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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Solomon Asks for Wisdom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Solomon son of David established himself firmly over his kingdom, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then Solomon spoke to all Israel&#8212;to the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, to the judges and to all the leaders in Israel, the heads of families&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon, for God&#8217;s tent of meeting was there, which Moses the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s servant had made in the wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But the bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was in Gibeon in front of the tabernacle of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; so Solomon and the assembly inquired of him there. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the tent of meeting and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, &#8220;Ask for whatever you want me to give you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Solomon answered God, &#8220;You have shown great kindness to David my father and have made me king in his place. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Now, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God, let your promise to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people who are as numerous as the dust of the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">God said to Solomon, &#8220;Since this is your heart&#8217;s desire and you have not asked for wealth, possessions or honor, nor for the death of your enemies, and since you have not asked for a long life but for wisdom and knowledge to govern my people over whom I have made you king, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">therefore wisdom and knowledge will be given you. And I will also give you wealth, possessions and honor, such as no king who was before you ever had and none after you will have.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting. And he reigned over Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span></span></span><span class="content"> which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Solomon&#8217;s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:16 </span><span class="ft">Probably Cilicia</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 3/4 pounds or about 1.7 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Preparations for Building the Temple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 2:1 is numbered 1:18, and 2:2-18 is numbered 2:1-17.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Solomon gave orders to build a temple for the Name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and a royal palace for himself. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He conscripted 70,000 men as carriers and 80,000 as stonecutters in the hills and 3,600 as foremen over them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Solomon sent this message to Hiram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Huram, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Hiram </span><span class="ft">also in verses 11 and 12</span></span></span><span class="content"> king of Tyre:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.2.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Send me cedar logs as you did for my father David when you sent him cedar to build a palace to live in. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now I am about to build a temple for the Name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God and to dedicate it to him for burning fragrant incense before him, for setting out the consecrated bread regularly, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening and on the Sabbaths, at the New Moons and at the appointed festivals of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God. This is a lasting ordinance for Israel.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;The temple I am going to build will be great, because our God is greater than all other gods. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But who is able to build a temple for him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain him? Who then am I to build a temple for him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before him?</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Send me, therefore, a man skilled to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, and in purple, crimson and blue yarn, and experienced in the art of engraving, to work in Judah and Jerusalem with my skilled workers, whom my father David provided.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Send me also cedar, juniper and algum</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:8 </span><span class="ft">Probably a variant of </span><span class="fqa">almug</span></span></span><span class="content"> logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting timber there. My servants will work with yours </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">to provide me with plenty of lumber, because the temple I build must be large and magnificent. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 3,600 tons or about 3,200 metric tons of wheat</span></span></span><span class="content"> of ground wheat, twenty thousand cors</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 3,000 tons or about 2,700 metric tons of barley</span></span></span><span class="content"> of barley, twenty thousand baths</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 120,000 gallons or about 440,000 liters</span></span></span><span class="content"> of wine and twenty thousand baths of olive oil.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Hiram king of Tyre replied by letter to Solomon:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.2.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves his people, he has made you their king.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And Hiram added:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.2.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth! He has given King David a wise son, endowed with intelligence and discernment, who will build a temple for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and a palace for himself.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am sending you Huram-Abi, a man of great skill, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">whose mother was from Dan and whose father was from Tyre. He is trained to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, and with purple and blue and crimson yarn and fine linen. He is experienced in all kinds of engraving and can execute any design given to him. He will work with your skilled workers and with those of my lord, David your father.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now let my lord send his servants the wheat and barley and the olive oil and wine he promised, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and we will cut all the logs from Lebanon that you need and will float them as rafts by sea down to Joppa. You can then take them up to Jerusalem.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Solomon took a census of all the foreigners residing in Israel, after the census his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He assigned 70,000 of them to be carriers and 80,000 to be stonecutters in the hills, with 3,600 foremen over them to keep the people working.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"><span class="content">whoever is led astray by them is not wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A king&#8217;s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"><span class="content">those who anger him forfeit their lives.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">It is to one&#8217;s honor to avoid strife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"><span class="content">but every fool is quick to quarrel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Sluggards do not plow in season;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"><span class="content">so at harvest time they look but find nothing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The purposes of a person&#8217;s heart are deep waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"><span class="content">but one who has insight draws them out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Many claim to have unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"><span class="content">but a faithful person who can find?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The righteous lead blameless lives;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"><span class="content">blessed are their children after them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When a king sits on his throne to judge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"><span class="content">he winnows out all evil with his eyes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Who can say, &#8220;I have kept my heart pure;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"><span class="content">I am clean and without sin&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Differing weights and differing measures&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests them both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Even small children are known by their actions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"><span class="content">so is their conduct really pure and upright?