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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Abimelek</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Abimelek son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother&#8217;s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother&#8217;s clan, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ask all the citizens of Shechem, &#8216;Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal&#8217;s sons rule over you, or just one man?&#8217; Remember, I am your flesh and blood.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When the brothers repeated all this to the citizens of Shechem, they were inclined to follow Abimelek, for they said, &#8220;He is related to us.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They gave him seventy shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 3/4 pounds or about 800 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, and Abimelek used it to hire reckless scoundrels, who became his followers. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He went to his father&#8217;s home in Ophrah and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, escaped by hiding. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then all the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo gathered beside the great tree at the pillar in Shechem to crown Abimelek king.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When Jotham was told about this, he climbed up on the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, &#8220;Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, so that God may listen to you. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">One day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, &#8216;Be our king.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;But the olive tree answered, &#8216;Should I give up my oil, by which both gods and humans are honored, to hold sway over the trees?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Next, the trees said to the fig tree, &#8216;Come and be our king.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;But the fig tree replied, &#8216;Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then the trees said to the vine, &#8216;Come and be our king.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;But the vine answered, &#8216;Should I give up my wine, which cheers both gods and humans, to hold sway over the trees?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, &#8216;Come and be our king.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The thornbush said to the trees, &#8216;If you really want to anoint me king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, then let fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you acted honorably and in good faith by making Abimelek king? Have you been fair to Jerub-Baal and his family? Have you treated him as he deserves? </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Remember that my father fought for you and risked his life to rescue you from the hand of Midian. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But today you have revolted against my father&#8217;s family. You have murdered his seventy sons on a single stone and have made Abimelek, the son of his female slave, king over the citizens of Shechem because he is related to you. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So have you acted honorably and in good faith toward Jerub-Baal and his family today? If you have, may Abimelek be your joy, and may you be his, too! </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But if you have not, let fire come out from Abimelek and consume you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and let fire come out from you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and consume Abimelek!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.9.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then Jotham fled, escaping to Beer, and he lived there because he was afraid of his brother Abimelek.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.9.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JDG.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">After Abimelek had governed Israel three years, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JDG.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">God stirred up animosity between Abimelek and the citizens of Shechem so that they acted treacherously against Abimelek. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JDG.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">God did this in order that the crime against Jerub-Baal&#8217;s seventy sons, the shedding of their blood, might be avenged on their brother Abimelek and on the citizens of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JDG.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In opposition to him these citizens of Shechem set men on the hilltops to ambush and rob everyone who passed by, and this was reported to Abimelek.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JDG.9.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JDG.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Now Gaal son of Ebed moved with his clan into Shechem, and its citizens put their confidence in him. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JDG.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">After they had gone out into the fields and gathered the grapes and trodden them, they held a festival in the temple of their god. While they were eating and drinking, they cursed Abimelek. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JDG.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then Gaal son of Ebed said, &#8220;Who is Abimelek, and why should we Shechemites be subject to him? Isn&#8217;t he Jerub-Baal&#8217;s son, and isn&#8217;t Zebul his deputy? Serve the family of Hamor, Shechem&#8217;s father! Why should we serve Abimelek? </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JDG.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">If only this people were under my command! Then I would get rid of him. I would say to Abimelek, &#8216;Call out your whole army!&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:29 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">him.&#8221; Then he said to Abimelek, &#8220;Call out your whole army!&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JDG.9.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JDG.9.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When Zebul the governor of the city heard what Gaal son of Ebed said, he was very angry. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JDG.9.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Under cover he sent messengers to Abimelek, saying, &#8220;Gaal son of Ebed and his clan have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JDG.9.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Now then, during the night you and your men should come and lie in wait in the fields. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JDG.9.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">In the morning at sunrise, advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, seize the opportunity to attack them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JDG.9.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JDG.9.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">So Abimelek and all his troops set out by night and took up concealed positions near Shechem in four companies. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JDG.9.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Now Gaal son of Ebed had gone out and was standing at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelek and his troops came out from their hiding place.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JDG.9.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JDG.9.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When Gaal saw them, he said to Zebul, &#8220;Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JDG.9.36"><span class="content">Zebul replied, &#8220;You mistake the shadows of the mountains for men.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JDG.9.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JDG.9.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">But Gaal spoke up again: &#8220;Look, people are coming down from the central hill,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:37 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for this phrase means </span><span class="fqa">the navel of the earth.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and a company is coming from the direction of the diviners&#8217; tree.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JDG.9.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JDG.9.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then Zebul said to him, &#8220;Where is your big talk now, you who said, &#8216;Who is Abimelek that we should be subject to him?&#8217; Aren&#8217;t these the men you ridiculed? Go out and fight them!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JDG.9.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JDG.9.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">So Gaal led out</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:39 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Gaal went out in the sight of</span></span></span><span class="content"> the citizens of Shechem and fought Abimelek. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JDG.9.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Abimelek chased him all the way to the entrance of the gate, and many were killed as they fled. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JDG.9.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Then Abimelek stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his clan out of Shechem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JDG.9.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JDG.9.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">The next day the people of Shechem went out to the fields, and this was reported to Abimelek. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JDG.9.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">So he took his men, divided them into three companies and set an ambush in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose to attack them. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JDG.9.