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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">These were the chiefs of David&#8217;s mighty warriors&#8212;they, together with all Israel, gave his kingship strong support to extend it over the whole land, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had promised&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">this is the list of David&#8217;s mighty warriors:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.11.11"><span class="content">Jashobeam,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:11 </span><span class="ft">Possibly a variant of </span><span class="fqa">Jashob-Baal</span></span></span><span class="content"> a Hakmonite, was chief of the officers</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Thirty</span><span class="ft">; some Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Three </span><span class="ft">(see also 2 Samuel 23:8)</span></span></span><span class="content">; he raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three mighty warriors. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He was with David at Pas Dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place where there was a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But they took their stand in the middle of the field. They defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought about a great victory.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Three of the thirty chiefs came down to David to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">David longed for water and said, &#8220;Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;God forbid that I should do this!&#8221; he said. &#8220;Should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives?&#8221; Because they risked their lives to bring it back, David would not drink it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.11.19"><span class="content">Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.11.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He was doubly honored above the Three and became their commander, even though he was not included among them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, performed great exploits. He struck down Moab&#8217;s two mightiest warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And he struck down an Egyptian who was five cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:23 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 7 feet 6 inches or about 2.3 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver&#8217;s rod in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian&#8217;s hand and killed him with his own spear. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty warriors. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.11.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The mighty warriors were:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.11.26"><span class="content">Asahel the brother of Joab,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.11.26"><span class="content">Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Shammoth the Harorite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.11.27"><span class="content">Helez the Pelonite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.11.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.11.28"><span class="content">Abiezer from Anathoth,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.11.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Sibbekai the Hushathite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.11.29"><span class="content">Ilai the Ahohite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.11.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Maharai the Netophathite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.11.30"><span class="content">Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.11.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.11.31"><span class="content">Benaiah the Pirathonite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.11.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Hurai from the ravines of Gaash,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.11.32"><span class="content">Abiel the Arbathite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.11.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Azmaveth the Baharumite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.11.33"><span class="content">Eliahba the Shaalbonite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.11.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.11.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">the sons of Hashem the Gizonite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.11.34"><span class="content">Jonathan son of Shagee the Hararite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.11.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.11.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Ahiam son of Sakar the Hararite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.11.35"><span class="content">Eliphal son of Ur,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.11.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.11.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Hepher the Mekerathite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.11.36"><span class="content">Ahijah the Pelonite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.11.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.11.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Hezro the Carmelite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.11.37"><span class="content">Naarai son of Ezbai,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.11.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.11.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Joel the brother of Nathan,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.11.38"><span class="content">Mibhar son of Hagri,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.11.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.11.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Zelek the Ammonite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.11.39"><span class="content">Naharai the Berothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.11.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.11.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Ira the Ithrite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.11.40"><span class="content">Gareb the Ithrite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.11.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.11.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Uriah the Hittite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.11.41"><span class="content">Zabad son of Ahlai,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.11.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1CH.11.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, who was chief of the Reubenites, and the thirty with him,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1CH.11.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1CH.11.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Hanan son of Maakah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1CH.11.43"><span class="content">Joshaphat the Mithnite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1CH.11.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1CH.11.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Uzzia the Ashterathite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1CH.11.44"><span class="content">Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1CH.11.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="1CH.11.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Jediael son of Shimri,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="1CH.11.45"><span class="content">his brother Joha the Tizite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="1CH.11.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="1CH.11.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Eliel the Mahavite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="1CH.11.46"><span class="content">Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="1CH.11.46"><span class="content">Ithmah the Moabite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="1CH.11.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="1CH.11.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Eliel, Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Punishment for Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do not rejoice, Israel;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="content">do not be jubilant like the other nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="content">For you have been unfaithful to your God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="content">you love the wages of a prostitute</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="content">at every threshing floor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.9.2"><span class="content">the new wine will fail them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They will not remain in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.9.3"><span class="content">Ephraim will return to Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.9.3"><span class="content">and eat unclean food in Assyria.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will not pour out wine offerings to 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="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">nor will their sacrifices please him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">all who eat them will be unclean.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">This food will be for themselves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">it will not come into the temple of 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 v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">What will you do on the day of your appointed festivals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.9.5"><span class="content">on the feast days of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Even if they escape from destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="content">Egypt will gather them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="content">and Memphis will bury them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="content">Their treasures of silver will be taken over by briers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="content">and thorns will overrun their tents.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The days of punishment are coming,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">the days of reckoning are at hand.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">Let Israel know this.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">Because your sins are so many</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">and your hostility so great,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">the prophet is considered a fool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">the inspired person a maniac.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The prophet, along with my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.9.8"><span class="content">is the watchman over Ephraim,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, / the people of my God</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.9.8"><span class="content">yet snares await him on all his paths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.9.8"><span class="content">and hostility in the house of his God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They have sunk deep into corruption,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.9.9"><span class="content">as in the days of Gibeah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.9.9"><span class="content">God will remember their wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.9.9"><span class="content">and punish them for their sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;When I found Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">it was like finding grapes in the desert;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">when I saw your ancestors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">But when they came to Baal Peor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">and became as vile as the thing they loved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ephraim&#8217;s glory will fly away like a bird&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.9.11"><span class="content">no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Even if they rear children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.9.12"><span class="content">I will bereave them of every one.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.9.12"><span class="content">Woe to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.9.12"><span class="content">when I turn away from them!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.9.13"><span class="content">planted in a pleasant place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.9.13"><span class="content">But Ephraim will bring out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.9.13"><span class="content">their children to the slayer.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Give them, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.9.14"><span class="content">what will you give them?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.9.14"><span class="content">Give them wombs that miscarry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.9.14"><span class="content">and breasts that are dry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">I hated them there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">Because of their sinful deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">I will drive them out of my house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">I will no longer love them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">all their leaders are rebellious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Ephraim is blighted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="content">their root is withered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="content">they yield no fruit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="content">Even if they bear children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="content">I will slay their cherished offspring.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">My God will reject them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.9.17"><span class="content">because they have not obeyed him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.9.17"><span class="content">they will be wanderers among the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.6.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.6.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.6.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.6.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.6.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Do to others as you would have them do to you.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.6.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.6.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.6.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.6.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.6.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.6.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judging Others</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.6.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.6.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.6.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.6.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.6.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He also told them this parable: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.6.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.6.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.6.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother&#8217;s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.6.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">How can you say to your brother, &#8216;Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,&#8217; when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother&#8217;s eye.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Tree and Its Fruit</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.6.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.6.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.6.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.6.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Wise and Foolish Builders</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.6.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.6.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why do you call me, &#8216;Lord, Lord,&#8217; and do not do what I say?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.6.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.6.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.6.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TI.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TI.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">To Timothy my true son in the faith:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.1.2"><span class="content">Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Timothy Charged to Oppose False Teachers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TI.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TI.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God&#8217;s work&#8212;which is by faith. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TI.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TI.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TI.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TI.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TI.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TI.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers&#8212;and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TI.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Lord&#8217;s Grace to Paul</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TI.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TI.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TI.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TI.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TI.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TI.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners&#8212;of whom I am the worst. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1TI.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Charge to Timothy Renewed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1TI.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1TI.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1TI.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1TI.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.</span></span></div>
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