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Ears that hear and eyes that see&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has made them both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"><span class="content">stay awake and you will have food to spare.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;It&#8217;s no good, it&#8217;s no good!&#8221; says the buyer&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"><span class="content">then goes off and boasts about the purchase.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Gold there is, and rubies in abundance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"><span class="content">but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"><span class="content">hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Food gained by fraud tastes sweet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"><span class="content">but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Plans are established by seeking advice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"><span class="content">so if you wage war, obtain guidance.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A gossip betrays a confidence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"><span class="content">so avoid anyone who talks too much.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">If someone curses their father or mother,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"><span class="content">their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">An inheritance claimed too soon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"><span class="content">will not be blessed at the end.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not say, &#8220;I&#8217;ll pay you back for this wrong!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"><span class="content">Wait for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he will avenge you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests differing weights,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"><span class="content">and dishonest scales do not please him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s steps are directed by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"><span class="content">How then can anyone understand their own way?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">It is a trap to dedicate something rashly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"><span class="content">and only later to consider one&#8217;s vows.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">A wise king winnows out the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"><span class="content">he drives the threshing wheel over them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The human spirit is</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A person&#8217;s words are</span></span></span><span class="content"> the lamp of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"><span class="content">that sheds light on one&#8217;s inmost being.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Love and faithfulness keep a king safe;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"><span class="content">through love his throne is made secure.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The glory of young men is their strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"><span class="content">gray hair the splendor of the old.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Blows and wounds scrub away evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.20.30"><span class="content">and beatings purge the inmost being.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Lost Sheep</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, &#8220;This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Jesus told them this parable: </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn&#8217;t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, &#8216;Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Lost Coin</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">15:8 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">ten drachmas, </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">each worth about a day&#8217;s wages</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and loses one. Doesn&#8217;t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, &#8216;Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Lost Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.15.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jesus continued: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;There was a man who had two sons.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The younger one said to his father, &#8216;Father, give me my share of the estate.&#8217; So he divided his property between them.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.15.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When he came to his senses, he said, &#8216;How many of my father&#8217;s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So he got up and went to his father.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.15.20"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.15.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The son said to him, &#8216;Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.15.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But the father said to his servants, &#8216;Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let&#8217;s have a feast and celebrate.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.&#8217; So they began to celebrate.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.15.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;Your brother has come,&#8217; he replied, &#8216;and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.15.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But he answered his father, &#8216;Look! All these years I&#8217;ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.15.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;My son,&#8217; the father said, &#8216;you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="HEB.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Final Word: His Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HEB.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The Son is the radiance of God&#8217;s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Son Superior to Angels</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For to which of the angels did God ever say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.1.5"><span class="content">&#8220;You are my Son;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.1.5"><span class="content">today I have become your Father&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 2:7</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.1.5"><span class="content">Or again,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.1.5"><span class="content">&#8220;I will be his Father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.1.5"><span class="content">and he will be my Son&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chron. 17:13</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.1.6"><span class="content">&#8220;Let all God&#8217;s angels worship him.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 32:43 (see Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In speaking of the angels he says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.1.7"><span class="content">&#8220;He makes his angels spirits,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.1.7"><span class="content">and his servants flames of fire.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 104:4</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But about the Son he says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.1.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.1.8"><span class="content">a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.1.9"><span class="content">therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.1.9"><span class="content">by anointing you with the oil of joy.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 45:6,7</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He also says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.1.10"><span class="content">&#8220;In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.1.10"><span class="content">and the heavens are the work of your hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They will perish, but you remain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.1.11"><span class="content">they will all wear out like a garment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You will roll them up like a robe;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.1.12"><span class="content">like a garment they will be changed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.1.12"><span class="content">But you remain the same,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.1.12"><span class="content">and your years will never end.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 102:25-27</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">To which of the angels did God ever say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.1.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Sit at my right hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.1.13"><span class="content">until I make your enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.1.13"><span class="content">a footstool for your feet&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 110:1</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?</span></span></div>
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