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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Ark Brought to Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After David had constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then David said, &#8220;No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> chose them to carry the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and to minister before him forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to the place he had prepared for it. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He called together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Kohath,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.15.5"><span class="content">Uriel the leader and 120 relatives;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.15.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">from the descendants of Merari,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.15.6"><span class="content">Asaiah the leader and 220 relatives;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.15.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">from the descendants of Gershon,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Gershom, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Gershon</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.15.7"><span class="content">Joel the leader and 130 relatives;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">from the descendants of Elizaphan,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.15.8"><span class="content">Shemaiah the leader and 200 relatives;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">from the descendants of Hebron,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.15.9"><span class="content">Eliel the leader and 80 relatives;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.15.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">from the descendants of Uzziel,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.15.10"><span class="content">Amminadab the leader and 112 relatives.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.15.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then David summoned Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab the Levites. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He said to them, &#8220;You are the heads of the Levitical families; you and your fellow Levites are to consecrate yourselves and bring up the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves in order to bring up the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And the Levites carried the ark of God with the poles on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.15.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their fellow Levites as musicians to make a joyful sound with musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.15.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his relatives, Asaph son of Berekiah; and from their relatives the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and with them their relatives next in rank: Zechariah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:18 </span><span class="ft">Three Hebrew manuscripts and most Septuagint manuscripts (see also verse 20 and 16:5); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Zechariah son and </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">Zechariah, Ben and</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint (see also verse 21) </span><span class="fqa">Jeiel and Azaziah</span></span></span><span class="content"> the gatekeepers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.15.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The musicians Heman, Asaph and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Zechariah, Jaaziel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:20 </span><span class="ft">See verse 18; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Aziel</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jaaziel</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah were to play the lyres according to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">alamoth,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:20 </span><span class="ft">Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel and Azaziah were to play the harps, directing according to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">sheminith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:21 </span><span class="ft">Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Kenaniah the head Levite was in charge of the singing; that was his responsibility because he was skillful at it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.15.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Berekiah and Elkanah were to be doorkeepers for the ark. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer the priests were to blow trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also to be doorkeepers for the ark.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.15.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of units of a thousand went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the house of Obed-Edom, with rejoicing. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Because God had helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, seven bulls and seven rams were sacrificed. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Now David was clothed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and as were the musicians, and Kenaniah, who was in charge of the singing of the choirs. David also wore a linen ephod. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with shouts, with the sounding of rams&#8217; horns and trumpets, and of cymbals, and the playing of lyres and harps.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.15.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">As the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David dancing and celebrating, she despised him in her heart.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A wise son heeds his father&#8217;s instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A sluggard&#8217;s appetite is never filled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The righteous hate what is false,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">but the wicked make themselves a stench</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">and bring shame on themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Righteousness guards the person of integrity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">but wickedness overthrows the sinner.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s riches may ransom their life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The light of the righteous shines brightly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Where there is strife, there is pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">but wisdom is found in those who take advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Dishonest money dwindles away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Hope deferred makes the heart sick,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">but whoever respects a command is rewarded.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">turning a person from the snares of death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Good judgment wins favor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:15 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All who are prudent act with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">prudent protect themselves through</span></span></span><span class="content"> knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">but fools expose their folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A wicked messenger falls into trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">but whoever heeds correction is honored.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">but fools detest turning from evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Walk with the wise and become wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">for a companion of fools suffers harm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Trouble pursues the sinner,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">but the righteous are rewarded with good things.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A good person leaves an inheritance for their children&#8217;s children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">but a sinner&#8217;s wealth is stored up for the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">An unplowed field produces food for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">but injustice sweeps it away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever spares the rod hates their children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The righteous eat to their hearts&#8217; content,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="content">but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The wise woman builds her house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="content">but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Whoever fears the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> walks uprightly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="content">but those who despise him are devious in their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A fool&#8217;s mouth lashes out with pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="content">but the lips of the wise protect them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="content">but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">An honest witness does not deceive,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="content">but a false witness pours out lies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="content">but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Stay away from a fool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="content">for you will not find knowledge on their lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="content">but the folly of fools is deception.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Fools mock at making amends for sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="content">but goodwill is found among the upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Each heart knows its own bitterness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="content">and no one else can share its joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The house of the wicked will be destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="content">but the tent of the upright will flourish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">There is a way that appears to be right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="content">but in the end it leads to death.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod&#8217;s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.8.8"><span class="content">When he said this, he called out, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">His disciples asked him what this parable meant. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that,</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.8.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;though seeing, they may not see;</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.8.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">though hearing, they may not understand.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">8:10 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Isaiah 6:9
          </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life&#8217;s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Lamp on a Stand</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken from them.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus&#8217; Mother and Brothers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.8.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now Jesus&#8217; mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Someone told him, &#8220;Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.8.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;My mother and brothers are those who hear God&#8217;s word and put it into practice.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calms the Storm</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">One day Jesus said to his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Let us go over to the other side of the lake.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> So they got into a boat and set out. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.8.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The disciples went and woke him, saying, &#8220;Master, Master, we&#8217;re going to drown!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.8.24"><span class="content">He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is your faith?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked his disciples.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.8.25"><span class="content">In fear and amazement they asked one another, &#8220;Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TI.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TI.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TI.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TI.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TI.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TI.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:6 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family.</span></span></span><span class="content"> you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TI.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives&#8217; tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TI.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TI.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TI.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Command and teach these things. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TI.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TI.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TI.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TI.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TI.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.</span></span></div>
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