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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Divorce</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.10.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, &#8220;Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.10.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What did Moses command you?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.10.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They said, &#8220;Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.10.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But at the beginning of creation God &#8216;made them male and female.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:6 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="GEN.1.27">Gen. 1:27</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:7 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fqa">and be united to his wife.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and the two will become one flesh.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:8 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="GEN.2.24">Gen. 2:24</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So they are no longer two, but one flesh.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.10.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Little Children and Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.10.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Rich and the Kingdom of God</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.10.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. &#8220;Good teacher,&#8221; he asked, &#8220;what must I do to inherit eternal life?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.10.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why do you call me good?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus answered. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No one is good&#8212;except God alone.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You know the commandments: &#8216;You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:19 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="EXO.20.12+EXO.20.13+EXO.20.14+EXO.20.15+EXO.20.16">Exodus 20:12-16</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="DEU.5.16+DEU.5.17+DEU.5.18+DEU.5.19+DEU.5.20">Deut. 5:16-20</span></span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.10.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Teacher,&#8221; he declared, &#8220;all these I have kept since I was a boy.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.10.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Jesus looked at him and loved him. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;One thing you lack,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.10.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">At this the man&#8217;s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.10.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.10.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Children, how hard it is</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:24 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">is for those who trust in riches</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">to enter the kingdom of God!</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.10.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, &#8220;Who then can be saved?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.10.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Jesus looked at them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.10.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then Peter spoke up, &#8220;We have left everything to follow you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.10.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields&#8212;along with persecutions&#8212;and in the age to come eternal life.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But many who are first will be last, and the last first.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.10.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.10.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;We are going up to Jerusalem,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles,</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.10.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Request of James and John</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.10.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.10.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. &#8220;Teacher,&#8221; they said, &#8220;we want you to do for us whatever we ask.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.10.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.10.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you want me to do for you?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.10.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.10.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">They replied, &#8220;Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.10.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.10.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You don&#8217;t know what you are asking,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.10.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MRK.10.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">&#8220;We can,&#8221; they answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MRK.10.39"><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with,</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.10.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.10.40"></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MRK.10.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MRK.10.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Jesus called them together and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MRK.10.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MRK.10.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MRK.10.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MRK.10.45"></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MRK.10.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means &#8220;son of Timaeus&#8221;), was sitting by the roadside begging. </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MRK.10.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, &#8220;Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MRK.10.47"></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="MRK.10.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, &#8220;Son of David, have mercy on me!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="MRK.10.48"></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="MRK.10.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Jesus stopped and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Call him.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="MRK.10.49"><span class="content">So they called to the blind man, &#8220;Cheer up! On your feet! He&#8217;s calling you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MRK.10.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MRK.10.50"></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MRK.10.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you want me to do for you?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus asked him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MRK.10.51"><span class="content">The blind man said, &#8220;Rabbi, I want to see.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MRK.10.51"></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="MRK.10.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> said Jesus, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;your faith has healed you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Sayings of Agur</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh&#8212;an inspired utterance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">This man&#8217;s utterance to Ithiel:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">&#8220;I am weary, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">but I can prevail.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:1 </span><span class="ft">With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">utterance to Ithiel, / to Ithiel and Ukal:</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Surely I am only a brute, not a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="content">I do not have human understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I have not learned wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="content">nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Who has gone up to heaven and come down?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Whose hands have gathered up the wind?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who has established all the ends of the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">What is his name, and what is the name of his son?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Surely you know!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Every word of God is flawless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="content">he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not add to his words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="content">or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Two things I ask of you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="content">do not refuse me before I die:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Keep falsehood and lies far from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">give me neither poverty nor riches,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">but give me only my daily bread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">and say, &#8216;Who is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">Or I may become poor and steal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">and so dishonor the name of my God.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not slander a servant to their master,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="content">or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are those who curse their fathers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="content">and do not bless their mothers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">those who are pure in their own eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="content">and yet are not cleansed of their filth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">those whose eyes are ever so haughty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="content">whose glances are so disdainful;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">those whose teeth are swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">and whose jaws are set with knives</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">to devour the poor from the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">and the needy from among mankind.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The leech has two daughters.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">&#8216;Give! Give!&#8217; they cry.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">&#8220;There are three things that are never satisfied,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">four that never say, &#8216;Enough!&#8217;:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the grave, the barren womb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">land, which is never satisfied with water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">and fire, which never says, &#8216;Enough!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;The eye that mocks a father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">that scorns an aged mother,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">will be eaten by the vultures.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are three things that are too amazing for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="content">four that I do not understand:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">the way of an eagle in the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">the way of a snake on a rock,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">the way of a ship on the high seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">and the way of a man with a young woman.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the way of an adulterous woman:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">She eats and wipes her mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">and says, &#8216;I&#8217;ve done nothing wrong.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Under three things the earth trembles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="content">under four it cannot bear up:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">a servant who becomes king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="content">a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">a contemptible woman who gets married,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="content">and a servant who displaces her mistress.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Four things on earth are small,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="content">yet they are extremely wise:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Ants are creatures of little strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="content">yet they store up their food in the summer;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">hyraxes are creatures of little power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="content">yet they make their home in the crags;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">locusts have no king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="content">yet they advance together in ranks;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">a lizard can be caught with the hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="content">yet it is found in kings&#8217; palaces.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are three things that are stately in their stride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="content">four that move with stately bearing:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">a lion, mighty among beasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="content">who retreats before nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">a strutting rooster, a he-goat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="content">and a king secure against revolt.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:31 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you play the fool and exalt yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">or if you plan evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">clap your hand over your mouth!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">For as churning cream produces butter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">and as twisting the nose produces blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">so stirring up anger produces strife.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God&#8217;s people in accordance with the will of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.8.27"></span></div>
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