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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Has the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoken only through Moses?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;Hasn&#8217;t he also spoken through us?&#8221; And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> heard this.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">(Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">At once the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, &#8220;Come out to the tent of meeting, all three of you.&#8221; So the three of them went out. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came down in a pillar of cloud; he stood at the entrance to the tent and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them stepped forward, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">he said, &#8220;Listen to my words:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.12.6"><span class="content">&#8220;When there is a prophet among you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.12.6"><span class="content">I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, reveal myself to them in visions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.12.6"><span class="content">I speak to them in dreams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But this is not true of my servant Moses;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.12.7"><span class="content">he is faithful in all my house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">With him I speak face to face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.12.8"><span class="content">clearly and not in riddles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.12.8"><span class="content">he sees the form of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.12.8"><span class="content">Why then were you not afraid</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.12.8"><span class="content">to speak against my servant Moses?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The anger of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> burned against them, and he left them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When the cloud lifted from above the tent, Miriam&#8217;s skin was leprous</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:10 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">leprous </span><span class="ft">was used for various diseases affecting the skin.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;it became as white as snow. Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and he said to Moses, &#8220;Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother&#8217;s womb with its flesh half eaten away.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So Moses cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;Please, God, heal her!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> replied to Moses, &#8220;If her father had spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Confine her outside the camp for seven days; after that she can be brought back.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on till she was brought back.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">After that, the people left Hazeroth and encamped in the Desert of Paran.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Exploring Canaan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So at the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">These are their names:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.13.4"><span class="content">from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, &#8220;Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.&#8221; (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.13.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo Hamath. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:23 </span><span class="fq">Eshkol </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">cluster</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 24.</span></span></span><span class="content"> they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Report on the Exploration</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.13.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They gave Moses this account: &#8220;We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.13.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, &#8220;We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.13.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But the men who had gone up with him said, &#8220;We can&#8217;t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, &#8220;The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom&#8217;s Call</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Does not wisdom call out?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.8.1"><span class="content">Does not understanding raise her voice?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">At the highest point along the way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.8.2"><span class="content">where the paths meet, she takes her stand;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">beside the gate leading into the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.8.3"><span class="content">at the entrance, she cries aloud:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;To you, O people, I call out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.8.4"><span class="content">I raise my voice to all mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You who are simple, gain prudence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.8.5"><span class="content">you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">foolish, instruct your minds</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.8.6"><span class="content">I open my lips to speak what is right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My mouth speaks what is true,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.8.7"><span class="content">for my lips detest wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">All the words of my mouth are just;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.8.8"><span class="content">none of them is crooked or perverse.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">To the discerning all of them are right;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.8.9"><span class="content">they are upright to those who have found knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Choose my instruction instead of silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.8.10"><span class="content">knowledge rather than choice gold,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">for wisdom is more precious than rubies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.8.11"><span class="content">and nothing you desire can compare with her.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.8.12"><span class="content">I possess knowledge and discretion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">To fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is to hate evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.8.13"><span class="content">I hate pride and arrogance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.8.13"><span class="content">evil behavior and perverse speech.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Counsel and sound judgment are mine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.8.14"><span class="content">I have insight, I have power.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.8.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">By me kings reign</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.8.15"><span class="content">and rulers issue decrees that are just;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">by me princes govern,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.8.16"><span class="content">and nobles&#8212;all who rule on earth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:16 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; other Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">all righteous rulers</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.8.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I love those who love me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.8.17"><span class="content">and those who seek me find me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.8.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">With me are riches and honor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.8.18"><span class="content">enduring wealth and prosperity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.8.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">My fruit is better than fine gold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.8.19"><span class="content">what I yield surpasses choice silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.8.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I walk in the way of righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.8.20"><span class="content">along the paths of justice,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.8.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.8.21"><span class="content">and making their treasuries full.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought me forth as the first of his works,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">way</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">dominion</span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> possessed me at the beginning of his work</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> brought me forth at the beginning of his work</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.8.22"><span class="content">before his deeds of old;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.8.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I was formed long ages ago,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.8.23"><span class="content">at the very beginning, when the world came to be.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.8.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.8.24"><span class="content">when there were no springs overflowing with water;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.8.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">before the mountains were settled in place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.8.25"><span class="content">before the hills, I was given birth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.8.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">before he made the world or its fields</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.8.26"><span class="content">or any of the dust of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.8.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">I was there when he set the heavens in place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.8.27"><span class="content">when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.8.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">when he established the clouds above</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.8.28"><span class="content">and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.8.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">when he gave the sea its boundary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.8.29"><span class="content">so the waters would not overstep his command,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.8.29"><span class="content">and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.8.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then I was constantly</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:30 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">was the artisan</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">was a little child</span></span></span><span class="content"> at his side.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.8.30"><span class="content">I was filled with delight day after day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.8.30"><span class="content">rejoicing always in his presence,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.8.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">rejoicing in his whole world</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.8.31"><span class="content">and delighting in mankind.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.8.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now then, my children, listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.8.32"><span class="content">blessed are those who keep my ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.8.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Listen to my instruction and be wise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.8.33"><span class="content">do not disregard it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.8.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Blessed are those who listen to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.8.34"><span class="content">watching daily at my doors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.8.34"><span class="content">waiting at my doorway.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.8.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">For those who find me find life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.8.35"><span class="content">and receive favor from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.8.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PRO.8.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">But those who fail to find me harm themselves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PRO.8.36"><span class="content">all who hate me love death.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Invitations of Wisdom and Folly</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Wisdom has built her house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.9.1"><span class="content">she has set up</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:1 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">has hewn out</span></span></span><span class="content"> its seven pillars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.9.2"><span class="content">she has also set her table.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">She has sent out her servants, and she calls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.9.3"><span class="content">from the highest point of the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let all who are simple come to my house!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.9.4"><span class="content">To those who have no sense she says,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come, eat my food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.9.5"><span class="content">and drink the wine I have mixed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Leave your simple ways and you will live;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.9.6"><span class="content">walk in the way of insight.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.9.7"><span class="content">whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.9.8"><span class="content">rebuke the wise and they will love you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.9.9"><span class="content">teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.9.10"><span class="label">10</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 wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.9.10"><span class="content">and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For through wisdom</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:11 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">me</span></span></span><span class="content"> your days will be many,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.9.11"><span class="content">and years will be added to your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.9.12"><span class="content">if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Folly is an unruly woman;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.9.13"><span class="content">she is simple and knows nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">She sits at the door of her house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.9.14"><span class="content">on a seat at the highest point of the city,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">calling out to those who pass by,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.9.15"><span class="content">who go straight on their way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let all who are simple come to my house!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.9.16"><span class="content">To those who have no sense she says,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Stolen water is sweet;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.9.17"><span class="content">food eaten in secret is delicious!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But little do they know that the dead are there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.9.18"><span class="content">that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.</span></span></div>
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