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         <div class="label">22</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ahaziah King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, Jehoram&#8217;s youngest son, king in his place, since the raiders, who came with the Arabs into the camp, had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.22.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Ahaziah was twenty-two</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">22:2 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also <span class="ref" usfm="2KI.8.26">2 Kings 8:26</span>); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">forty-two</span></span></span><span class="content"> years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother&#8217;s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.22.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He too followed the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him to act wickedly. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, as the house of Ahab had done, for after his father&#8217;s death they became his advisers, to his undoing. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He also followed their counsel when he went with Joram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">22:5 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehoram, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Joram</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 6 and 7</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramoth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">22:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Ramah, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Ramoth</span></span></span><span class="content"> in his battle with Hazael king of Aram.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.22.6"><span class="content">Then Ahaziah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">22:6 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also <span class="ref" usfm="2KI.8.29">2 Kings 8:29</span>); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Azariah</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab because he had been wounded.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.22.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Through Ahaziah&#8217;s visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah&#8217;s downfall. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">While Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah&#8217;s relatives, who had been attending Ahaziah, and he killed them. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He then went in search of Ahaziah, and his men captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. He was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, &#8220;He was a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with all his heart.&#8221; So there was no one in the house of Ahaziah powerful enough to retain the kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Athaliah and Joash</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.22.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But Jehosheba,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">22:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehoshabeath, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehosheba</span></span></span><span class="content"> the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">22:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehoshabeath, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehosheba</span></span></span><span class="content"> the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah&#8217;s sister, she hid the child from Athaliah so she could not kill him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the seventh year Jehoiada showed his strength. He made a covenant with the commanders of units of a hundred: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites and the heads of Israelite families from all the towns. When they came to Jerusalem, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">the whole assembly made a covenant with the king at the temple of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.23.3"><span class="content">Jehoiada said to them, &#8220;The king&#8217;s son shall reign, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> promised concerning the descendants of David. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now this is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who are going on duty on the Sabbath are to keep watch at the doors, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">a third of you at the royal palace and a third at the Foundation Gate, and all the others are to be in the courtyards of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">No one is to enter the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> except the priests and Levites on duty; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the others are to observe the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command not to enter.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">are to stand guard where the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has assigned them</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The Levites are to station themselves around the king, each with weapon in hand. Anyone who enters the temple is to be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.23.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Levites and all the men of Judah did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each one took his men&#8212;those who were going on duty on the Sabbath and those who were going off duty&#8212;for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then he gave the commanders of units of a hundred the spears and the large and small shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of God. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He stationed all the men, each with his weapon in his hand, around the king&#8212;near the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.23.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king&#8217;s son and put the crown on him; they presented him with a copy of the covenant and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, &#8220;Long live the king!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.23.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went to them at the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">She looked, and there was the king, standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and musicians with their instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her robes and shouted, &#8220;Treason! Treason!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.23.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of units of a hundred, who were in charge of the troops, and said to them: &#8220;Bring her out between the ranks</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">out from the precincts</span></span></span><span class="content"> and put to the sword anyone who follows her.&#8221; For the priest had said, &#8220;Do not put her to death at the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So they seized her as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.23.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jehoiada then made a covenant that he, the people and the king</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">covenant between the <span class="nd">Lord</span> and the people and the king that they </span><span class="ft">(see <span class="ref" usfm="2KI.11.17">2 Kings 11:17</span>)</span></span></span><span class="content"> would be the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s people. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.23.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then Jehoiada placed the oversight of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the hands of the Levitical priests, to whom David had made assignments in the temple, to present the burnt offerings of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as David had ordered. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He also stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple so that no one who was in any way unclean might enter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.23.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people and all the people of the land and brought the king down from the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. They went into the palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was calm, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do not boast about tomorrow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"><span class="content">for you do not know what a day may bring.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"><span class="content">an outsider, and not your own lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Stone is heavy and sand a burden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"><span class="content">but a fool&#8217;s provocation is heavier than both.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"><span class="content">but who can stand before jealousy?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Better is open rebuke</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"><span class="content">than hidden love.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Wounds from a friend can be trusted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"><span class="content">but an enemy multiplies kisses.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">One who is full loathes honey from the comb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"><span class="content">but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Like a bird that flees its nest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"><span class="content">is anyone who flees from home.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="content">and the pleasantness of a friend</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="content">springs from their heartfelt advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="content">and do not go to your relative&#8217;s house when disaster strikes you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="content">better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"><span class="content">then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The prudent see danger and take refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"><span class="content">but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"><span class="label">13</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 v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"><span class="content">hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"><span class="content">it will be taken as a curse.