WE SHALL NOT DIE - Reading With the People of God #17

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Judges: Repeating Cycles

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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="content">But he that hateth reproof </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> brutish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A good </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> obtaineth favour of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="content">But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A man shall not be established by wickedness:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="content">But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A virtuous woman </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a crown to her husband:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="content">But she that maketh ashamed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> as rottenness in his bones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The thoughts of the righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> right:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> the counsels of the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The words of the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> to lie in wait for blood:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="content">But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The wicked are overthrown, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> not:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="content">But the house of the righteous shall stand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A man shall be commended according to his wisdom:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">He that is</span></span><span class="content"> despised, and hath a servant, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> better</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">Than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> regardeth the life of his beast:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">But the tender mercies of the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> cruel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">But he that followeth vain </span><span class="add"><span class="content">persons is</span></span><span class="content"> void of understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The wicked desireth the net of evil </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men:</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">But the root of the righteous yieldeth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">fruit</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The wicked is snared by the transgression of </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> lips:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">But the just shall come out of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> mouth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">And the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The way of a fool </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> right in his own eyes:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">But he that hearkeneth unto counsel </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> wise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A fool's wrath is presently known:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">But a prudent </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> covereth shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">He that</span></span><span class="content"> speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">But a false witness deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">But the tongue of the wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> health.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The lip of truth shall be established for ever:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">But a lying tongue </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> but for a moment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Deceit </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in the heart of them that imagine evil:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">But to the counsellors of peace </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">There shall no evil happen to the just:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">But the wicked shall be filled with mischief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Lying lips </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> abomination to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">But they that deal truly </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> his delight.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A prudent man concealeth knowledge:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The hand of the diligent shall bear rule:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">But the slothful shall be under tribute.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">But a good word maketh it glad.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> more excellent than his neighbour:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">But the way of the wicked seduceth them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The slothful </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> roasteth not that which he took in hunting:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">But the substance of a diligent man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> precious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">In the way of righteousness </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in</span></span><span class="content"> the pathway </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thereof there is</span></span><span class="content"> no death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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