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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The People Rebel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, &#8220;If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness! </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Why is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn&#8217;t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And they said to each other, &#8220;We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.14.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole Israelite assembly gathered there. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and said to the entire Israelite assembly, &#8220;The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">If the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Only do not rebel against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is with us. Do not be afraid of them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.14.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> appeared at the tent of meeting to all the Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the signs I have performed among them? </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.14.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Moses said to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are with these people and that you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If you put all these people to death, leaving none alive, the nations who have heard this report about you will say, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.14.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now may the Lord&#8217;s strength be displayed, just as you have declared: </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.14.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> replied, &#8220;I have forgiven them, as you asked. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> fills the whole earth, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">not one of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their ancestors. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Since the Amalekites and the Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of Reeds</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.14.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses and Aaron: </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So tell them, &#8216;As surely as I live, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say: </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">In this wilderness your bodies will fall&#8212;every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">But as for you, your bodies will fall in this wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.14.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.14.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">For forty years&#8212;one year for each of the forty days you explored the land&#8212;you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.14.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.14.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.14.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">So the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.14.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">these men who were responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.14.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.14.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.14.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">When Moses reported this to all the Israelites, they mourned bitterly. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.14.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Early the next morning they set out for the highest point in the hill country, saying, &#8220;Now we are ready to go up to the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> promised. Surely we have sinned!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.14.40"></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.14.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">But Moses said, &#8220;Why are you disobeying the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command? This will not succeed! </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.14.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Do not go up, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.14.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">for the Amalekites and the Canaanites will face you there. Because you have turned away from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, he will not be with you and you will fall by the sword.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.14.43"></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="NUM.14.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, in their presumption they went up toward the highest point in the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s covenant moved from the camp. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="NUM.14.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Proverbs of Solomon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The proverbs of Solomon:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"><span class="content">A wise son brings joy to his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"><span class="content">but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.10.2"><span class="content">but righteousness delivers from death.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.10.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.10.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not let the righteous go hungry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.10.3"><span class="content">but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.10.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.10.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Lazy hands make for poverty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.10.4"><span class="content">but diligent hands bring wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.10.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.10.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.10.5"><span class="content">but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.10.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.10.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Blessings crown the head of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.10.6"><span class="content">but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">righteous, / but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.10.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.10.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The name of the righteous is used in blessings,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:7 </span><span class="ft">See <span class="ref" usfm="GEN.48.20">Gen. 48:20</span>.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.10.7"><span class="content">but the name of the wicked will rot.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.10.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.10.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The wise in heart accept commands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.10.8"><span class="content">but a chattering fool comes to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.10.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.10.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.10.9"><span class="content">but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.10.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.10.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Whoever winks maliciously causes grief,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.10.10"><span class="content">and a chattering fool comes to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.10.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.10.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.10.11"><span class="content">but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.10.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.10.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Hatred stirs up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.10.12"><span class="content">but love covers over all wrongs.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.10.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.10.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.10.13"><span class="content">but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.10.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.10.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The wise store up knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.10.14"><span class="content">but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.10.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.10.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.10.15"><span class="content">but poverty is the ruin of the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.10.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.10.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The wages of the righteous is life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.10.16"><span class="content">but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.10.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.10.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.10.17"><span class="content">but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.10.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.10.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.10.18"><span class="content">and spreads slander is a fool.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.10.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.10.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Sin is not ended by multiplying words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.10.19"><span class="content">but the prudent hold their tongues.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.10.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.10.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.10.20"><span class="content">but the heart of the wicked is of little value.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.10.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.10.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The lips of the righteous nourish many,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.10.21"><span class="content">but fools die for lack of sense.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.10.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.10.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The blessing of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brings wealth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.10.22"><span class="content">without painful toil for it.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.10.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.10.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.10.23"><span class="content">but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.10.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.10.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">What the wicked dread will overtake them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.10.24"><span class="content">what the righteous desire will be granted.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.10.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.10.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.10.25"><span class="content">but the righteous stand firm forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.10.25"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.10.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.10.26"><span class="content">so are sluggards to those who send them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.10.26"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.10.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> adds length to life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.10.27"><span class="content">but the years of the wicked are cut short.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.10.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.10.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The prospect of the righteous is joy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.10.28"><span class="content">but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.10.28"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.10.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The way of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a refuge for the blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.10.29"><span class="content">but it is the ruin of those who do evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.10.29"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.10.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The righteous will never be uprooted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.10.30"><span class="content">but the wicked will not remain in the land.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.10.30"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.10.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.10.31"><span class="content">but a perverse tongue will be silenced.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.10.31"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.10.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.10.32"><span class="content">but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.10.32"></span></div>
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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And they began to accuse him, saying, &#8220;We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Messiah, a king.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.23.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So Pilate asked Jesus, &#8220;Are you the king of the Jews?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.23.3"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You have said so,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.23.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, &#8220;I find no basis for a charge against this man.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.23.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But they insisted, &#8220;He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.23.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he learned that Jesus was under Herod&#8217;s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.23.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform a sign of some sort. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">That day Herod and Pilate became friends&#8212;before this they had been enemies.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.23.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and said to them, &#8220;You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore, I will punish him and then release him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.23.17"><span class="label">[17]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:17 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here words similar to <span class="ref" usfm="MAT.27.15">Matt. 27:15</span> and <span class="ref" usfm="MRK.15.6">Mark 15:6</span>.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.23.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But the whole crowd shouted, &#8220;Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">(Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.23.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But they kept shouting, &#8220;Crucify him! Crucify him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.23.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For the third time he spoke to them: &#8220;Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.23.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.23.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So Pilate decided to grant their demand. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Crucifixion of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.23.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Jesus turned and said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For the time will come when you will say, &#8216;Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;they will say to the mountains, &#8220;Fall on us!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"><span class="wj"><span class="content">and to the hills, &#8220;Cover us!&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:30 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="HOS.10.8">Hosea 10:8</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.23.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.23.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.23.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.23.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals&#8212;one on his right, the other on his left. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.23.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:34 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts do not have this sentence.</span></span></span><span class="content"> And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.23.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.23.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, &#8220;He saved others; let him save himself if he is God&#8217;s Messiah, the Chosen One.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.23.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.23.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.23.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">and said, &#8220;If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.23.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.23.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">There was a written notice above him, which read: </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">this is the king of the jews</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.23.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.23.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: &#8220;Aren&#8217;t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.23.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.23.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">But the other criminal rebuked him. &#8220;Don&#8217;t you fear God,&#8221; he said, &#8220;since you are under the same sentence? </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.23.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.23.41"></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.23.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Then he said, &#8220;Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:42 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">come with your kingly power</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.23.42"></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.23.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Jesus answered him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Death of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.23.43"></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.23.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.23.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.23.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Jesus called out with a loud voice, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:46 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.31.5">Psalm 31:5</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> When he had said this, he breathed his last.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.23.46"></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.23.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, &#8220;Surely this was a righteous man.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.23.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.23.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Burial of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.23.49"></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.23.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.23.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.23.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus&#8217; body. </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.23.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.23.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.23.54"></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.23.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="LUK.23.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.</span></span></div>
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