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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These are the last words of David:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.23.1"><span class="content">&#8220;The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.23.1"><span class="content">the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.23.1"><span class="content">the man anointed by the God of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.23.1"><span class="content">the hero of Israel&#8217;s songs:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.23.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;The Spirit of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke through me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.23.2"><span class="content">his word was on my tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The God of Israel spoke,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.23.3"><span class="content">the Rock of Israel said to me:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.23.3"><span class="content">&#8216;When one rules over people in righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.23.3"><span class="content">when he rules in the fear of God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">he is like the light of morning at sunrise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.23.4"><span class="content">on a cloudless morning,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.23.4"><span class="content">like the brightness after rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.23.4"><span class="content">that brings grass from the earth.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;If my house were not right with God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.23.5"><span class="content">surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.23.5"><span class="content">arranged and secured in every part;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.23.5"><span class="content">surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.23.5"><span class="content">and grant me my every desire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.23.6"><span class="content">which are not gathered with the hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.23.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Whoever touches thorns</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.23.7"><span class="content">uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.23.7"><span class="content">they are burned up where they lie.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David&#8217;s Mighty Warriors</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.23.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">These are the names of David&#8217;s mighty warriors:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.23.8"><span class="content">Josheb-Basshebeth,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:8 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts suggest </span><span class="fqa">Ish-Bosheth, </span><span class="ft">that is, </span><span class="fqa">Esh-Baal </span><span class="ft">(see also 1 Chron. 11:11  </span><span class="fqa">Jashobeam</span><span class="ft">).</span></span></span><span class="content"> a Tahkemonite,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:8 </span><span class="ft">Probably a variant of </span><span class="fqa">Hakmonite </span><span class="ft">(see 1 Chron. 11:11)</span></span></span><span class="content"> was chief of the Three; he raised his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:8 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:11); Hebrew and other Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Three; it was Adino the Eznite who killed eight hundred men</span></span></span><span class="content"> in one encounter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.23.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty warriors, he was with David when they taunted the Philistines gathered at Pas Dammim</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:9 </span><span class="ft">See 1 Chron. 11:13; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">gathered there.</span></span></span><span class="content"> for battle. Then the Israelites retreated, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">but Eleazar stood his ground and struck down the Philistines till his hand grew tired and froze to the sword. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought about a great victory that day. The troops returned to Eleazar, but only to strip the dead.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.23.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Next to him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines banded together at a place where there was a field full of lentils, Israel&#8217;s troops fled from them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field. He defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought about a great victory.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.23.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">During harvest time, three of the thirty chief warriors came down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">David longed for water and said, &#8220;Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So the three mighty warriors broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Far be it from me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, to do this!&#8221; he said. &#8220;Is it not the blood of men who went at the risk of their lives?&#8221; And David would not drink it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.23.17"><span class="content">Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.23.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Abishai the brother of Joab son of Zeruiah was chief of the Three.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:18 </span><span class="ft">Most Hebrew manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:20); two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">Thirty</span></span></span><span class="content"> He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Was he not held in greater honor than the Three? He became their commander, even though he was not included among them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.23.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, performed great exploits. He struck down Moab&#8217;s two mightiest warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And he struck down a huge Egyptian. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian&#8217;s hand and killed him with his own spear. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty warriors. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">languages</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 11</span></span></span><span class="content"> as the Spirit enabled them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Utterly amazed, they asked: &#8220;Aren&#8217;t all these who are speaking Galileans? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Roman province by that name</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">(both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs&#8212;we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, &#8220;What does this mean?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Some, however, made fun of them and said, &#8220;They have had too much wine.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Peter Addresses the Crowd</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: &#8220;Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It&#8217;s only nine in the morning! </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;In the last days, God says,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.2.17"><span class="content">I will pour out my Spirit on all people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.2.17"><span class="content">Your sons and daughters will prophesy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.2.17"><span class="content">your young men will see visions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.2.17"><span class="content">your old men will dream dreams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Even on my servants, both men and women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.2.18"><span class="content">I will pour out my Spirit in those days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.2.18"><span class="content">and they will prophesy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I will show wonders in the heavens above</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.2.19"><span class="content">and signs on the earth below,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.2.19"><span class="content">blood and fire and billows of smoke.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The sun will be turned to darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.2.20"><span class="content">and the moon to blood</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.2.20"><span class="content">before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And everyone who calls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.2.21"><span class="content">on the name of the Lord will be saved.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:21 </span><span class="ft">Joel 2:28-32</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">This man was handed over to you by God&#8217;s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of those not having the law </span><span class="ft">(that is, Gentiles)</span></span></span><span class="content"> put him to death by nailing him to the cross. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">David said about him:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.2.25"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I saw the Lord always before me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.2.25"><span class="content">Because he is at my right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.2.25"><span class="content">I will not be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.2.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.2.26"><span class="content">my body also will rest in hope,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.2.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.2.27"><span class="content">you will not let your holy one see decay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.2.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">You have made known to me the paths of life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.2.28"><span class="content">you will fill me with joy in your presence.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:28 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 16:8-11 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.2.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.2.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.2.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.2.34"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The Lord said to my Lord:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.2.34"><span class="content">&#8220;Sit at my right hand</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.2.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.2.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">until I make your enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.2.35"><span class="content">a footstool for your feet.&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:35 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 110:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.2.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.2.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.2.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.2.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, &#8220;Brothers, what shall we do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.2.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ACT.2.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Peter replied, &#8220;Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.2.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off&#8212;for all whom the Lord our God will call.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.2.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.2.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, &#8220;Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.2.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Fellowship of the Believers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.2.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="ACT.2.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">They devoted themselves to the apostles&#8217; teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="ACT.2.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="ACT.2.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">All the believers were together and had everything in common. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="ACT.2.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="ACT.2.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="ACT.2.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">122</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 122</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I rejoiced with those who said to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Let us go to the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Our feet are standing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="content">in your gates, Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jerusalem is built like a city</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="content">that is closely compacted together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">That is where the tribes go up&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">the tribes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">to praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">according to the statute given to Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">There stand the thrones for judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="content">the thrones of the house of David.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="content">&#8220;May those who love you be secure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">May there be peace within your walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="content">and security within your citadels.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For the sake of my family and friends,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="content">I will say, &#8220;Peace be within you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.122.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For the sake of the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.122.9"><span class="content">I will seek your prosperity.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="content">than to share plunder with the proud.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">whoever speaks prudently finds what is good</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="content">and blessed is the one who trusts in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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