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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Additional Warning to the Priests</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAL.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;And now, you priests, this warning is for you. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAL.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, &#8220;I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAL.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAL.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because of you I will rebuke your descendants</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will blight your grain</span></span></span><span class="content">; I will smear on your faces the dung from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAL.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And you will know that I have sent you this warning so that my covenant with Levi may continue,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAL.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAL.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAL.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAL.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAL.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble; you have violated the covenant with Levi,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAL.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Breaking Covenant Through Divorce</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAL.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAL.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do we not all have one Father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">father</span></span></span><span class="content">? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAL.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAL.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAL.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> remove him from the tents of Jacob</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fv">12 </span><span class="fqa">May the <span class="nd">Lord</span> remove from the tents of Jacob anyone who gives testimony in behalf of the man who does this</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;even though he brings an offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAL.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAL.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Another thing you do: You flood the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer looks with favor on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAL.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You ask, &#8220;Why?&#8221; It is because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAL.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAL.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for the first part of this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAL.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAL.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;The man who hates and divorces his wife,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, &#8220;does violence to the one he should protect,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;I hate divorce,&#8221; says the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, &#8220;because the man who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAL.2.16"><span class="content">So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Breaking Covenant Through Injustice</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAL.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAL.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You have wearied the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with your words.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAL.2.17"><span class="content">&#8220;How have we wearied him?&#8221; you ask.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAL.2.17"><span class="content">By saying, &#8220;All who do evil are good in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he is pleased with them&#8221; or &#8220;Where is the God of justice?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"><span class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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"></div>
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