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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Consecration of the Firstborn</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Moses said to the people, &#8220;Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought you out of it with a mighty hand. Eat nothing containing yeast. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Today, in the month of Aviv, you are leaving. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites and Jebusites&#8212;the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey&#8212;you are to observe this ceremony in this month: </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For seven days eat bread made without yeast and on the seventh day hold a festival to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">On that day tell your son, &#8216;I do this because of what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> did for me when I came out of Egypt.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that this law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is to be on your lips. For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You must keep this ordinance at the appointed time year after year.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;After the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as he promised on oath to you and your ancestors, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">you are to give over to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem every firstborn among your sons.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;In days to come, when your son asks you, &#8216;What does this mean?&#8217; say to him, &#8216;With a mighty hand the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> killed the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This is why I sacrifice to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought us out of Egypt with his mighty hand.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Crossing the Sea</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, &#8220;If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of Reeds</span></span></span><span class="content"> The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.13.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, &#8220;God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:19 </span><span class="ft">See Gen. 50:25.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">After leaving Sukkoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">By day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Shrewd Manager</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jesus told his disciples: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So he called him in and asked him, &#8216;What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.16.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The manager said to himself, &#8216;What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I&#8217;m not strong enough to dig, and I&#8217;m ashamed to beg&#8212;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know what I&#8217;ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;So he called in each one of his master&#8217;s debtors. He asked the first, &#8216;How much do you owe my master?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Nine hundred gallons</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">16:6 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Or about 3,000 liters</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of olive oil,&#8217; he replied.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.16.6"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The manager told him, &#8216;Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then he asked the second, &#8216;And how much do you owe?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.16.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;A thousand bushels</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">16:7 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Or about 30 tons</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of wheat,&#8217; he replied.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.16.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;He told him, &#8216;Take your bill and make it eight hundred.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else&#8217;s property, who will give you property of your own?</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.16.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God&#8217;s sight.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Additional Teachings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.16.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.16.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Rich Man and Lazarus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and longing to eat what fell from the rich man&#8217;s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.16.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham&#8217;s side. The rich man also died and was buried.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So he called to him, &#8216;Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.16.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.16.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But Abraham replied, &#8216;Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.16.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.16.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.16.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;He answered, &#8216;Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.16.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.16.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.16.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Abraham replied, &#8216;They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.16.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.16.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;No, father Abraham,&#8217; he said, &#8216;but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.16.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.16.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;He said to him, &#8216;If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch31" data-usfm="JOB.31">
         <div class="label">31</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;I made a covenant with my eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.31.1"><span class="content">not to look lustfully at a young woman.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.31.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For what is our lot from God above,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.31.2"><span class="content">our heritage from the Almighty on high?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.31.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Is it not ruin for the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.31.3"><span class="content">disaster for those who do wrong?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.31.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Does he not see my ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.31.4"><span class="content">and count my every step?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.31.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;If I have walked with falsehood</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.31.5"><span class="content">or my foot has hurried after deceit&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.31.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">let God weigh me in honest scales</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.31.6"><span class="content">and he will know that I am blameless&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.31.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">if my steps have turned from the path,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.31.7"><span class="content">if my heart has been led by my eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.31.7"><span class="content">or if my hands have been defiled,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.31.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">then may others eat what I have sown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.31.8"><span class="content">and may my crops be uprooted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.31.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;If my heart has been enticed by a woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.31.9"><span class="content">or if I have lurked at my neighbor&#8217;s door,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.31.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.31.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">then may my wife grind another man&#8217;s grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.31.10"><span class="content">and may other men sleep with her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.31.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.31.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For that would have been wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.31.11"><span class="content">a sin to be judged.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.31.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.31.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It is a fire that burns to Destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">31:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Abaddon</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.31.12"><span class="content">it would have uprooted my harvest.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.31.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.31.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;If I have denied justice to any of my servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.31.13"><span class="content">whether male or female,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.31.13"><span class="content">when they had a grievance against me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.31.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.31.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">what will I do when God confronts me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.31.14"><span class="content">What will I answer when called to account?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.31.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.31.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Did not he who made me in the womb make them?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.31.15"><span class="content">Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.31.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.31.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;If I have denied the desires of the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.31.16"><span class="content">or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.31.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.31.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">if I have kept my bread to myself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.31.17"><span class="content">not sharing it with the fatherless&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.31.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.31.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">but from my youth I reared them as a father would,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.31.18"><span class="content">and from my birth I guided the widow&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.31.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.31.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.31.19"><span class="content">or the needy without garments,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.31.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.31.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">and their hearts did not bless me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.31.20"><span class="content">for warming them with the fleece from my sheep,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.31.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.31.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.31.21"><span class="content">knowing that I had influence in court,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.31.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.31.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">then let my arm fall from the shoulder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.31.22"><span class="content">let it be broken off at the joint.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.31.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.31.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For I dreaded destruction from God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.31.23"><span class="content">and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.31.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.31.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;If I have put my trust in gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.31.24"><span class="content">or said to pure gold, &#8216;You are my security,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.31.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.31.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.31.25"><span class="content">the fortune my hands had gained,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.31.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.31.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">if I have regarded the sun in its radiance</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.31.26"><span class="content">or the moon moving in splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.31.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.31.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">so that my heart was secretly enticed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.31.27"><span class="content">and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.31.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.31.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">then these also would be sins to be judged,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.31.28"><span class="content">for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.31.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.31.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;If I have rejoiced at my enemy&#8217;s misfortune</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.31.29"><span class="content">or gloated over the trouble that came to him&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.31.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.31.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">I have not allowed my mouth to sin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.31.30"><span class="content">by invoking a curse against their life&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.31.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.31.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">if those of my household have never said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.31.31"><span class="content">&#8216;Who has not been filled with Job&#8217;s meat?&#8217;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.31.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.31.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.31.32"><span class="content">for my door was always open to the traveler&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.31.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.31.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">if I have concealed my sin as people do,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">31:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">as Adam did</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.31.33"><span class="content">by hiding my guilt in my heart</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.31.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.31.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">because I so feared the crowd</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.31.34"><span class="content">and so dreaded the contempt of the clans</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.31.34"><span class="content">that I kept silent and would not go outside&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.31.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.31.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">(&#8220;Oh, that I had someone to hear me!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.31.35"><span class="content">I sign now my defense&#8212;let the Almighty answer me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.31.35"><span class="content">let my accuser put his indictment in writing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.31.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.31.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.31.36"><span class="content">I would put it on like a crown.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.31.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.31.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">I would give him an account of my every step;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.31.37"><span class="content">I would present it to him as to a ruler.)&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.31.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.31.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">&#8220;if my land cries out against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.31.38"><span class="content">and all its furrows are wet with tears,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.31.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.31.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">if I have devoured its yield without payment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.31.39"><span class="content">or broken the spirit of its tenants,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.31.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.31.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">then let briers come up instead of wheat</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.31.40"><span class="content">and stinkweed instead of barley.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.31.40"><span class="content">The words of Job are ended.</span></span></div>
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