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Abimelek and the companies with him rushed forward to a position at the entrance of the city gate. Then two companies attacked those in the fields and struck them down. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JDG.9.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">All that day Abimelek pressed his attack against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he destroyed the city and scattered salt over it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JDG.9.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JDG.9.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">On hearing this, the citizens in the tower of Shechem went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith. </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JDG.9.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">When Abimelek heard that they had assembled there, </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JDG.9.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">he and all his men went up Mount Zalmon. He took an ax and cut off some branches, which he lifted to his shoulders. He ordered the men with him, &#8220;Quick! Do what you have seen me do!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JDG.9.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">So all the men cut branches and followed Abimelek. They piled them against the stronghold and set it on fire with the people still inside. So all the people in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, also died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JDG.9.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JDG.9.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Next Abimelek went to Thebez and besieged it and captured it. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JDG.9.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Inside the city, however, was a strong tower, to which all the men and women&#8212;all the people of the city&#8212;had fled. They had locked themselves in and climbed up on the tower roof. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="JDG.9.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Abimelek went to the tower and attacked it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire, </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="JDG.9.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="JDG.9.53"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="JDG.9.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, &#8220;Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can&#8217;t say, &#8216;A woman killed him.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; So his servant ran him through, and he died. </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="JDG.9.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">When the Israelites saw that Abimelek was dead, they went home.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="JDG.9.55"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="JDG.9.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelek had done to his father by murdering his seventy brothers. </span></span><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="JDG.9.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">God also made the people of Shechem pay for all their wickedness. The curse of Jotham son of Jerub-Baal came on them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Tola</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After the time of Abimelek, a man of Issachar named Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He led</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:2 </span><span class="ft">Traditionally </span><span class="fqa">judged</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 3</span></span></span><span class="content"> Israel twenty-three years; then he died, and was buried in Shamir.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jair</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. They controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth Jair.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">called the settlements of Jair</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jephthah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites and the gods of the Philistines. And because the Israelites forsook the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and no longer served him, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin and Ephraim; Israel was in great distress. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then the Israelites cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;We have sinned against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> replied, &#8220;When the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Midianites</span></span></span><span class="content"> oppressed you and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands? </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But the Israelites said to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. And he could bear Israel&#8217;s misery no longer.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The leaders of the people of Gilead said to each other, &#8220;Whoever will take the lead in attacking the Ammonites will be head over all who live in Gilead.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Collection for the Lord&#8217;s People</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now about the collection for the Lord&#8217;s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Personal Requests</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you&#8212;for I will be going through Macedonia. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Perhaps I will stay with you for a while, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is carrying on the work of the Lord, just as I am. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he may return to me. I am expecting him along with the brothers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.16.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was quite unwilling to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do everything in love.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the Lord&#8217;s people. I urge you, brothers and sisters, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">to submit to such people and to everyone who joins in the work and labors at it. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For they refreshed my spirit and yours also. Such men deserve recognition.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:19 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Prisca</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Priscilla</span></span></span><span class="content"> greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">All the brothers and sisters here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.16.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Come, Lord</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:22 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">Come, Lord </span><span class="ft">reproduces an Aramaic expression (Marana tha) used by early Christians.</span></span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.16.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.16.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:24 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fq">Amen</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch49" data-usfm="PSA.49">
         <div class="label">49</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 49</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 49:1-20 is numbered 49:2-21.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.49.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear this, all you peoples;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.49.1"><span class="content">listen, all who live in this world,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.49.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.49.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">both low and high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.49.2"><span class="content">rich and poor alike:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.49.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.49.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My mouth will speak words of wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.49.3"><span class="content">the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.49.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.49.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will turn my ear to a proverb;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.49.4"><span class="content">with the harp I will expound my riddle:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.49.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.49.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Why should I fear when evil days come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.49.5"><span class="content">when wicked deceivers surround me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.49.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.49.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">those who trust in their wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.49.6"><span class="content">and boast of their great riches?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.49.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.49.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No one can redeem the life of another</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.49.7"><span class="content">or give to God a ransom for them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.49.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.49.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the ransom for a life is costly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.49.8"><span class="content">no payment is ever enough&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.49.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.49.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">so that they should live on forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.49.9"><span class="content">and not see decay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.49.