Overcoming Marital Anxiety

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Who Owns Your Time?

When to Forgive and Stand Firm

Lifestyle of Worship - Part 2

Journey Through 1 Thessalonians

Praying God's Word: 7-Day Guide for the Buddhist World

Faith That Endures

DRAWING FROM the RIGHT WELL

Wait Well: Trusting God's Timing

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

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Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.18.1"><span class="content">and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.18.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Fools find no pleasure in understanding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.18.2"><span class="content">but delight in airing their own opinions.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.18.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When wickedness comes, so does contempt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.18.3"><span class="content">and with shame comes reproach.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.18.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The words of the mouth are deep waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.18.4"><span class="content">but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">It is not good to be partial to the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.18.5"><span class="content">and so deprive the innocent of justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The lips of fools bring them strife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.18.6"><span class="content">and their mouths invite a beating.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The mouths of fools are their undoing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.18.7"><span class="content">and their lips are a snare to their very lives.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.18.8"><span class="content">they go down to the inmost parts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.18.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">One who is slack in his work</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.18.9"><span class="content">is brother to one who destroys.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.18.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a fortified tower;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.18.10"><span class="content">the righteous run to it and are safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.18.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.18.11"><span class="content">they imagine it a wall too high to scale.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.18.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Before a downfall the heart is haughty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.18.12"><span class="content">but humility comes before honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.18.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">To answer before listening&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.18.13"><span class="content">that is folly and shame.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.18.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The human spirit can endure in sickness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.18.14"><span class="content">but a crushed spirit who can bear?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.18.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.18.15"><span class="content">for the ears of the wise seek it out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.18.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A gift opens the way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.18.16"><span class="content">and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.18.17"><span class="content">until someone comes forward and cross-examines.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.18.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Casting the lot settles disputes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.18.18"><span class="content">and keeps strong opponents apart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.18.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.18.19"><span class="content">disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.18.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">From the fruit of their mouth a person&#8217;s stomach is filled;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.18.20"><span class="content">with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.18.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The tongue has the power of life and death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.18.21"><span class="content">and those who love it will eat its fruit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.18.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">He who finds a wife finds what is good</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.18.22"><span class="content">and receives favor from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.18.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The poor plead for mercy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.18.23"><span class="content">but the rich answer harshly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.18.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.18.24"><span class="content">but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Better the poor whose walk is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="content">than a fool whose lips are perverse.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Desire without knowledge is not good&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="content">how much more will hasty feet miss the way!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s own folly leads to their ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="content">yet their heart rages against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Wealth attracts many friends,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="content">but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A false witness will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="content">and whoever pours out lies will not go free.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Many curry favor with a ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="content">and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The poor are shunned by all their relatives&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">how much more do their friends avoid them!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">Though the poor pursue them with pleading,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">they are nowhere to be found.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The one who gets wisdom loves life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="content">the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A false witness will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="content">and whoever pours out lies will perish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="content">how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s wisdom yields patience;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="content">it is to one&#8217;s glory to overlook an offense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">A king&#8217;s rage is like the roar of a lion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="content">but his favor is like dew on the grass.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A foolish child is a father&#8217;s ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">and a quarrelsome wife is like</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">the constant dripping of a leaky roof.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="content">but a prudent wife is from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Laziness brings on deep sleep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="content">and the shiftless go hungry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="content">but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="content">and he will reward them for what they have done.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="content">do not be a willing party to their death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="content">rescue them, and you will have to do it again.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Listen to advice and accept discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="content">and at the end you will be counted among the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Many are the plans in a person&#8217;s heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="content">but it is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s purpose that prevails.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">What a person desires is unfailing love</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Greed is a person&#8217;s shame</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="content">better to be poor than a liar.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> leads to life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="content">then one rests content, untouched by trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="content">he will not even bring it back to his mouth!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="content">rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="content">is a child who brings shame and disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Stop listening to instruction, my son,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="content">and you will stray from the words of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A corrupt witness mocks at justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="content">and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Penalties are prepared for mockers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.19.29"><span class="content">and beatings for the backs of fools.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 16</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Keep me safe, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"><span class="content">for in you I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I say to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;You are my Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.16.2"><span class="content">apart from you I have no good thing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.16.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I say of the holy people who are in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.16.3"><span class="content">&#8220;They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.16.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="content">I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="content">or take up their names on my lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you alone are my portion and my cup;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.16.5"><span class="content">you make my lot secure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.16.6"><span class="content">surely I have a delightful inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who counsels me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.16.7"><span class="content">even at night my heart instructs me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I keep my eyes always on 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.16.8"><span class="content">With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.16.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.16.9"><span class="content">my body also will rest secure,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.16.10"><span class="content">nor will you let your faithful</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">holy</span></span></span><span class="content"> one see decay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.16.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You make known to me the path of life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.16.11"><span class="content">you will fill me with joy in your presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.16.11"><span class="content">with eternal pleasures at your right hand.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="1PE.3">
         <div class="label">3</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1PE.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1PE.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1PE.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1PE.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God&#8217;s sight. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1PE.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Suffering for Doing Good</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1PE.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1PE.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever would love life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">and see good days</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">must keep their tongue from evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">and their lips from deceitful speech.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They must turn from evil and do good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.3.11"><span class="content">they must seek peace and pursue it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"><span class="content">and his ears are attentive to their prayer,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"><span class="content">but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="PSA.34.12+PSA.34.13+PSA.34.14+PSA.34.15+PSA.34.16">Psalm 34:12-16</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1PE.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1PE.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. &#8220;Do not fear their threats</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">fear what they fear</span></span></span><span class="content">; do not be frightened.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="ISA.8.12">Isaiah 8:12</span></span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1PE.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1PE.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1PE.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For it is better, if it is God&#8217;s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1PE.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1PE.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">After being made alive,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:18,19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">but made alive in the spirit, </span><span class="fv">19 </span><span class="fqa">in which also</span></span></span><span class="content"> he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1PE.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1PE.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also&#8212;not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">but an appeal to God for a clear conscience</span></span></span><span class="content"> It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1PE.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">who has gone into heaven and is at God&#8217;s right hand&#8212;with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="LUK.13">
         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Repent or Perish</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them&#8212;do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then he told this parable: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, &#8216;For three years now I&#8217;ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven&#8217;t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Sir,&#8217; the man replied, &#8216;leave it alone for one more year, and I&#8217;ll dig around it and fertilize it.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, &#8220;There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The Lord answered him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You hypocrites! Doesn&#8217;t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then Jesus asked, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Again he asked, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:21 </span><span class="ft">Or about 27 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of flour until it worked all through the dough.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Narrow Door</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.13.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Someone asked him, &#8220;Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.13.23"><span class="content">He said to them, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, &#8216;Sir, open the door for us.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.13.25"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But he will answer, &#8216;I don&#8217;t know you or where you come from.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.13.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then you will say, &#8216;We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.13.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But he will reply, &#8216;I don&#8217;t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.13.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus&#8217; Sorrow for Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.13.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, &#8220;Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.13.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go tell that fox, &#8216;I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day&#8212;for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.13.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.13.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.13.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, &#8216;Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:35 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="PSA.118.26">Psalm 118:26</span></span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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