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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Word Became Flesh</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He was with God in the beginning. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">understood</span></span></span><span class="content"> it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">There was a man sent from God whose name was John. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband&#8217;s will, but born of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, &#8220;This is the one I spoke about when I said, &#8216;He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;) </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">but the only Son, who</span></span></span><span class="content"> is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now this was John&#8217;s testimony when the Jewish leaders</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="ft">The Greek term traditionally translated </span><span class="fqa">the Jews </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">hoi Ioudaioi</span>) refers here and elsewhere in John&#8217;s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15,16; 7:1,11,13; 9:22; 18:14,28,36; 19:7,12,31,38; 20:19.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, &#8220;I am not the Messiah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They asked him, &#8220;Then who are you? Are you Elijah?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">He said, &#8220;I am not.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Are you the Prophet?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;No.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Finally they said, &#8220;Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, &#8220;I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, &#8216;Make straight the way for the Lord.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:23 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 40:3</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Now the Pharisees who had been sent </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">questioned him, &#8220;Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;I baptize with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)</span></span></span><span class="content"> water,&#8221; John replied, &#8220;but among you stands one you do not know. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John Testifies About Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, &#8220;Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">This is the one I meant when I said, &#8216;A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Then John gave this testimony: &#8220;I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, &#8216;The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">I have seen and I testify that this is God&#8217;s Chosen One.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:34 </span><span class="ft">See Isaiah 42:1; many manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">is the Son of God.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John&#8217;s Disciples Follow Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.1.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, &#8220;Look, the Lamb of God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.1.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you want?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="content">They said, &#8220;Rabbi&#8221; (which means &#8220;Teacher&#8221;), &#8220;where are you staying?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;and you will see.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"><span class="content">So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.1.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Andrew, Simon Peter&#8217;s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.1.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, &#8220;We have found the Messiah&#8221; (that is, the Christ). </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">And he brought him to Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="content">Jesus looked at him and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> (which, when translated, is Peter</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:42 </span><span class="fq">Cephas </span><span class="ft">(Aramaic) and </span><span class="fq">Peter </span><span class="ft">(Greek) both mean </span><span class="fqa">rock.</span></span></span><span class="content">).</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.1.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Follow me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.1.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.1.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.1.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Philip found Nathanael and told him, &#8220;We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote&#8212;Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.1.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">&#8220;Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?&#8221; Nathanael asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="content">&#8220;Come and see,&#8221; said Philip.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.1.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.1.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">&#8220;How do you know me?&#8221; Nathanael asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.1.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Then Nathanael declared, &#8220;Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.1.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JHN.1.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You believe</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:50 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Do you believe&#8230;?</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JHN.1.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">He then added, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Very truly I tell you,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:51 </span><span class="ft">The Greek is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">you</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:51 </span><span class="ft">The Greek is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">will see &#8216;heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:51 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 28:12</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">the Son of Man.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Purpose and Theme</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for gaining wisdom and instruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">for understanding words of insight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">doing what is right and just and fair;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">for giving prudence to those who are simple,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew word rendered </span><span class="fq">simple </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">knowledge and discretion to the young&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">let the wise listen and add to their learning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">and let the discerning get guidance&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">for understanding proverbs and parables,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">the sayings and riddles of the wise.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the beginning of knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">but fools</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew words rendered </span><span class="fq">fool </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.</span></span></span><span class="content"> despise wisdom and instruction.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom</span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Listen, my son, to your father&#8217;s instruction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">and do not forsake your mother&#8217;s teaching.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They are a garland to grace your head</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">and a chain to adorn your neck.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My son, if sinful men entice you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">do not give in to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If they say, &#8220;Come along with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s lie in wait for innocent blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s ambush some harmless soul;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">let&#8217;s swallow them alive, like the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">and whole, like those who go down to the pit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">we will get all sorts of valuable things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">and fill our houses with plunder;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">cast lots with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">we will all share the loot&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">my son, do not go along with them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">do not set foot on their paths;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for their feet rush into evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">they are swift to shed blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How useless to spread a net</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">where every bird can see it!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">These men lie in wait for their own blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">they ambush only themselves!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">it takes away the life of those who get it.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom&#8217;s Rebuke</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">she raises her voice in the public square;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">on top of the wall</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">/ at noisy street corners</span></span></span><span class="content"> she cries out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">at the city gate she makes her speech:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">How long will mockers delight in mockery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">and fools hate knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Repent at my rebuke!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">I will make known to you my teachings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But since you refuse to listen when I call</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">since you disregard all my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">and do not accept my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">I will mock when calamity overtakes you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">when calamity overtakes you like a storm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when distress and trouble overwhelm you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then they will call to me but I will not answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">they will look for me but will not find me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">since they hated knowledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">and did not choose to fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Since they would not accept my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">and spurned my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">they will eat the fruit of their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">and the complacency of fools will destroy them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">but whoever listens to me will live in safety</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="content">and be at ease, without fear of harm.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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