Faith That Endures

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When to Forgive and Stand Firm

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DRAWING FROM the RIGHT WELL

Overcoming Marital Anxiety

Lifestyle of Worship - Part 2

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

Wait Well: Trusting God's Timing

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

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         <div class="label">22</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A good name is more desirable than great riches;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.22.1"><span class="content">to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.22.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Rich and poor have this in common:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.22.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the Maker of them all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.22.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The prudent see danger and take refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.22.3"><span class="content">but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.22.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Humility is the fear of the </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="PRO.22.4"><span class="content">its wages are riches and honor and life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.22.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.22.5"><span class="content">but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Start children off on the way they should go,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.22.6"><span class="content">and even when they are old they will not turn from it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.22.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The rich rule over the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.22.7"><span class="content">and the borrower is slave to the lender.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.22.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.22.8"><span class="content">and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.22.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The generous will themselves be blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.22.9"><span class="content">for they share their food with the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.22.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.22.10"><span class="content">quarrels and insults are ended.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.22.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.22.11"><span class="content">will have the king for a friend.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.22.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> keep watch over knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.22.12"><span class="content">but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.22.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sluggard says, &#8220;There&#8217;s a lion outside!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.22.13"><span class="content">I&#8217;ll be killed in the public square!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.22.14"><span class="content">a man who is under the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath falls into it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.22.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.22.15"><span class="content">but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.22.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.22.16"><span class="content">and one who gives gifts to the rich&#8212;both come to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Thirty Sayings of the Wise</span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 1</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.22.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="content">apply your heart to what I teach,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="content">and have all of them ready on your lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So that your trust may be in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="content">I teach you today, even you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Have I not written thirty sayings for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="content">sayings of counsel and knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">so that you bring back truthful reports</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">to those you serve?</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 2</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not exploit the poor because they are poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="content">and do not crush the needy in court,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will take up their case</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="content">and will exact life for life.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 3</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="content">do not associate with one easily angered,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">or you may learn their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="content">and get yourself ensnared.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 4</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="content">or puts up security for debts;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">if you lack the means to pay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="content">your very bed will be snatched from under you.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 5</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do not move an ancient boundary stone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="content">set up by your ancestors.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 6</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Do you see someone skilled in their work?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="content">They will serve before kings;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="content">they will not serve before officials of low rank.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 7</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When you sit to dine with a ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.23.1"><span class="content">note well what</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who</span></span></span><span class="content"> is before you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.23.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and put a knife to your throat</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.23.2"><span class="content">if you are given to gluttony.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do not crave his delicacies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.23.3"><span class="content">for that food is deceptive.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 8</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not wear yourself out to get rich;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.23.4"><span class="content">do not trust your own cleverness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="content">for they will surely sprout wings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="content">and fly off to the sky like an eagle.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 9</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.23.6"><span class="content">do not crave his delicacies;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.23.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">for he is the kind of person</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">who is always thinking about the cost.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">for as he thinks within himself, / so he is</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">for as he puts on a feast, / so he is</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Eat and drink,&#8221; he says to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">but his heart is not with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You will vomit up the little you have eaten</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.23.8"><span class="content">and will have wasted your compliments.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 10</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.23.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not speak to fools,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.23.9"><span class="content">for they will scorn your prudent words.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 11</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.23.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do not move an ancient boundary stone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.23.10"><span class="content">or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.23.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">for their Defender is strong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.23.11"><span class="content">he will take up their case against you.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 12</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.23.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Apply your heart to instruction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.23.12"><span class="content">and your ears to words of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 13</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.23.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Do not withhold discipline from a child;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.23.13"><span class="content">if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.23.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Punish them with the rod</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.23.14"><span class="content">and save them from death.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 14</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.23.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My son, if your heart is wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.23.15"><span class="content">then my heart will be glad indeed;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.23.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">my inmost being will rejoice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.23.16"><span class="content">when your lips speak what is right.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 15</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.23.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do not let your heart envy sinners,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.23.17"><span class="content">but always be zealous for the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.23.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">There is surely a future hope for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.23.18"><span class="content">and your hope will not be cut off.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 16</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.23.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Listen, my son, and be wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.23.19"><span class="content">and set your heart on the right path:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.23.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do not join those who drink too much wine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.23.20"><span class="content">or gorge themselves on meat,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.23.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">for drunkards and gluttons become poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.23.21"><span class="content">and drowsiness clothes them in rags.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 17</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.23.