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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Altar of Incense</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">It is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 1/2 feet long and wide and 3 feet high or about 45 centimeters long and wide and 90 centimeters high</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;its horns of one piece with it. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Overlay the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Make two gold rings for the altar below the molding&#8212;two on each of the opposite sides&#8212;to hold the poles used to carry it. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Put the altar in front of the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law&#8212;before the atonement cover that is over the tablets of the covenant law&#8212;where I will meet with you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.30.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so incense will burn regularly before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for the generations to come. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not offer on this altar any other incense or any burnt offering or grain offering, and do not pour a drink offering on it. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns. This annual atonement must be made with the blood of the atoning sin offering</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">purification offering</span></span></span><span class="content"> for the generations to come. It is most holy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Atonement Money</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.30.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague will come on them when you number them. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.30.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:13 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.8 grams; also in verse 15</span></span></span><span class="content"> according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.30.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">All who cross over, those twenty years old or more, are to give an offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less when you make the offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to atone for your lives. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Receive the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will be a memorial for the Israelites before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, making atonement for your lives.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Basin for Washing</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.30.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet with water from it. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Whenever they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water so that they will not die. Also, when they approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">they shall wash their hands and feet so that they will not die. This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Anointing Oil</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.30.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:23 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 12 1/2 pounds or about 5.8 kilograms; also in verse 24</span></span></span><span class="content"> of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:23 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 6 1/4 pounds or about 2.9 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of fragrant calamus, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">500 shekels of cassia&#8212;all according to the sanctuary shekel&#8212;and a hin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:24 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters</span></span></span><span class="content"> of olive oil. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.30.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.30.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.30.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.30.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.30.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EXO.30.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Say to the Israelites, &#8216;This is to be my sacred anointing oil for the generations to come. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EXO.30.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Do not pour it on anyone else&#8217;s body and do not make any other oil using the same formula. It is sacred, and you are to consider it sacred. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EXO.30.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Whoever makes perfume like it and puts it on anyone other than a priest must be cut off from their people.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Incense</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EXO.30.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EXO.30.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;Take fragrant spices&#8212;gum resin, onycha and galbanum&#8212;and pure frankincense, all in equal amounts, </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EXO.30.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer. It is to be salted and pure and sacred. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EXO.30.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Grind some of it to powder and place it in front of the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="EXO.30.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Do not make any incense with this formula for yourselves; consider it holy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="EXO.30.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Whoever makes incense like it to enjoy its fragrance must be cut off from their people.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="JHN.9">
         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">His disciples asked him, &#8220;Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Neither this man nor his parents sinned,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> said Jesus, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man&#8217;s eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he told him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;wash in the Pool of Siloam&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> (this word means &#8220;Sent&#8221;). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t this the same man who used to sit and beg?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Some claimed that he was.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="content">Others said, &#8220;No, he only looks like him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="content">But he himself insisted, &#8220;I am the man.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;How then were your eyes opened?&#8221; they asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where is this man?&#8221; they asked him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.9.12"><span class="content">&#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Pharisees Investigate the Healing</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man&#8217;s eyes was a Sabbath. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. &#8220;He put mud on my eyes,&#8221; the man replied, &#8220;and I washed, and now I see.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Some of the Pharisees said, &#8220;This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.9.16"><span class="content">But others asked, &#8220;How can a sinner perform such signs?&#8221; So they were divided.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then they turned again to the blind man, &#8220;What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.9.17"><span class="content">The man replied, &#8220;He is a prophet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man&#8217;s parents. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Is this your son?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;We know he is our son,&#8221; the parents answered, &#8220;and we know he was born blind. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don&#8217;t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">That was why his parents said, &#8220;He is of age; ask him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. &#8220;Give glory to God by telling the truth,&#8221; they said. &#8220;We know this man is a sinner.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.9.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;Whether he is a sinner or not, I don&#8217;t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.9.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then they asked him, &#8220;What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.9.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.9.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then they hurled insults at him and said, &#8220;You are this fellow&#8217;s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don&#8217;t even know where he comes from.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.9.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.9.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The man answered, &#8220;Now that is remarkable! You don&#8217;t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.9.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.9.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.9.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.9.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.9.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">To this they replied, &#8220;You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!&#8221; And they threw him out.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Spiritual Blindness</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.9.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.9.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you believe in the Son of Man?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.9.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.9.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who is he, sir?&#8221; the man asked. &#8220;Tell me so that I may believe in him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.9.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.9.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.9.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.9.