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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;All this I have told you so that you will not fall away.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, &#8216;Where are you going?&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">about sin, because people do not believe in me;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.16.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Disciples&#8217; Grief Will Turn to Joy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.16.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jesus went on to say, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.16.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">At this, some of his disciples said to one another, &#8220;What does he mean by saying, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> and </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;Because I am going to the Father&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They kept asking, &#8220;What does he mean by </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;a little while&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">? We don&#8217;t understand what he is saying.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.16.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, &#8216;In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me&#8217;?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.16.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.16.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.16.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.16.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.16.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.16.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.16.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then Jesus&#8217; disciples said, &#8220;Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.16.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.16.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.16.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you now believe?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.16.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.16.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.16.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against Adultery</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, pay attention to my wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.5.1"><span class="content">turn your ear to my words of insight,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.5.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">that you may maintain discretion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.5.2"><span class="content">and your lips may preserve knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.5.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.5.3"><span class="content">and her speech is smoother than oil;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.5.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">but in the end she is bitter as gall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.5.4"><span class="content">sharp as a double-edged sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.5.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Her feet go down to death;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.5.5"><span class="content">her steps lead straight to the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.5.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">She gives no thought to the way of life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"><span class="content">her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now then, my sons, listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.5.7"><span class="content">do not turn aside from what I say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.5.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Keep to a path far from her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.5.8"><span class="content">do not go near the door of her house,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.5.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">lest you lose your honor to others</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.5.9"><span class="content">and your dignity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">5:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">years</span></span></span><span class="content"> to one who is cruel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.5.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">lest strangers feast on your wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.5.10"><span class="content">and your toil enrich the house of another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.5.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">At the end of your life you will groan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.5.11"><span class="content">when your flesh and body are spent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.5.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You will say, &#8220;How I hated discipline!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.5.12"><span class="content">How my heart spurned correction!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.5.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I would not obey my teachers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.5.13"><span class="content">or turn my ear to my instructors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.5.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And I was soon in serious trouble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"><span class="content">in the assembly of God&#8217;s people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Drink water from your own cistern,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.5.15"><span class="content">running water from your own well.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.5.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Should your springs overflow in the streets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.5.16"><span class="content">your streams of water in the public squares?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.5.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let them be yours alone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.5.17"><span class="content">never to be shared with strangers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.5.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">May your fountain be blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.5.18"><span class="content">and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.5.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A loving doe, a graceful deer&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="content">may her breasts satisfy you always,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="content">may you ever be intoxicated with her love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man&#8217;s wife?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"><span class="content">Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For your ways are in full view of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.5.21"><span class="content">and he examines all your paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.5.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.5.22"><span class="content">the cords of their sins hold them fast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.5.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For lack of discipline they will die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.5.23"><span class="content">led astray by their own great folly.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Which of you fathers, if your son asks for</span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:11 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">a fish, will give him a snake instead?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.11.13"></span></div>
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