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   <div class="book bk1KI">
      <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="1KI.9">
         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Appears to Solomon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1KI.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Solomon had finished building the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> appeared to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to him:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.9.3"><span class="content">&#8220;I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, &#8216;You shall never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;But if you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:6 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> or your descendants turn away from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:6 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and go off to serve other gods and worship them, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. Israel will then become a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">This temple will become a heap of rubble. All</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:8 </span><span class="ft">See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">And though this temple is now imposing, all</span></span></span><span class="content"> who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, &#8216;Why has the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> done such a thing to this land and to this temple?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">People will answer, &#8216;Because they have forsaken the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them&#8212;that is why the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought all this disaster on them.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Solomon&#8217;s Other Activities</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built these two buildings&#8212;the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and the royal palace&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, because Hiram had supplied him with all the cedar and juniper and gold he wanted. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But when Hiram went from Tyre to see the towns that Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;What kind of towns are these you have given me, my brother?&#8221; he asked. And he called them the Land of Kabul,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:13 </span><span class="fq">Kabul </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fqa">good-for-nothing.</span></span></span><span class="content"> a name they have to this day. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:14 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple, his own palace, the terraces,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Millo</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 24</span></span></span><span class="content"> the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">(Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire. He killed its Canaanite inhabitants and then gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon&#8217;s wife. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And Solomon rebuilt Gezer.) He built up Lower Beth Horon, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Baalath, and Tadmor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:18 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew may also be read </span><span class="fqa">Tamar.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the desert, within his land, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">as well as all his store cities and the towns for his chariots and for his horses</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">There were still people left from the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these peoples were not Israelites). </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these peoples remaining in the land&#8212;whom the Israelites could not exterminate</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:21 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1KI.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But Solomon did not make slaves of any of the Israelites; they were his fighting men, his government officials, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and charioteers. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1KI.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They were also the chief officials in charge of Solomon&#8217;s projects&#8212;550 officials supervising those who did the work.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1KI.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">After Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he constructed the terraces.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.9.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Three times a year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, burning incense before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> along with them, and so fulfilled the temple obligations.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.9.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">King Solomon also built ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of Reeds</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1KI.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And Hiram sent his men&#8212;sailors who knew the sea&#8212;to serve in the fleet with Solomon&#8217;s men. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They sailed to Ophir and brought back 420 talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:28 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 16 tons or about 14 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch8" data-usfm="2CH.8">
         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Solomon&#8217;s Other Activities</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and his own palace, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Huram, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Hiram</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 18</span></span></span><span class="content"> had given him, and settled Israelites in them. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites). </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these people remaining in the land&#8212;whom the Israelites had not destroyed&#8212;to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were his fighting men, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and charioteers. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They were also King Solomon&#8217;s chief officials&#8212;two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Solomon brought Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, &#8220;My wife must not live in the palace of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has entered are holy.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">On the altar of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths, the New Moons and the three annual festivals&#8212;the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day&#8217;s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They did not deviate from the king&#8217;s commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All Solomon&#8217;s work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was laid until its completion. So the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was finished.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.8.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own men, sailors who knew the sea. These, with Solomon&#8217;s men, sailed to Ophir and brought back four hundred and fifty talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:18 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 17 tons or about 15 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkROM">
      <div class="chapter ch5" data-usfm="ROM.5">
         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Peace and Hope</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:1 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">let us</span></span></span><span class="content"> have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">let us</span></span></span><span class="content"> boast in the hope of the glory of God. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Not only so, but we</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">let us</span></span></span><span class="content"> also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">perseverance, character; and character, hope. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And hope does not put us to shame, because God&#8217;s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God&#8217;s wrath through him! </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For if, while we were God&#8217;s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone&#8217;s account where there is no law. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God&#8217;s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man&#8217;s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God&#8217;s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch136" data-usfm="PSA.136">
         <div class="label">136</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 136</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.136.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.136.1"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.136.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.136.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the God of gods.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.136.2"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.136.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.136.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the Lord of lords:</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.136.3"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.136.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.136.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">to him who alone does great wonders,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.136.4"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.136.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.136.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">who by his understanding made the heavens,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.136.5"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.136.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.136.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">who spread out the earth upon the waters,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.136.6"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.136.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.136.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">who made the great lights&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.136.7"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.136.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.136.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the sun to govern the day,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.136.8"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.136.