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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ministering Before the Ark</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">After David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each Israelite man and woman.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.16.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, to extol,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">petition</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">invoke</span></span></span><span class="content"> thank, and praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel: </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Asaph was the chief, and next to him in rank were Zechariah, then Jaaziel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:5 </span><span class="ft">See 15:18,20; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jeiel</span><span class="ft">, possibly another name for </span><span class="fq">Jaaziel</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel. They were to play the lyres and harps, Asaph was to sound the cymbals, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.16.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">That day David first appointed Asaph and his associates to give praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in this manner:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.16.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Give praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, proclaim his name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.16.8"><span class="content">make known among the nations what he has done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.16.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Sing to him, sing praise to him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.16.9"><span class="content">tell of all his wonderful acts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.16.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Glory in his holy name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.16.10"><span class="content">let the hearts of those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.16.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Look to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and his strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.16.11"><span class="content">seek his face always.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.16.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.16.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Remember the wonders he has done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.16.12"><span class="content">his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.16.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">you his servants, the descendants of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.16.13"><span class="content">his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.16.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.16.14"><span class="content">his judgments are in all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.16.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.16.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He remembers</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:15 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also <span class="ref" usfm="PSA.105.8">Psalm 105:8</span>); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Remember</span></span></span><span class="content"> his covenant forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.16.15"><span class="content">the promise he made, for a thousand generations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.16.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the covenant he made with Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.16.16"><span class="content">the oath he swore to Isaac.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.16.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.16.17"><span class="content">to Israel as an everlasting covenant:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.16.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;To you I will give the land of Canaan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.16.18"><span class="content">as the portion you will inherit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.16.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.16.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When they were but few in number,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.16.19"><span class="content">few indeed, and strangers in it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.16.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">they</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:18-20 </span><span class="ft">One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint and Vulgate (see also <span class="ref" usfm="PSA.105.12">Psalm 105:12</span>); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">inherit, / </span><span class="fv">19 </span><span class="fqa">though you are but few in number, / few indeed, and strangers in it.&#8221; / </span><span class="fv">20 </span><span class="fqa">They</span></span></span><span class="content"> wandered from nation to nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.16.20"><span class="content">from one kingdom to another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.16.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He allowed no one to oppress them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.16.21"><span class="content">for their sake he rebuked kings:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.16.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not touch my anointed ones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.16.22"><span class="content">do my prophets no harm.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.16.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.16.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.16.23"><span class="content">proclaim his salvation day after day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.16.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Declare his glory among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.16.24"><span class="content">his marvelous deeds among all peoples.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.16.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.16.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.16.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">For great is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and most worthy of praise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.16.25"><span class="content">he is to be feared above all gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.16.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.16.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For all the gods of the nations are idols,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.16.26"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> made the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.16.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.16.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Splendor and majesty are before him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.16.27"><span class="content">strength and joy are in his dwelling place.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.16.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.16.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.16.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Ascribe to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all you families of nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.16.28"><span class="content">ascribe to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> glory and strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.16.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.16.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Ascribe to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> the glory due his name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.16.29"><span class="content">bring an offering and come before him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.16.29"><span class="content">Worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the splendor of his</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:29 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa"><span class="nd">Lord</span> with the splendor of</span></span></span><span class="content"> holiness.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.16.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.16.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Tremble before him, all the earth!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.16.30"><span class="content">The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.16.30"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.16.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.16.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.16.31"><span class="content">let them say among the nations, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.16.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.16.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Let the sea resound, and all that is in it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.16.32"><span class="content">let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.16.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.16.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Let the trees of the forest sing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.16.33"><span class="content">let them sing for joy before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.16.33"><span class="content">for he comes to judge the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.16.33"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.16.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.16.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.16.34"><span class="content">his love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.16.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.16.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Cry out, &#8220;Save us, God our Savior;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.16.35"><span class="content">gather us and deliver us from the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.16.35"><span class="content">that we may give thanks to your holy name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.16.35"><span class="content">and glory in your praise.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.16.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.16.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.16.36"><span class="content">from everlasting to everlasting.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.16.36"><span class="content">Then all the people said &#8220;Amen&#8221; and &#8220;Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.16.36"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.16.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.16.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">David left Asaph and his associates before the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to minister there regularly, according to each day&#8217;s requirements. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.16.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">He also left Obed-Edom and his sixty-eight associates to minister with them. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were gatekeepers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.16.