &#8220;I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.12.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This voice was for your benefit, not mine.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.12.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And I, when I am lifted up</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:32 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">lifted up </span><span class="ft">also means </span><span class="fqa">exalted.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">from the earth, will draw all people to myself.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.12.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.12.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.12.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The crowd spoke up, &#8220;We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever, so how can you say, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;The Son of Man must be lifted up&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">? Who is this &#8216;Son of Man&#8217;?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.12.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.12.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then Jesus told them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.12.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Belief and Unbelief Among the Jews</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.12.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.12.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.12.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.12.38"><span class="content">&#8220;Lord, who has believed our message</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.12.38"><span class="content">and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:38 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="ISA.53.1">Isaiah 53:1</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.12.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.12.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.12.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">&#8220;He has blinded their eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="content">and hardened their hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="content">so they can neither see with their eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="content">nor understand with their hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="content">nor turn&#8212;and I would heal them.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:40 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="ISA.6.10">Isaiah 6:10</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.12.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus&#8217; glory and spoke about him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.12.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.12.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.12.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">for they loved human praise more than praise from God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.12.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.12.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Then Jesus cried out, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.12.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.12.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.12.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.12.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.12.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.12.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JHN.12.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
        </div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkPRO">
        <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="PRO.1">
            <div class="label">1</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Purpose and Theme</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for gaining wisdom and instruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">for understanding words of insight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">doing what is right and just and fair;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">for giving prudence to those who are simple,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew word rendered </span><span class="fq">simple </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">knowledge and discretion to the young&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">let the wise listen and add to their learning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">and let the discerning get guidance&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">for understanding proverbs and parables,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">the sayings and riddles of the wise.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the beginning of knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">but fools</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew words rendered </span><span class="fq">fool </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.</span></span></span><span class="content"> despise wisdom and instruction.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom</span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Listen, my son, to your father&#8217;s instruction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">and do not forsake your mother&#8217;s teaching.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They are a garland to grace your head</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">and a chain to adorn your neck.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My son, if sinful men entice you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">do not give in to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If they say, &#8220;Come along with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s lie in wait for innocent blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s ambush some harmless soul;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">let&#8217;s swallow them alive, like the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">and whole, like those who go down to the pit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">we will get all sorts of valuable things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">and fill our houses with plunder;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">cast lots with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">we will all share the loot&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">my son, do not go along with them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">do not set foot on their paths;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for their feet rush into evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">they are swift to shed blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How useless to spread a net</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">where every bird can see it!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">These men lie in wait for their own blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">they ambush only themselves!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">it takes away the life of those who get it.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom&#8217;s Rebuke</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">she raises her voice in the public square;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">on top of the wall</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">/ at noisy street corners</span></span></span><span class="content"> she cries out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">at the city gate she makes her speech:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">How long will mockers delight in mockery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">and fools hate knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Repent at my rebuke!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">I will make known to you my teachings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But since you refuse to listen when I call</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">since you disregard all my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">and do not accept my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">I will mock when calamity overtakes you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">when calamity overtakes you like a storm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when distress and trouble overwhelm you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then they will call to me but I will not answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">they will look for me but will not find me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">since they hated knowledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">and did not choose to fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Since they would not accept my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">and spurned my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">they will eat the fruit of their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">and the complacency of fools will destroy them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">but whoever listens to me will live in safety</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="content">and be at ease, without fear of harm.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; </span></span></div>
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