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Listen to your father, who gave you life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.23.22"><span class="content">and do not despise your mother when she is old.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.23.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Buy the truth and do not sell it&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.23.23"><span class="content">wisdom, instruction and insight as well.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.23.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.23.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The father of a righteous child has great joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.23.24"><span class="content">a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.23.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">May your father and mother rejoice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.23.25"><span class="content">may she who gave you birth be joyful!</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 18</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.23.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">My son, give me your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.23.26"><span class="content">and let your eyes delight in my ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.23.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.23.27"><span class="content">and a wayward wife is a narrow well.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.23.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Like a bandit she lies in wait</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.23.28"><span class="content">and multiplies the unfaithful among men.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 19</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.23.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Who has woe? Who has sorrow?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">Who has strife? Who has complaints?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.23.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Those who linger over wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.23.30"><span class="content">who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.23.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Do not gaze at wine when it is red,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="content">when it sparkles in the cup,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="content">when it goes down smoothly!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.23.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">In the end it bites like a snake</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.23.32"><span class="content">and poisons like a viper.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.23.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.23.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Your eyes will see strange sights,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.23.33"><span class="content">and your mind will imagine confusing things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.23.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.23.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.23.34"><span class="content">lying on top of the rigging.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.23.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8220;They hit me,&#8221; you will say, &#8220;but I&#8217;m not hurt!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="content">They beat me, but I don&#8217;t feel it!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="content">When will I wake up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="content">so I can find another drink?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch101" data-usfm="PSA.101">
         <div class="label">101</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 101</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.101.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will sing of your love and justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.101.1"><span class="content">to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I will sing praise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.101.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will be careful to lead a blameless life&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"><span class="content">when will you come to me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"><span class="content">I will conduct the affairs of my house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"><span class="content">with a blameless heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.101.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I will not look with approval</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"><span class="content">on anything that is vile.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"><span class="content">I hate what faithless people do;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"><span class="content">I will have no part in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.101.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.101.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The perverse of heart shall be far from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.101.4"><span class="content">I will have nothing to do with what is evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.101.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"><span class="content">I will put to silence;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"><span class="content">whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"><span class="content">I will not tolerate.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.101.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"><span class="content">that they may dwell with me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"><span class="content">the one whose walk is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"><span class="content">will minister to me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.101.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No one who practices deceit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"><span class="content">will dwell in my house;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"><span class="content">no one who speaks falsely</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"><span class="content">will stand in my presence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.101.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.101.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Every morning I will put to silence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.101.8"><span class="content">all the wicked in the land;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.101.8"><span class="content">I will cut off every evildoer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.101.8"><span class="content">from the city of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch5" data-usfm="1PE.5">
         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Elders and the Flock</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1PE.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ&#8217;s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1PE.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Be shepherds of God&#8217;s flock that is under your care, watching over them&#8212;not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1PE.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1PE.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1PE.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1PE.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1PE.5.5"><span class="content">&#8220;God opposes the proud</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1PE.5.5"><span class="content">but shows favor to the humble.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:5 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="PRO.3.34">Prov. 3:34</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1PE.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Humble yourselves, therefore, under God&#8217;s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1PE.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1PE.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1PE.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">With the help of Silas,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:12 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Silvanus</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Silas</span></span></span><span class="content"> whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1PE.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1PE.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Greet one another with a kiss of love.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1PE.5.14"><span class="content">Peace to all of you who are in Christ.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch14" data-usfm="LUK.14">
         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus at a Pharisee&#8217;s House</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him on his way.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then he asked them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If one of you has a child</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:5 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">donkey</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull it out?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And they had nothing to say.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, &#8216;Give this person your seat.&#8217; Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, &#8216;Friend, move up to a better place.&#8217; Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.14.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to his host, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Great Banquet</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.14.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, &#8220;Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.14.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jesus replied: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, &#8216;Come, for everything is now ready.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, &#8216;I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.14.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Another said, &#8216;I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I&#8217;m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Still another said, &#8216;I just got married, so I can&#8217;t come.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, &#8216;Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.14.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Sir,&#8217; the servant said, &#8216;what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.14.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the master told his servant, &#8216;Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Cost of Being a Disciple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.14.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters&#8212;yes, even their own life&#8212;such a person cannot be my disciple.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.14.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won&#8217;t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">saying, &#8216;This person began to build and wasn&#8217;t able to finish.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.14.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won&#8217;t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.14.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.14.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.14.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.14.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.14.35"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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