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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, inviting them to come to the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They had not been able to celebrate it at the regular time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The plan seemed right both to the king and to the whole assembly. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They decided to send a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, calling the people to come to Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel. It had not been celebrated in large numbers according to what was written.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.30.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">At the king&#8217;s command, couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and from his officials, which read:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.30.6"><span class="content">&#8220;People of Israel, return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that he may return to you who are left, who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Do not be like your parents and your fellow Israelites, who were unfaithful to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them an object of horror, as you see. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do not be stiff-necked, as your ancestors were; submit to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever. Serve the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God, so that his fierce anger will turn away from you. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If you return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, then your fellow Israelites and your children will be shown compassion by their captors and will return to this land, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.30.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The couriers went from town to town in Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun, but people scorned and ridiculed them. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and went to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Also in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them unity of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered, following the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.30.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.30.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A very large crowd of people assembled in Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the second month. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.30.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They removed the altars in Jerusalem and cleared away the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.30.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and the Levites were ashamed and consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then they took up their regular positions as prescribed in the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them by the Levites. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Since many in the crowd had not consecrated themselves, the Levites had to kill the Passover lambs for all those who were not ceremonially clean and could not consecrate their lambs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">consecrate themselves</span></span></span><span class="content"> to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Although most of the many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, &#8220;May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who is good, pardon everyone </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">who sets their heart on seeking God&#8212;the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of their ancestors&#8212;even if they are not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> heard Hezekiah and healed the people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.30.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great rejoicing, while the Levites and priests praised the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> every day with resounding instruments dedicated to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">priests sang to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> every day, accompanied by the <span class="nd">Lord</span>&#8217;s instruments of praise</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.30.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. For the seven days they ate their assigned portion and offered fellowship offerings and praised</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and confessed their sins to</span></span></span><span class="content"> the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of their ancestors.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.30.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The whole assembly then agreed to celebrate the festival seven more days; so for another seven days they celebrated joyfully. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2CH.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Hezekiah king of Judah provided a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep and goats for the assembly, and the officials provided them with a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep and goats. A great number of priests consecrated themselves. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2CH.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The entire assembly of Judah rejoiced, along with the priests and Levites and all who had assembled from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and also those who resided in Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2CH.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">There was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2CH.30.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">31</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Contributions for Worship</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.31.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hezekiah assigned the priests and Levites to divisions&#8212;each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites&#8212;to offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to minister, to give thanks and to sing praises at the gates of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s dwelling. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The king contributed from his own possessions for the morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, at the New Moons and at the appointed festivals as written in the Law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due the priests and Levites so they could devote themselves to the Law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new wine, olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God, and they piled them in heaps. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and blessed his people Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.31.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.31.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and Azariah the chief priest, from the family of Zadok, answered, &#8220;Since the people began to bring their contributions to the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has blessed his people, and this great amount is left over.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.31.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.31.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Hezekiah gave orders to prepare storerooms in the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and this was done. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.31.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes and dedicated gifts. Konaniah, a Levite, was the overseer in charge of these things, and his brother Shimei was next in rank. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.31.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath and Benaiah were assistants of Konaniah and Shimei his brother. All these served by appointment of King Hezekiah and Azariah the official in charge of the temple of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.31.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.31.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Kore son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions made to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and also the consecrated gifts. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.31.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shekaniah assisted him faithfully in the towns of the priests, distributing to their fellow priests according to their divisions, old and young alike.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.31.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.31.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">In addition, they distributed to the males three years old or more whose names were in the genealogical records&#8212;all who would enter the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to perform the daily duties of their various tasks, according to their responsibilities and their divisions. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.31.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And they distributed to the priests enrolled by their families in the genealogical records and likewise to the Levites twenty years old or more, according to their responsibilities and their divisions. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.31.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They included all the little ones, the wives, and the sons and daughters of the whole community listed in these genealogical records. For they were faithful in consecrating themselves.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.31.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.31.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farm lands around their towns or in any other towns, men were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among them and to all who were recorded in the genealogies of the Levites.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.31.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.31.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.31.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">In everything that he undertook in the service of God&#8217;s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">29</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.29.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.29.1"><span class="content">will suddenly be destroyed&#8212;without remedy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.29.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.29.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.29.2"><span class="content">when the wicked rule, the people groan.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.29.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.29.