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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Two Baskets of Figs</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After Jehoiachin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jeconiah, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoiachin</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> asked me, &#8220;What do you see, Jeremiah?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.24.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Figs,&#8221; I answered. &#8220;The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says: &#8216;Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Babylonians.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;But like the bad figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,&#8217; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8216;so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the survivors from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, a curse</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish them. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will send the sword, famine and plague against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Seventy Years of Captivity</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So Jeremiah the prophet said to all the people of Judah and to all those living in Jerusalem: </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For twenty-three years&#8212;from the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day&#8212;the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has come to me and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.25.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And though the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sent all his servants the prophets to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They said, &#8220;Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not arouse my anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;But you did not listen to me,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;and you have aroused my anger with what your hands have made, and you have brought harm to yourselves.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.25.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Therefore the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says this: &#8220;Because you have not listened to my words, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will summon all the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:9 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them.</span></span></span><span class="content"> them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting ruin. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">This whole country will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;But when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation, the land of the Babylonians,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span><span class="content"> for their guilt,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;and will make it desolate forever. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will bring on that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They themselves will be enslaved by many nations and great kings; I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Cup of God&#8217;s Wrath</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.25.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, said to me: &#8220;Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When they drink it, they will stagger and go mad because of the sword I will send among them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.25.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So I took the cup from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent me drink it: </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin and an object of horror and scorn, a curse</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:18 </span><span class="ft">That is, their names to be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, to be seen by others as cursed</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;as they are today; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Pharaoh king of Egypt, his attendants, his officials and all his people, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines (those of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Edom, Moab and Ammon; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.25.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Dedan, Tema, Buz and all who are in distant places</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who clip the hair by their foreheads</span></span></span><span class="content">; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.25.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who live in the wilderness; </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.25.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">all the kings of Zimri, Elam and Media; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.25.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">and all the kings of the north, near and far, one after the other&#8212;all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:26 </span><span class="fq">Sheshak </span><span class="ft">is a cryptogram for Babylon.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will drink it too.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.25.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.25.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then tell them, &#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword I will send among you.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.25.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink, tell them, &#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: You must drink it! </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JER.25.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">See, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears my Name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword on all who live on the earth, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JER.25.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JER.25.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now prophesy all these words against them and say to them:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JER.25.30"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will roar from on high;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JER.25.30"><span class="content">he will thunder from his holy dwelling</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JER.25.30"><span class="content">and roar mightily against his land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JER.25.30"><span class="content">He will shout like those who tread the grapes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JER.25.30"><span class="content">shout against all who live on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JER.25.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JER.25.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JER.25.31"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will bring charges against the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JER.25.31"><span class="content">he will bring judgment on all mankind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JER.25.31"><span class="content">and put the wicked to the sword,&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JER.25.31"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JER.25.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JER.25.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JER.25.32"><span class="content">&#8220;Look! Disaster is spreading</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JER.25.32"><span class="content">from nation to nation;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JER.25.32"><span class="content">a mighty storm is rising</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JER.25.32"><span class="content">from the ends of the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JER.25.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JER.25.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">At that time those slain by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be everywhere&#8212;from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned or gathered up or buried, but will be like dung lying on the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JER.25.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JER.25.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Weep and wail, you shepherds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JER.25.34"><span class="content">roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JER.25.34"><span class="content">For your time to be slaughtered has come;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JER.25.34"><span class="content">you will fall like the best of the rams.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:34 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">fall and be shattered like fine pottery</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JER.25.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JER.25.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The shepherds will have nowhere to flee,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JER.25.35"><span class="content">the leaders of the flock no place to escape.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JER.25.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JER.25.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Hear the cry of the shepherds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JER.25.36"><span class="content">the wailing of the leaders of the flock,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JER.25.36"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is destroying their pasture.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JER.25.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JER.25.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">The peaceful meadows will be laid waste</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JER.25.37"><span class="content">because of the fierce anger of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JER.25.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JER.25.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Like a lion he will leave his lair,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JER.25.38"><span class="content">and their land will become desolate</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JER.25.38"><span class="content">because of the sword</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:38 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 46:16 and 50:16); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">anger</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the oppressor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JER.25.38"><span class="content">and because of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s fierce anger.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch21" data-usfm="PRO.21">
         <div class="label">21</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand the king&#8217;s heart is a stream of water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="content">that he channels toward all who please him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A person may think their own ways are right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> weighs the heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">To do what is right and just</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="content">is more acceptable to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> than sacrifice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Haughty eyes and a proud heart&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="content">the unplowed field of the wicked&#8212;produce sin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The plans of the diligent lead to profit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="content">as surely as haste leads to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A fortune made by a lying tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="content">is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:6 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">vapor for those who seek death</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The violence of the wicked will drag them away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="content">for they refuse to do what is right.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The way of the guilty is devious,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="content">but the conduct of the innocent is upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Better to live on a corner of the roof</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="content">than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The wicked crave evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="content">their neighbors get no mercy from them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="content">by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The Righteous One</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The righteous person</span></span></span><span class="content"> takes note of the house of the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="content">and brings the wicked to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="content">will also cry out and not be answered.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">A gift given in secret soothes anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="content">and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="content">but terror to evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whoever strays from the path of prudence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="content">comes to rest in the company of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="content">whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="content">and the unfaithful for the upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Better to live in a desert</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="content">than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The wise store up choice food and olive oil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="content">but fools gulp theirs down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Whoever pursues righteousness and love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="content">finds life, prosperity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">righteousness</span></span></span><span class="content"> and honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="content">and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Those who guard their mouths and their tongues</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="content">keep themselves from calamity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The proud and arrogant person&#8212;&#8220;Mocker&#8221; is his name&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="content">behaves with insolent fury.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="content">because his hands refuse to work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">All day long he craves for more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="content">but the righteous give without sparing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="content">how much more so when brought with evil intent!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A false witness will perish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="content">but a careful listener will testify successfully.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The wicked put up a bold front,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="content">but the upright give thought to their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="content">that can succeed against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.21.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The horse is made ready for the day of battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.21.31"><span class="content">but victory rests with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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