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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Shishak Attacks Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After Rehoboam&#8217;s position as king was established and he had become strong, he and all Israel</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, Judah, as frequently in 2 Chronicles</span></span></span><span class="content"> with him abandoned the law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Because they had been unfaithful to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, people from the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> that came with him from Egypt, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.12.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem for fear of Shishak, and he said to them, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says, &#8216;You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon you to Shishak.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.12.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is just.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.12.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> saw that they humbled themselves, this word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to Shemaiah: &#8220;Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them but will soon give them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They will, however, become subject to him, so that they may learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.12.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem, he carried off the treasures of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields Solomon had made. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Whenever the king went to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple, the guards went with him, bearing the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.12.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger turned from him, and he was not totally destroyed. Indeed, there was some good in Judah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.12.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">King Rehoboam established himself firmly in Jerusalem and continued as king. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother&#8217;s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.12.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As for the events of Rehoboam&#8217;s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that deal with genealogies? There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Abijah his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Abijah King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king of Judah, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother&#8217;s name was Maakah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">13:2 </span><span class="ft">Most Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 11:20 and <span class="ref" usfm="1KI.15.2">1 Kings 15:2</span>); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Micaiah</span></span></span><span class="content"> a daughter</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">13:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">granddaughter</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Uriel of Gibeah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.13.2"><span class="content">There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Abijah went into battle with an army of four hundred thousand able fighting men, and Jeroboam drew up a battle line against him with eight hundred thousand able troops.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.13.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, &#8220;Jeroboam and all Israel, listen to me! </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t you know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt? </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, an official of Solomon son of David, rebelled against his master. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Some worthless scoundrels gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young and indecisive and not strong enough to resist them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.13.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;And now you plan to resist the kingdom of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, which is in the hands of David&#8217;s descendants. You are indeed a vast army and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made to be your gods. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But didn&#8217;t you drive out the priests of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make priests of your own as the peoples of other lands do? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may become a priest of what are not gods.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.13.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for us, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is our God, and we have not forsaken him. The priests who serve the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are sons of Aaron, and the Levites assist them. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Every morning and evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God. But you have forsaken him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">God is with us; he is our leader. His priests with their trumpets will sound the battle cry against you. People of Israel, do not fight against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.13.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah the ambush was behind them. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Judah turned and saw that they were being attacked at both front and rear. Then they cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. The priests blew their trumpets </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. At the sound of their battle cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Abijah and his troops inflicted heavy losses on them, so that there were five hundred thousand casualties among Israel&#8217;s able men. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The Israelites were subdued on that occasion, and the people of Judah were victorious because they relied on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of their ancestors.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.13.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took from him the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah and Ephron, with their surrounding villages. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Jeroboam did not regain power during the time of Abijah. And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> struck him down and he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.13.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But Abijah grew in strength. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.13.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The other events of Abijah&#8217;s reign, what he did and what he said, are written in the annotations of the prophet Iddo.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 20</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do not envy the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="content">do not desire their company;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for their hearts plot violence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="content">and their lips talk about making trouble.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 21</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">By wisdom a house is built,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="content">and through understanding it is established;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">through knowledge its rooms are filled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="content">with rare and beautiful treasures.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 22</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The wise prevail through great power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="content">and those who have knowledge muster their strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Surely you need guidance to wage war,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="content">and victory is won through many advisers.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 23</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Wisdom is too high for fools;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="content">in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 24</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whoever plots evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="content">will be known as a schemer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The schemes of folly are sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="content">and people detest a mocker.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 25</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">If you falter in a time of trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="content">how small is your strength!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Rescue those being led away to death;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="content">hold back those staggering toward slaughter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If you say, &#8220;But we knew nothing about this,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">Does not he who guards your life know it?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 26</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Eat honey, my son, for it is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="content">honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">If you find it, there is a future hope for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">and your hope will not be cut off.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 27</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="content">do not plunder their dwelling place;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="content">but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 28</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do not gloat when your enemy falls;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="content">when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">or the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will see and disapprove</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="content">and turn his wrath away from them.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 29</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not fret because of evildoers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="content">or be envious of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">for the evildoer has no future hope,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="content">and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 30</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and the king, my son,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="content">and do not join with rebellious officials,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">for those two will send sudden destruction on them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="content">and who knows what calamities they can bring?</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Further Sayings of the Wise</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">These also are sayings of the wise:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="content">To show partiality in judging is not good:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever says to the guilty, &#8220;You are innocent,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="content">will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="content">and rich blessing will come on them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">An honest answer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="content">is like a kiss on the lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Put your outdoor work in order</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">and get your fields ready;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">after that, build your house.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do not testify against your neighbor without cause&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="content">would you use your lips to mislead?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Do not say, &#8220;I&#8217;ll do to them as they have done to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="content">I&#8217;ll pay them back for what they did.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">I went past the field of a sluggard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="content">past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">thorns had come up everywhere,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">the ground was covered with weeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">and the stone wall was in ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">I applied my heart to what I observed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="content">and learned a lesson from what I saw:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">A little sleep, a little slumber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="content">a little folding of the hands to rest&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.24.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">and poverty will come on you like a thief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.24.34"><span class="content">and scarcity like an armed man.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell us by what authority you are doing these things,&#8221; they said. &#8220;Who gave you this authority?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.20.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I will also ask you a question. Tell me:</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">John&#8217;s baptism&#8212;was it from heaven, or of human origin?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.20.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They discussed it among themselves and said, &#8220;If we say, &#8216;From heaven,&#8217; he will ask, &#8216;Why didn&#8217;t you believe him?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But if we say, &#8216;Of human origin,&#8217; all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.20.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So they answered, &#8220;We don&#8217;t know where it was from.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.20.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Tenants</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.20.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He went on to tell the people this parable: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He sent another servant, but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He sent still a third, and they wounded him and threw him out.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.20.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the owner of the vineyard said, &#8216;What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.20.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. &#8216;This is the heir,&#8217; they said. &#8216;Let&#8217;s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.20.15"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.20.16"><span class="content">When the people heard this, they said, &#8220;God forbid!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.20.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Jesus looked directly at them and asked, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then what is the meaning of that which is written:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.20.17"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The stone the builders rejected</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.20.17"><span class="wj"><span class="content">has become the cornerstone&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">20:17 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.118.22">Psalm 118:22</span> </span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">?</span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.20.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.20.18"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood&#8212;and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood&#8212;why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron? </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For it is declared:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.7.17"><span class="content">&#8220;You are a priest forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.7.17"><span class="content">in the order of Melchizedek.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:17 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.110.4">Psalm 110:4</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.7.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HEB.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.7.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HEB.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.7.21"><span class="content">&#8220;The Lord has sworn</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.7.21"><span class="content">and will not change his mind:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.7.21"><span class="content">&#8216;You are a priest forever.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:21 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.110.4">Psalm 110:4</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.7.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.7.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HEB.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="HEB.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="HEB.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Therefore he is able to save completely</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">forever</span></span></span><span class="content"> those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="HEB.7.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="HEB.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Such a high priest truly meets our need&#8212;one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="HEB.7.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="HEB.7.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.</span></span></div>
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