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.29.3"><span class="content">but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.29.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.29.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">By justice a king gives a country stability,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.29.4"><span class="content">but those who are greedy for</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who give</span></span></span><span class="content"> bribes tear it down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.29.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.29.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who flatter their neighbors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.29.5"><span class="content">are spreading nets for their feet.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.29.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.29.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Evildoers are snared by their own sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.29.6"><span class="content">but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.29.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.29.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The righteous care about justice for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.29.7"><span class="content">but the wicked have no such concern.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.29.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.29.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Mockers stir up a city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.29.8"><span class="content">but the wise turn away anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.29.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.29.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If a wise person goes to court with a fool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.29.9"><span class="content">the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.29.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.29.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The bloodthirsty hate a person of integrity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.29.10"><span class="content">and seek to kill the upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.29.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.29.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Fools give full vent to their rage,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.29.11"><span class="content">but the wise bring calm in the end.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.29.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.29.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If a ruler listens to lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.29.12"><span class="content">all his officials become wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.29.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.29.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The poor and the oppressor have this in common:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.29.13"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives sight to the eyes of both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.29.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.29.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">If a king judges the poor with fairness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.29.14"><span class="content">his throne will be established forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.29.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.29.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.29.15"><span class="content">but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.29.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.29.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When the wicked thrive, so does sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.29.16"><span class="content">but the righteous will see their downfall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.29.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.29.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Discipline your children, and they will give you peace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.29.17"><span class="content">they will bring you the delights you desire.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.29.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.29.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.29.18"><span class="content">but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom&#8217;s instruction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.29.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.29.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Servants cannot be corrected by mere words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.29.19"><span class="content">though they understand, they will not respond.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.29.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.29.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do you see someone who speaks in haste?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.29.20"><span class="content">There is more hope for a fool than for them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.29.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.29.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">A servant pampered from youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.29.21"><span class="content">will turn out to be insolent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.29.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.29.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">An angry person stirs up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.29.22"><span class="content">and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.29.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.29.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Pride brings a person low,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.29.23"><span class="content">but the lowly in spirit gain honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.29.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.29.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.29.24"><span class="content">they are put under oath and dare not testify.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.29.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.29.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Fear of man will prove to be a snare,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.29.25"><span class="content">but whoever trusts in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is kept safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.29.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.29.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Many seek an audience with a ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.29.26"><span class="content">but it is from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that one gets justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.29.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.29.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The righteous detest the dishonest;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.29.27"><span class="content">the wicked detest the upright.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.2.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, &#8220;Brothers, what shall we do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.2.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ACT.2.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Peter replied, &#8220;Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.2.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off&#8212;for all whom the Lord our God will call.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.2.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.2.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, &#8220;Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.2.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Fellowship of the Believers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.2.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="ACT.2.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">They devoted themselves to the apostles&#8217; teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="ACT.2.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="ACT.2.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">All the believers were together and had everything in common. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="ACT.2.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="ACT.2.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="ACT.2.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Make level paths for your feet,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:13 </span><span class="ft">Prov. 4:26</span></span></span><span class="content"> so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning and Encouragement</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Mountain of Fear and the Mountain of Joy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HEB.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HEB.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">because they could not bear what was commanded: &#8220;If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:20 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 19:12,13</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, &#8220;I am trembling with fear.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:21 </span><span class="ft">See Deut. 9:19.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HEB.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="HEB.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="HEB.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="HEB.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven? </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="HEB.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, &#8220;Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:26 </span><span class="ft">Haggai 2:6</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="HEB.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The words &#8220;once more&#8221; indicate the removing of what can be shaken&#8212;that is, created things&#8212;so that what cannot be shaken may remain.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="HEB.12.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="HEB.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="HEB.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">for our &#8220;God is a consuming fire.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:29 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 4:24</span></span></span></span></div>
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