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.136.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">the moon and stars to govern the night;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.136.9"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.136.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.136.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.136.10"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.136.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.136.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and brought Israel out from among them</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.136.11"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.136.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.136.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">with a mighty hand and outstretched arm;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.136.12"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.136.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.136.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">to him who divided the Red Sea</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">136:13 </span><span class="ft">Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 15</span></span></span><span class="content"> asunder</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.136.13"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.136.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.136.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and brought Israel through the midst of it,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.136.14"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.136.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.136.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.136.15"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.136.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.136.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">to him who led his people through the wilderness;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.136.16"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.136.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.136.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">to him who struck down great kings,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.136.17"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.136.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.136.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and killed mighty kings&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.136.18"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.136.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.136.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Sihon king of the Amorites</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.136.19"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.136.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.136.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">and Og king of Bashan&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.136.20"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.136.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.136.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and gave their land as an inheritance,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.136.21"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.136.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.136.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">an inheritance to his servant Israel.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.136.22"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.136.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.136.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He remembered us in our low estate</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.136.23"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.136.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.136.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and freed us from our enemies.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.136.24"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.136.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.136.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He gives food to every creature.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.136.25"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.136.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.136.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the God of heaven.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.136.26"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 20</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do not envy the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="content">do not desire their company;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for their hearts plot violence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="content">and their lips talk about making trouble.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 21</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">By wisdom a house is built,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="content">and through understanding it is established;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">through knowledge its rooms are filled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="content">with rare and beautiful treasures.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 22</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The wise prevail through great power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="content">and those who have knowledge muster their strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Surely you need guidance to wage war,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="content">and victory is won through many advisers.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 23</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Wisdom is too high for fools;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="content">in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 24</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whoever plots evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="content">will be known as a schemer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The schemes of folly are sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="content">and people detest a mocker.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 25</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">If you falter in a time of trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="content">how small is your strength!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Rescue those being led away to death;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="content">hold back those staggering toward slaughter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If you say, &#8220;But we knew nothing about this,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">Does not he who guards your life know it?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 26</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Eat honey, my son, for it is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="content">honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">If you find it, there is a future hope for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">and your hope will not be cut off.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 27</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="content">do not plunder their dwelling place;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="content">but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 28</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do not gloat when your enemy falls;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="content">when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">or the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will see and disapprove</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="content">and turn his wrath away from them.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 29</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not fret because of evildoers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="content">or be envious of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">for the evildoer has no future hope,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="content">and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 30</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and the king, my son,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="content">and do not join with rebellious officials,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">for those two will send sudden destruction on them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="content">and who knows what calamities they can bring?</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Further Sayings of the Wise</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">These also are sayings of the wise:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="content">To show partiality in judging is not good:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever says to the guilty, &#8220;You are innocent,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="content">will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="content">and rich blessing will come on them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">An honest answer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="content">is like a kiss on the lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Put your outdoor work in order</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">and get your fields ready;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">after that, build your house.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do not testify against your neighbor without cause&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="content">would you use your lips to mislead?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Do not say, &#8220;I&#8217;ll do to them as they have done to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="content">I&#8217;ll pay them back for what they did.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">I went past the field of a sluggard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="content">past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">thorns had come up everywhere,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">the ground was covered with weeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">and the stone wall was in ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">I applied my heart to what I observed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="content">and learned a lesson from what I saw:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">A little sleep, a little slumber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="content">a little folding of the hands to rest&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.24.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">and poverty will come on you like a thief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.24.34"><span class="content">and scarcity like an armed man.</span></span></div>
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