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         <div class="label">32</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to wage war against Jerusalem, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">he consulted with his officials and military staff about blocking off the water from the springs outside the city, and they helped him. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They gathered a large group of people who blocked all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. &#8220;Why should the kings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:4 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">king</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Assyria come and find plenty of water?&#8221; they said. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the terraces</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Millo</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons and shields.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate and encouraged them with these words: </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God to help us and to fight our battles.&#8221; And the people gained confidence from what Hezekiah the king of Judah said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.32.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Later, when Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces were laying siege to Lachish, he sent his officers to Jerusalem with this message for Hezekiah king of Judah and for all the people of Judah who were there:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.32.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: On what are you basing your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege? </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When Hezekiah says, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria,&#8217; he is misleading you, to let you die of hunger and thirst. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.32.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Did not Hezekiah himself remove this god&#8217;s high places and altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, &#8216;You must worship before one altar and burn sacrifices on it&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.32.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.32.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you not know what I and my predecessors have done to all the peoples of the other lands? Were the gods of those nations ever able to deliver their land from my hand? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.32.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Who of all the gods of these nations that my predecessors destroyed has been able to save his people from me? How then can your god deliver you from my hand? </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.32.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you and mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my predecessors. How much less will your god deliver you from my hand!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.32.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.32.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Sennacherib&#8217;s officers spoke further against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God and against his servant Hezekiah. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.32.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The king also wrote letters ridiculing the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, and saying this against him: &#8220;Just as the gods of the peoples of the other lands did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.32.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then they called out in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to terrify them and make them afraid in order to capture the city. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.32.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world&#8212;the work of human hands.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.32.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.32.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to heaven about this. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.32.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons, his own flesh and blood, cut him down with the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.32.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.32.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all others. He took care of them</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:22 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate </span><span class="fqa">He gave them rest</span></span></span><span class="content"> on every side. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.32.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah. From then on he was highly regarded by all the nations.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Hezekiah&#8217;s Pride, Success and Death</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.32.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2CH.32.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2CH.32.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But Hezekiah&#8217;s heart was proud and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2CH.32.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then Hezekiah repented of the pride of his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath did not come on them during the days of Hezekiah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2CH.32.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2CH.32.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Hezekiah had very great wealth and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver and gold and for his precious stones, spices, shields and all kinds of valuables. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2CH.32.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He also made buildings to store the harvest of grain, new wine and olive oil; and he made stalls for various kinds of cattle, and pens for the flocks. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2CH.32.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He built villages and acquired great numbers of flocks and herds, for God had given him very great riches.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2CH.32.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2CH.32.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in everything he undertook. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2CH.32.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon to ask him about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2CH.32.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2CH.32.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The other events of Hezekiah&#8217;s reign and his acts of devotion are written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2CH.32.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Hezekiah rested with his ancestors and was buried on the hill where the tombs of David&#8217;s descendants are. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem honored him when he died. And Manasseh his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Sayings of Agur</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh&#8212;an inspired utterance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">This man&#8217;s utterance to Ithiel:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">&#8220;I am weary, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">but I can prevail.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:1 </span><span class="ft">With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">utterance to Ithiel, / to Ithiel and Ukal:</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Surely I am only a brute, not a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="content">I do not have human understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I have not learned wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="content">nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Who has gone up to heaven and come down?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Whose hands have gathered up the wind?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who has established all the ends of the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">What is his name, and what is the name of his son?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Surely you know!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Every word of God is flawless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="content">he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not add to his words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="content">or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Two things I ask of you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="content">do not refuse me before I die:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Keep falsehood and lies far from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">give me neither poverty nor riches,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">but give me only my daily bread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">and say, &#8216;Who is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">Or I may become poor and steal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">and so dishonor the name of my God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not slander a servant to their master,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="content">or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are those who curse their fathers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="content">and do not bless their mothers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">those who are pure in their own eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="content">and yet are not cleansed of their filth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">those whose eyes are ever so haughty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="content">whose glances are so disdainful;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">those whose teeth are swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">and whose jaws are set with knives</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">to devour the poor from the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">and the needy from among mankind.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The leech has two daughters.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">&#8216;Give! Give!&#8217; they cry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">&#8220;There are three things that are never satisfied,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">four that never say, &#8216;Enough!&#8217;:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the grave, the barren womb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">land, which is never satisfied with water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">and fire, which never says, &#8216;Enough!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;The eye that mocks a father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">that scorns an aged mother,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">will be eaten by the vultures.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are three things that are too amazing for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="content">four that I do not understand:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">the way of an eagle in the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">the way of a snake on a rock,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">the way of a ship on the high seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">and the way of a man with a young woman.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the way of an adulterous woman:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">She eats and wipes her mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">and says, &#8216;I&#8217;ve done nothing wrong.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Under three things the earth trembles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="content">under four it cannot bear up:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">a servant who becomes king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="content">a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">a contemptible woman who gets married,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="content">and a servant who displaces her mistress.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Four things on earth are small,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="content">yet they are extremely wise:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Ants are creatures of little strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="content">yet they store up their food in the summer;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">hyraxes are creatures of little power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="content">yet they make their home in the crags;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">locusts have no king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="content">yet they advance together in ranks;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">a lizard can be caught with the hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="content">yet it is found in kings&#8217; palaces.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are three things that are stately in their stride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="content">four that move with stately bearing:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">a lion, mighty among beasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="content">who retreats before nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">a strutting rooster, a he-goat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="content">and a king secure against revolt.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:31 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you play the fool and exalt yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">or if you plan evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">clap your hand over your mouth!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">For as churning cream produces butter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">and as twisting the nose produces blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">so stirring up anger produces strife.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Peter Heals a Lame Beggar</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer&#8212;at three in the afternoon. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, &#8220;Look at us!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then Peter said, &#8220;Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man&#8217;s feet and ankles became strong. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When all the people saw him walking and praising God, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Peter Speaks to the Onlookers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon&#8217;s Colonnade. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When Peter saw this, he said to them: &#8220;Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus&#8217; name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now, fellow Israelites, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would suffer. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you&#8212;even Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For Moses said, &#8216;The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from their people.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:23 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 18:15,18,19</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Indeed, beginning with Samuel, all the prophets who have spoken have foretold these days. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, &#8216;Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:25 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 22:18; 26:4</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Concluding Exhortations</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HEB.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.13.5"><span class="content">&#8220;Never will I leave you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.13.5"><span class="content">never will I forsake you.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:5 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 31:6</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So we say with confidence,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.13.6"><span class="content">&#8220;The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.13.6"><span class="content">What can mere mortals do to me?&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:6 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 118:6,7</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise&#8212;the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HEB.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Benediction and Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HEB.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.13.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HEB.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HEB.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="HEB.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Greet all your leaders and all the Lord&#8217;s people. Those from Italy send you their greetings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="HEB.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="HEB.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Grace be with you all.</span></span></div>
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