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.16.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at the high place in Gibeon </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.16.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">to present burnt offerings to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> on the altar of burnt offering regularly, morning and evening, in accordance with everything written in the Law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, which he had given Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.16.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;for his love endures forever.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1CH.16.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Heman and Jeduthun were responsible for the sounding of the trumpets and cymbals and for the playing of the other instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1CH.16.42"></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1CH.16.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Then all the people left, each for their own home, and David returned home to bless his family.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch14" data-usfm="PRO.14.13+PRO.14.14+PRO.14.15+PRO.14.16+PRO.14.17+PRO.14.18+PRO.14.19+PRO.14.20+PRO.14.21+PRO.14.22+PRO.14.23+PRO.14.24+PRO.14.25+PRO.14.26+PRO.14.27+PRO.14.28+PRO.14.29+PRO.14.30+PRO.14.31+PRO.14.32+PRO.14.33+PRO.14.34+PRO.14.35">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Even in laughter the heart may ache,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="content">and rejoicing may end in grief.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="content">and the good rewarded for theirs.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The simple believe anything,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="content">but the prudent give thought to their steps.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The wise fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and shun evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="content">but a fool is hotheaded and yet feels secure.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A quick-tempered person does foolish things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="content">and the one who devises evil schemes is hated.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The simple inherit folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="content">but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Evildoers will bow down in the presence of the good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="content">and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="content">but the rich have many friends.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It is a sin to despise one&#8217;s neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="content">but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not those who plot evil go astray?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="content">But those who plan what is good find</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">show</span></span></span><span class="content"> love and faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">All hard work brings a profit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="content">but mere talk leads only to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The wealth of the wise is their crown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="content">but the folly of fools yields folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A truthful witness saves lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="content">but a false witness is deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Whoever fears the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a secure fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="content">and for their children it will be a refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="content">turning a person from the snares of death.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A large population is a king&#8217;s glory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="content">but without subjects a prince is ruined.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Whoever is patient has great understanding,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="content">but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">A heart at peace gives life to the body,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="content">but envy rots the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="content">but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="content">but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="content">and even among fools she lets herself be known.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:33 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Righteousness exalts a nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="content">but sin condemns any people.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.14.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">A king delights in a wise servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.14.35"><span class="content">but a shameful servant arouses his fury.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.14.35"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:26 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Gadarenes</span><span class="ft">; other manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Gergesenes</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 37</span></span></span><span class="content"> which is across the lake from Galilee. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, &#8220;What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don&#8217;t torture me!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.8.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Jesus asked him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What is your name?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.8.30"><span class="content">&#8220;Legion,&#8221; he replied, because many demons had gone into him. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.8.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he gave them permission. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.8.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus&#8217; feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.8.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.8.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were overcome with fear. So he got into the boat and left.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.8.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.8.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.8.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Return home and tell how much God has done for you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.8.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.8.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.8.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus&#8217; feet, pleading with him to come to his house </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.8.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.8.42"><span class="content">As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.8.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:43 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">years, and she had spent all she had on doctors</span></span></span><span class="content"> but no one could heal her. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.8.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.8.44"></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.8.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Who touched me?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.8.45"><span class="content">When they all denied it, Peter said, &#8220;Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.8.45"></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.8.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">But Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.8.46"></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.8.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.8.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">Then he said to her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.8.48"></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.8.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. &#8220;Your daughter is dead,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Don&#8217;t bother the teacher anymore.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.8.49"></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.8.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.8.50"></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.8.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child&#8217;s father and mother. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.8.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Stop wailing,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;She is not dead but asleep.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.8.52"></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.8.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.8.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">But he took her by the hand and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;My child, get up!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.8.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat. </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="LUK.8.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch5" data-usfm="1TI.5.1+1TI.5.2+1TI.5.3+1TI.5.4+1TI.5.5+1TI.5.6+1TI.5.7+1TI.5.8+1TI.5.9+1TI.5.10+1TI.5.11+1TI.5.12+1TI.5.13+1TI.5.14+1TI.5.15+1TI.5.16">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TI.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.5.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TI.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TI.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TI.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TI.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TI.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Give the people these instructions, so that no one may be open to blame. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TI.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TI.5.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TI.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord&#8217;s people, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.5.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TI.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As for younger widows, do not put them on such a list. For when their sensual desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to marry. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TI.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Thus they bring judgment on themselves, because they have broken their first pledge. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TI.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TI.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TI.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Some have in fact already turned away to follow Satan.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TI.5.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If any woman who is a believer has widows in her care, she should continue to help them and not let the church be burdened with them, so that the church can help those widows who are really in need.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.5.16"></span></div>
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