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then the man said, &#8220;Lord, I believe,&#8221; and he worshiped him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.9.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.9.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Jesus said,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:38,39 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fqa">Then the man said&#8230; </span><span class="fv">39 </span><span class="fqa">Jesus said,</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.9.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.9.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, &#8220;What? Are we blind too?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.9.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.9.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warnings Against Folly</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.6.1"><span class="content">if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.6.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">you have been trapped by what you said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.6.2"><span class="content">ensnared by the words of your mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.6.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So do this, my son, to free yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.6.3"><span class="content">since you have fallen into your neighbor&#8217;s hands:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.6.3"><span class="content">Go&#8212;to the point of exhaustion&#8212;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Go and humble yourself,</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.6.3"><span class="content">and give your neighbor no rest!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.6.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Allow no sleep to your eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.6.4"><span class="content">no slumber to your eyelids.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.6.5"><span class="content">like a bird from the snare of the fowler.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.6.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Go to the ant, you sluggard;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.6.6"><span class="content">consider its ways and be wise!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It has no commander,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.6.7"><span class="content">no overseer or ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">yet it stores its provisions in summer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.6.8"><span class="content">and gathers its food at harvest.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">How long will you lie there, you sluggard?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.6.9"><span class="content">When will you get up from your sleep?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.6.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A little sleep, a little slumber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.6.10"><span class="content">a little folding of the hands to rest&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and poverty will come on you like a thief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.6.11"><span class="content">and scarcity like an armed man.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.6.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">A troublemaker and a villain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.6.12"><span class="content">who goes about with a corrupt mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.6.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">who winks maliciously with his eye,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.6.13"><span class="content">signals with his feet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.6.13"><span class="content">and motions with his fingers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.6.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">who plots evil with deceit in his heart&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.6.14"><span class="content">he always stirs up conflict.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.6.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.6.15"><span class="content">he will suddenly be destroyed&#8212;without remedy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.6.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">There are six things the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hates,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.6.16"><span class="content">seven that are detestable to him:</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.6.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">haughty eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.6.17"><span class="content">a lying tongue,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.6.17"><span class="content">hands that shed innocent blood,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.6.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">a heart that devises wicked schemes,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.6.18"><span class="content">feet that are quick to rush into evil,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.6.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">a false witness who pours out lies</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.6.19"><span class="content">and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against Adultery</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.6.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">My son, keep your father&#8217;s command</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.6.20"><span class="content">and do not forsake your mother&#8217;s teaching.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.6.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Bind them always on your heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.6.21"><span class="content">fasten them around your neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.6.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.6.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When you walk, they will guide you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.6.22"><span class="content">when you sleep, they will watch over you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.6.22"><span class="content">when you awake, they will speak to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.6.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.6.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For this command is a lamp,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.6.23"><span class="content">this teaching is a light,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.6.23"><span class="content">and correction and instruction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.6.23"><span class="content">are the way to life,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.6.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.6.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">keeping you from your neighbor&#8217;s wife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.6.24"><span class="content">from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.6.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.6.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Do not lust in your heart after her beauty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.6.25"><span class="content">or let her captivate you with her eyes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.6.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.6.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.6.26"><span class="content">but another man&#8217;s wife preys on your very life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.6.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.6.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Can a man scoop fire into his lap</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.6.27"><span class="content">without his clothes being burned?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.6.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.6.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Can a man walk on hot coals</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.6.28"><span class="content">without his feet being scorched?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.6.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.6.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">So is he who sleeps with another man&#8217;s wife;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.6.29"><span class="content">no one who touches her will go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.6.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.6.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">People do not despise a thief if he steals</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.6.30"><span class="content">to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.6.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.6.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.6.31"><span class="content">though it costs him all the wealth of his house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.6.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.6.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">But a man who commits adultery has no sense;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.6.32"><span class="content">whoever does so destroys himself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.6.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.6.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Blows and disgrace are his lot,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.6.33"><span class="content">and his shame will never be wiped away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.6.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.6.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">For jealousy arouses a husband&#8217;s fury,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.6.34"><span class="content">and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.6.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.6.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">He will not accept any compensation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.6.35"><span class="content">he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.</span></span></div>
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