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.27.15"><span class="content">of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.27.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">restraining her is like restraining the wind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"><span class="content">or grasping oil with the hand.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">As iron sharpens iron,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"><span class="content">so one person sharpens another.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"><span class="content">and whoever protects their master will be honored.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">As water reflects the face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"><span class="content">so one&#8217;s life reflects the heart.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">27:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">so others reflect your heart back to you</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Death and Destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">27:20 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Abaddon</span></span></span><span class="content"> are never satisfied,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"><span class="content">and neither are human eyes.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"><span class="content">but people are tested by their praise.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Though you grind a fool in a mortar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="content">grinding them like grain with a pestle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="content">you will not remove their folly from them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.27.23"><span class="content">give careful attention to your herds;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.27.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.27.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">for riches do not endure forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.27.24"><span class="content">and a crown is not secure for all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.27.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.27.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When the hay is removed and new growth appears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.27.25"><span class="content">and the grass from the hills is gathered in,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.27.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.27.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">the lambs will provide you with clothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.27.26"><span class="content">and the goats with the price of a field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.27.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.27.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">You will have plenty of goats&#8217; milk to feed your family</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.27.27"><span class="content">and to nourish your female servants.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.27.27"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Jesus turned and said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For the time will come when you will say, &#8216;Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;they will say to the mountains, &#8220;Fall on us!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"><span class="wj"><span class="content">and to the hills, &#8220;Cover us!&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:30 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="HOS.10.8">Hosea 10:8</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.23.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.23.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.23.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.23.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals&#8212;one on his right, the other on his left. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.23.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:34 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts do not have this sentence.</span></span></span><span class="content"> And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.23.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.23.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, &#8220;He saved others; let him save himself if he is God&#8217;s Messiah, the Chosen One.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.23.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.23.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.23.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">and said, &#8220;If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.23.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.23.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">There was a written notice above him, which read: </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">this is the king of the jews</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.23.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.23.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: &#8220;Aren&#8217;t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.23.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.23.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">But the other criminal rebuked him. &#8220;Don&#8217;t you fear God,&#8221; he said, &#8220;since you are under the same sentence? </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.23.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.23.41"></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.23.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Then he said, &#8220;Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:42 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">come with your kingly power</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.23.42"></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.23.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Jesus answered him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Death of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.23.43"></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.23.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.23.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.23.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Jesus called out with a loud voice, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:46 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.31.5">Psalm 31:5</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> When he had said this, he breathed his last.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.23.46"></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.23.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, &#8220;Surely this was a righteous man.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.23.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.23.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Burial of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.23.49"></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.23.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.23.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.23.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus&#8217; body. </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.23.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.23.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.23.54"></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.23.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="LUK.23.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch10" data-usfm="HEB.10.26+HEB.10.27+HEB.10.28+HEB.10.29+HEB.10.30+HEB.10.31+HEB.10.32+HEB.10.33+HEB.10.34+HEB.10.35+HEB.10.36+HEB.10.37+HEB.10.38+HEB.10.39">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="HEB.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="HEB.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="HEB.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="HEB.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="HEB.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">For we know him who said, &#8220;It is mine to avenge; I will repay,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:30 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="DEU.32.35">Deut. 32:35</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> and again, &#8220;The Lord will judge his people.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:30 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="DEU.32.36">Deut. 32:36</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="PSA.135.14">Psalm 135:14</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="HEB.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="HEB.10.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="HEB.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="HEB.10.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="HEB.10.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="HEB.10.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="HEB.10.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="HEB.10.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="HEB.10.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">For,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="HEB.10.37"><span class="content">&#8220;In just a little while,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="HEB.10.37"><span class="content">he who is coming will come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="HEB.10.37"><span class="content">and will not delay.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:37 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.26.20">Isaiah 26:20</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="HAB.2.3">Hab. 2:3</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="HEB.10.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="HEB.10.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">And,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="HEB.10.38"><span class="content">&#8220;But my righteous</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:38 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">But the righteous</span></span></span><span class="content"> one will live by faith.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="HEB.10.38"><span class="content">And I take no pleasure</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="HEB.10.38"><span class="content">in the one who shrinks back.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:38 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="HAB.2.4">Hab. 2:4</span> (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="HEB.10.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="HEB.10.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.</span></span></div>
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