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   <div class="book bkJDG">
      <div class="chapter ch10" data-usfm="JDG.10">
         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Minor Judges</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">And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.</span></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">And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> in the land of Gilead. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Serving other Gods</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">And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, and served not him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And the anger of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that </span><span class="add"><span class="content">were</span></span><span class="content"> on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in Gilead. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And the children of Israel cried unto the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> said unto the children of Israel, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Did</span></span><span class="content"> not </span><span class="add"><span class="content">I deliver you</span></span><span class="content"> from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines? </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And the children of Israel said unto the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">The Ammonites</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">Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And the people </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> princes of Gilead said one to another, What man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is he</span></span><span class="content"> that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bk1CO">
      <div class="chapter ch16" data-usfm="1CO.16">
         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Administrative and Personal</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 concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Upon the first </span><span class="add"><span class="content">day</span></span><span class="content"> of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as </span><span class="add"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by </span><span class="add"><span class="content">your</span></span><span class="content"> letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.</span></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">Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there are</span></span><span class="content"> many adversaries.</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">Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also </span><span class="add"><span class="content">do</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.</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">As touching </span><span class="add"><span class="content">our</span></span><span class="content"> brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.</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">Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Let all your things be done with charity.</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">I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,) </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">that ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with </span><span class="add"><span class="content">us</span></span><span class="content">, and laboureth. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For they have refreshed my spirit and your's: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.</span></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 of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an 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">The salutation of </span><span class="add"><span class="content">me</span></span><span class="content"> Paul with mine own hand. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> with you. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">My love </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="iex"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.16.24"><span class="content">The first epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi by Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and Timotheus.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch49" data-usfm="PSA.49">
         <div class="label">49</div><div class="d"><span class="content">To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.</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 </span><span class="add"><span class="content">ye</span></span><span class="content"> people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.49.1"><span class="content">Give ear, all </span><span class="add"><span class="content">ye</span></span><span class="content"> inhabitants of the 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, together.</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 shall speak of wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.49.3"><span class="content">And the meditation of my heart </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> of 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 incline mine ear to a parable:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.49.4"><span class="content">I will open my dark saying upon the harp.</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">Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.49.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">When</span></span><span class="content"> the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?</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">They that trust in their wealth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.49.6"><span class="content">And boast themselves in the multitude of their 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">None </span><span class="add"><span class="content">of them</span></span><span class="content"> can by any means redeem his brother,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.49.7"><span class="content">Nor give to God a ransom for him:</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">(For the redemption of their soul </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> precious,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.49.8"><span class="content">And it ceaseth for ever:)</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">That he should still live for ever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.49.9"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> not see corruption.</span></span></div><div class="b"></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 he seeth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> wise men die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="content">Likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave 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 inward thought </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is, that</span></span><span class="content"> their houses </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall continue</span></span><span class="content"> for ever,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> their dwelling places to all generations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="content">They call </span><span class="add"><span class="content">their</span></span><span class="content"> lands after their own names.</span></span></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">Nevertheless man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">being</span></span><span class="content"> in honour abideth not:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.49.12"><span class="content">He is like the beasts </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> 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 their way </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> their folly:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.49.13"><span class="content">Yet their posterity approve their sayings. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</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">Like sheep they are laid in the grave; Death shall feed on them; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">And their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.</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 my soul from the power of the grave:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.49.15"><span class="content">For he shall receive me. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></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">Be not thou afraid when one is made rich,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.49.16"><span class="content">When the glory of his house is increased;</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 when he dieth he shall carry nothing away:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.49.17"><span class="content">His glory shall not descend after him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></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 he lived he blessed his soul,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.49.18"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content"> will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.</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">He shall go to the generation of his fathers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.49.19"><span class="content">They shall never see light.</span></span></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">Man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that is</span></span><span class="content"> in honour, and understandeth not,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.49.20"><span class="content">Is like the beasts </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> perish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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<div class="version vid1 iso6393eng" data-vid="1" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkPRO">
      <div class="chapter ch31" data-usfm="PRO.31">
         <div class="label">31</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Words of 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 words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></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">What, my son? and what, the son of my womb?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"><span class="content">And what, the son of my vows?</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">Give not thy strength unto women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"><span class="content">Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.</span></span></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">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> not for kings, O Lemuel, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> not for kings to drink wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="content">Nor for princes strong drink:</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 the law,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"><span class="content">And pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.</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">Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"><span class="content">And wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.</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 him drink, and forget his poverty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"><span class="content">And remember his misery no more.</span></span></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">Open thy mouth for the dumb</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"><span class="content">In the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.</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">Open thy mouth, judge righteously,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"><span class="content">And plead the cause of the poor and needy.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">The Good Wife</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">Who can find a virtuous woman?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"><span class="content">For her price </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> far above 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">The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"><span class="content">So that he shall have no need of spoil.</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 will do him good and not evil</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 seeketh wool, and flax,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"><span class="content">And worketh willingly with her 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 merchants' ships;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"><span class="content">She bringeth 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 riseth also while it is yet night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">And giveth meat to her household,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">And a portion to her maidens.</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 considereth a field, and buyeth it:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"><span class="content">With the fruit of her hands she planteth 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 girdeth her loins with strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"><span class="content">And strengtheneth her arms.</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 perceiveth that her merchandise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> good:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"><span class="content">Her candle goeth not out by 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">She layeth her hands to the spindle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"><span class="content">And her hands hold the distaff.</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 stretcheth out her hand to the poor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"><span class="content">Yea, she reacheth forth 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">She is not afraid of the snow for her household:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"><span class="content">For all her household </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> clothed with 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 maketh herself coverings of tapestry;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"><span class="content">Her clothing </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> silk 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 known in the gates,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"><span class="content">When he sitteth 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 maketh fine linen, and selleth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"><span class="content">And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.</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">Strength and honour </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> her clothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"><span class="content">And she shall rejoice in time 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 openeth her mouth with wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"><span class="content">And in her tongue </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the law of kindness.</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 looketh well to the ways of her household,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"><span class="content">And eateth not 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 up, and call her blessed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"><span class="content">Her husband </span><span class="add"><span class="content">also</span></span><span class="content">, and he praiseth 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">Many daughters have done virtuously,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"><span class="content">But thou excellest them all.</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">Favour </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> deceitful, and beauty </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> vain:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> a woman </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> feareth the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, she shall 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">Give her of the fruit of her hands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.31.31"><span class="content">And let her own works praise her in the gates.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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