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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Ten Virgins</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Five of them were foolish and five were wise.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;At midnight the cry rang out: &#8216;Here&#8217;s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The foolish ones said to the wise, &#8216;Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.25.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;No,&#8217; they replied, &#8216;there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.25.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.25.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Later the others also came. &#8216;Lord, Lord,&#8217; they said, &#8216;open the door for us!&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But he replied, &#8216;Truly I tell you, I don&#8217;t know you.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.25.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Bags of Gold</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.25.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:15 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">five talents&#8230; two talents&#8230; one talent</span><span class="ft">; also throughout this parable; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day laborer&#8217;s wage.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master&#8217;s money.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.25.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. &#8216;Master,&#8217; he said, &#8216;you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.25.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;His master replied, &#8216;Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master&#8217;s happiness!&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.25.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The man with two bags of gold also came. &#8216;Master,&#8217; he said, &#8216;you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.25.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.25.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;His master replied, &#8216;Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master&#8217;s happiness!&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.25.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.25.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. &#8216;Master,&#8217; he said, &#8216;I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.25.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.25.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.25.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;His master replied, &#8216;You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.25.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.25.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.25.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.25.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.25.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Sheep and the Goats</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.25.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.25.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.25.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.25.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.25.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.25.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the King will say to those on his right, &#8216;Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.25.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.25.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.25.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.25.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the righteous will answer him, &#8216;Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.25.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.25.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.25.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.25.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The King will reply, &#8216;Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.25.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.25.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then he will say to those on his left, &#8216;Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.25.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.25.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.25.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.25.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;They also will answer, &#8216;Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.25.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.25.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;He will reply, &#8216;Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.25.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MAT.25.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch25" data-usfm="GEN.25">
         <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Death of Abraham</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the descendants of Heth</span></span></span><span class="content"> There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">After Abraham&#8217;s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ishmael&#8217;s Sons</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This is the account of the family line of Abraham&#8217;s son Ishmael, whom Sarah&#8217;s slave, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.25.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Mishma, Dumah, Massa, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the twelve tribal rulers according to their settlements and camps. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">lived to the east of</span></span></span><span class="content"> all the tribes related to them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jacob and Esau</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.25.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">This is the account of the family line of Abraham&#8217;s son Isaac.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.25.19"><span class="content">Abraham became the father of Isaac, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:20 </span><span class="ft">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content"> and sister of Laban the Aramean.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.25.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Isaac prayed to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, &#8220;Why is this happening to me?&#8221; So she went to inquire of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.25.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.25.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to her,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.25.23"><span class="content">&#8220;Two nations are in your womb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.25.23"><span class="content">and two peoples from within you will be separated;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.25.23"><span class="content">one people will be stronger than the other,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.25.23"><span class="content">and the older will serve the younger.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.25.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.25.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.25.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:25 </span><span class="fq">Esau </span><span class="ft">may mean </span><span class="fq">hairy</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.25.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau&#8217;s heel; so he was named Jacob.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:26 </span><span class="fq">Jacob </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">he grasps the heel, </span><span class="ft">a Hebrew idiom for </span><span class="fqa">he deceives.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.25.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.25.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.25.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.25.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.25.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.25.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">He said to Jacob, &#8220;Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I&#8217;m famished!&#8221; (That is why he was also called Edom.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:30 </span><span class="fq">Edom </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">red</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content">)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.25.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.25.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Jacob replied, &#8220;First sell me your birthright.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.25.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.25.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look, I am about to die,&#8221; Esau said. &#8220;What good is the birthright to me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.25.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.25.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But Jacob said, &#8220;Swear to me first.&#8221; So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.25.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.25.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.25.34"><span class="content">So Esau despised his birthright.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Rights as an Apostle</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t we have the right to food and drink? </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord&#8217;s brothers and Cephas</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, Peter</span></span></span><span class="content">? </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Or is it only I and Barnabas who lack the right to not work for a living?