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For all can see that the wise die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="content">that the foolish and the senseless also perish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="content">leaving their wealth to others.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Their tombs will remain their houses</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:11 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">In their thoughts their houses will remain</span></span></span><span class="content"> forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="content">their dwellings for endless generations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="content">though they had</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">generations, / for they have</span></span></span><span class="content"> named lands after themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.49.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">People, despite their wealth, do not endure;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.49.12"><span class="content">they are like the beasts that perish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.49.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.49.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.49.13"><span class="content">and of their followers, who approve their sayings.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:13 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 15.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.49.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They are like sheep and are destined to die;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">death will be their shepherd</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">(but the upright will prevail over them in the morning).</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">Their forms will decay in the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">far from their princely mansions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.49.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.49.15"><span class="content">he will surely take me to himself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.49.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.49.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Do not be overawed when others grow rich,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.49.16"><span class="content">when the splendor of their houses increases;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.49.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.49.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">for they will take nothing with them when they die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.49.17"><span class="content">their splendor will not descend with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.49.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.49.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Though while they live they count themselves blessed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.49.18"><span class="content">and people praise you when you prosper&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.49.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.49.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">they will join those who have gone before them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.49.19"><span class="content">who will never again see the light of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.49.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.49.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">People who have wealth but lack understanding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.49.20"><span class="content">are like the beasts that perish.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch31" data-usfm="PRO.31">
         <div class="label">31</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Sayings of King Lemuel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The sayings of King Lemuel&#8212;an inspired utterance his mother taught him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.31.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Listen, my son! Listen, son of my womb!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"><span class="content">Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do not spend your strength</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">31:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">wealth</span></span></span><span class="content"> on women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"><span class="content">your vigor on those who ruin kings.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">It is not for kings, Lemuel&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="content">it is not for kings to drink wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="content">not for rulers to crave beer,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">lest they drink and forget what has been decreed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"><span class="content">and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Let beer be for those who are perishing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"><span class="content">wine for those who are in anguish!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let them drink and forget their poverty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"><span class="content">and remember their misery no more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"><span class="content">for the rights of all who are destitute.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Speak up and judge fairly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"><span class="content">defend the rights of the poor and needy.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">31:10 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Verses 10-31 are an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content"> A wife of noble character who can find?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"><span class="content">She is worth far more than rubies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Her husband has full confidence in her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"><span class="content">and lacks nothing of value.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.31.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">She brings him good, not harm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.31.12"><span class="content">all the days of her life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.31.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">She selects wool and flax</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"><span class="content">and works with eager hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">She is like the merchant ships,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"><span class="content">bringing her food from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">She gets up while it is still night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">she provides food for her family</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">and portions for her female servants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">She considers a field and buys it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"><span class="content">out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">She sets about her work vigorously;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"><span class="content">her arms are strong for her tasks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">She sees that her trading is profitable,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"><span class="content">and her lamp does not go out at night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">In her hand she holds the distaff</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"><span class="content">and grasps the spindle with her fingers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">She opens her arms to the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"><span class="content">and extends her hands to the needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When it snows, she has no fear for her household;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"><span class="content">for all of them are clothed in scarlet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">She makes coverings for her bed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"><span class="content">she is clothed in fine linen and purple.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Her husband is respected at the city gate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"><span class="content">where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">She makes linen garments and sells them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"><span class="content">and supplies the merchants with sashes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">She is clothed with strength and dignity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"><span class="content">she can laugh at the days to come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">She speaks with wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"><span class="content">and faithful instruction is on her tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">She watches over the affairs of her household</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"><span class="content">and does not eat the bread of idleness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Her children arise and call her blessed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"><span class="content">her husband also, and he praises her:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Many women do noble things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"><span class="content">but you surpass them all.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"><span class="content">but a woman who fears the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is to be praised.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.31.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Honor her for all that her hands have done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.31.31"><span class="content">and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.</span></span></div>
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