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn&#8217;t the Law say the same thing? </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For it is written in the Law of Moses: &#8220;Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:9 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 25:4</span></span></span><span class="content"> Is it about oxen that God is concerned? </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Surely he says this for us, doesn&#8217;t he? Yes, this was written for us, because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you? </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If others have this right of support from you, shouldn&#8217;t we have it all the more?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.9.12"><span class="content">But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights as a preacher of the gospel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Use of His Freedom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.9.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God&#8217;s law but am under Christ&#8217;s law), so as to win those not having the law. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Need for Self-Discipline</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Taming the Tongue</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JAS.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JAS.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JAS.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JAS.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JAS.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JAS.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JAS.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one&#8217;s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JAS.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JAS.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JAS.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JAS.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JAS.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God&#8217;s likeness. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JAS.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JAS.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JAS.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Two Kinds of Wisdom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JAS.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JAS.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JAS.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JAS.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Such &#8220;wisdom&#8221; does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JAS.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JAS.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JAS.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JAS.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch25" data-usfm="JOB.25">
         <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Bildad</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.25.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Dominion and awe belong to God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.25.2"><span class="content">he establishes order in the heights of heaven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.25.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Can his forces be numbered?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.25.3"><span class="content">On whom does his light not rise?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.25.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">How then can a mortal be righteous before God?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.25.4"><span class="content">How can one born of woman be pure?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If even the moon is not bright</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.25.5"><span class="content">and the stars are not pure in his eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.25.6"><span class="content">a human being, who is only a worm!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 25</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.25.1"><span class="content">I put my trust.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.25.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I trust in you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.25.2"><span class="content">do not let me be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.25.2"><span class="content">nor let my enemies triumph over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.25.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">No one who hopes in you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"><span class="content">will ever be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"><span class="content">but shame will come on those</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"><span class="content">who are treacherous without cause.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Show me your ways, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.25.4"><span class="content">teach me your paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Guide me in your truth and teach me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.25.5"><span class="content">for you are God my Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.25.5"><span class="content">and my hope is in you all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Remember, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, your great mercy and love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.25.6"><span class="content">for they are from of old.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Do not remember the sins of my youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"><span class="content">and my rebellious ways;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"><span class="content">according to your love remember me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"><span class="content">for you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Good and upright is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.25.8"><span class="content">therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.25.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He guides the humble in what is right</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.25.9"><span class="content">and teaches them his way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.25.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All the ways of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are loving and faithful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.25.10"><span class="content">toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.25.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For the sake of your name, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.25.11"><span class="content">forgive my iniquity, though it is great.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Who, then, are those who fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.25.12"><span class="content">He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">ways he chooses</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.25.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They will spend their days in prosperity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.25.13"><span class="content">and their descendants will inherit the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.25.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> confides in those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.25.14"><span class="content">he makes his covenant known to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.25.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My eyes are ever on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.25.15"><span class="content">for only he will release my feet from the snare.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.25.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Turn to me and be gracious to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.25.16"><span class="content">for I am lonely and afflicted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.25.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Relieve the troubles of my heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.25.17"><span class="content">and free me from my anguish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.25.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Look on my affliction and my distress</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.25.18"><span class="content">and take away all my sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.25.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">See how numerous are my enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.25.19"><span class="content">and how fiercely they hate me!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.25.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Guard my life and rescue me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.25.20"><span class="content">do not let me be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.25.20"><span class="content">for I take refuge in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.25.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">May integrity and uprightness protect me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.25.21"><span class="content">because my hope, </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">25:21 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew does not have </span><span class="fq"><span class="nd">Lord</span></span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> is in you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.25.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Deliver Israel, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.25.22"><span class="content">from all their troubles!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">More Proverbs of Solomon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These are more proverbs of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.25.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="content">to search out a matter is the glory of kings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="content">so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Remove the dross from the silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="content">and a silversmith can produce a vessel;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">remove wicked officials from the king&#8217;s presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="content">and his throne will be established through righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not exalt yourself in the king&#8217;s presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="content">and do not claim a place among his great men;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">it is better for him to say to you, &#8220;Come up here,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">What you have seen with your eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">do not bring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:7,8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / </span><span class="fv">8 </span><span class="fqa">Do not go</span></span></span><span class="content"> hastily to court,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">for what will you do in the end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">if your neighbor puts you to shame?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If you take your neighbor to court,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="content">do not betray another&#8217;s confidence,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">or the one who hears it may shame you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="content">and the charge against you will stand.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Like apples</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:11 </span><span class="ft">Or possibly </span><span class="fqa">apricots</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold in settings of silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="content">is a ruling rightly given.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="content">is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Like a snow-cooled drink at harvest time</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">is a trustworthy messenger to the one who sends him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">he refreshes the spirit of his master.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Like clouds and wind without rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="content">is one who boasts of gifts never given.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="content">and a gentle tongue can break a bone.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If you find honey, eat just enough&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="content">too much of it, and you will vomit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Seldom set foot in your neighbor&#8217;s house&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="content">too much of you, and they will hate you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="content">is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Like a broken tooth or a lame foot</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="content">is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">or like vinegar poured on a wound,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="content">if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="content">and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will reward you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="content">is a sly tongue&#8212;which provokes a horrified look.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Better to live on a corner of the roof</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="content">than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Like cold water to a weary soul</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="content">is good news from a distant land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Like a muddied spring or a polluted well</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="content">are the righteous who give way to the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">It is not good to eat too much honey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="content">nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.25.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Like a city whose walls are broken through</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.25.28"><span class="content">is a person who lacks self-control.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Fights the Remaining Canaanites</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;Who of us is to go up first to fight against the Canaanites?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> answered, &#8220;Judah shall go up; I have given the land into their hands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The men of Judah then said to the Simeonites their fellow Israelites, &#8220;Come up with us into the territory allotted to us, to fight against the Canaanites. We in turn will go with you into yours.&#8221; So the Simeonites went with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When Judah attacked, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">It was there that they found Adoni-Bezek and fought against him, putting to rout the Canaanites and Perizzites. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Adoni-Bezek fled, but they chased him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then Adoni-Bezek said, &#8220;Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.&#8221; They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem also and took it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">After that, Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev and the western foothills. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They advanced against the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly called Kiriath Arba) and defeated Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">From there they advanced against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And Caleb said, &#8220;I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb&#8217;s younger brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate </span><span class="fqa">Othniel, he urged her</span></span></span><span class="content"> to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, &#8220;What can I do for you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">She replied, &#8220;Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water.&#8221; So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The descendants of Moses&#8217; father-in-law, the Kenite, went up from the City of Palms</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, Jericho</span></span></span><span class="content"> with the people of Judah to live among the inhabitants of the Desert of Judah in the Negev near Arad.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the men of Judah went with the Simeonites their fellow Israelites and attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the city. Therefore it was called Hormah.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="fq">Hormah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">destruction.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Judah also took</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">Judah did not take</span></span></span><span class="content"> Gaza, Ashkelon and Ekron&#8212;each city with its territory.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">As Moses had promised, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons of Anak. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The Benjamites, however, did not drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JDG.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Now the tribes of Joseph attacked Bethel, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with them. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JDG.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz), </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JDG.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, &#8220;Show us how to get into the city and we will see that you are treated well.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JDG.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared the man and his whole family. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JDG.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He then went to the land of the Hittites, where he built a city and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JDG.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JDG.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But Manasseh did not drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor or Ibleam or Megiddo and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that land. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JDG.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JDG.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, but the Canaanites continued to live there among them. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JDG.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Neither did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron or Nahalol, so these Canaanites lived among them, but Zebulun did subject them to forced labor. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JDG.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Nor did Asher drive out those living in Akko or Sidon or Ahlab or Akzib or Helbah or Aphek or Rehob. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JDG.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land because they did not drive them out. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JDG.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Neither did Naphtali drive out those living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath; but the Naphtalites too lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, and those living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became forced laborers for them. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JDG.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The Amorites confined the Danites to the hill country, not allowing them to come down into the plain. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JDG.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">And the Amorites were determined also to hold out in Mount Heres, Aijalon and Shaalbim, but when the power of the tribes of Joseph increased, they too were pressed into forced labor. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JDG.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">The boundary of the Amorites was from Scorpion Pass to Sela and beyond.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you are my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">I will exalt you and praise your name,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">for in perfect faithfulness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">you have done wonderful things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">things planned long ago.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You have made the city a heap of rubble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">the fortified town a ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">the foreigners&#8217; stronghold a city no more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">it will never be rebuilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore strong peoples will honor you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.25.3"><span class="content">cities of ruthless nations will revere you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.25.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You have been a refuge for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">a refuge for the needy in their distress,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">a shelter from the storm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">and a shade from the heat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">For the breath of the ruthless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">is like a storm driving against a wall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and like the heat of the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">You silence the uproar of foreigners;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">so the song of the ruthless is stilled.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On this mountain the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will prepare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">a feast of rich food for all peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">a banquet of aged wine&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">the best of meats and the finest of wines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">On this mountain he will destroy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="content">the shroud that enfolds all peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="content">the sheet that covers all nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">he will swallow up death forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will wipe away the tears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">from all faces;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">he will remove his people&#8217;s disgrace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">from all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">In that day they will say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Surely this is our God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">we trusted in him, and he saved us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">This is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, we trusted in him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will rest on this mountain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="content">but Moab will be trampled in their land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="content">as straw is trampled down in the manure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They will stretch out their hands in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">God will bring down their pride</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">despite the cleverness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:11 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He will bring down your high fortified walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="content">and lay them low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="content">he will bring them down to the ground,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="content">to the very dust.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch25" data-usfm="ACT.25">
         <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Trial Before Festus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Festus answered, &#8220;Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let some of your leaders come with me, and if the man has done anything wrong, they can press charges against him there.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">After spending eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he convened the court and ordered that Paul be brought before him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him. They brought many serious charges against him, but they could not prove them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.25.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Paul made his defense: &#8220;I have done nothing wrong against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.25.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, &#8220;Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there on these charges?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.25.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Paul answered: &#8220;I am now standing before Caesar&#8217;s court, where I ought to be tried. I have not done any wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">After Festus had conferred with his council, he declared: &#8220;You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Festus Consults King Agrippa</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.25.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Since they were spending many days there, Festus discussed Paul&#8217;s case with the king. He said: &#8220;There is a man here whom Felix left as a prisoner. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When I went to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him and asked that he be condemned.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.25.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand over anyone before they have faced their accusers and have had an opportunity to defend themselves against the charges. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When they came here with me, I did not delay the case, but convened the court the next day and ordered the man to be brought in. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When his accusers got up to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Instead, they had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man named Jesus who Paul claimed was alive. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I was at a loss how to investigate such matters; so I asked if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there on these charges. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But when Paul made his appeal to be held over for the Emperor&#8217;s decision, I ordered him held until I could send him to Caesar.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.25.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Agrippa said to Festus, &#8220;I would like to hear this man myself.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.25.22"><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;Tomorrow you will hear him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul Before Agrippa</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.25.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.25.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience room with the high-ranking military officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.25.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Festus said: &#8220;King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, you see this man! The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him in Jerusalem and here in Caesarea, shouting that he ought not to live any longer. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.25.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I found he had done nothing deserving of death, but because he made his appeal to the Emperor I decided to send him to Rome. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.25.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But I have nothing definite to write to His Majesty about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that as a result of this investigation I may have something to write. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.25.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">For I think it is unreasonable to send a prisoner on to Rome without specifying the charges against him.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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