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         <div class="label">17</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Elijah Announces a Great Drought</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1KI.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">17:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Tishbite, of the settlers</span></span></span><span class="content"> in Gilead, said to Ahab, &#8220;As the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Elijah Fed by Ravens</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1KI.17.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to Elijah: </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So he did what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to him: </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, &#8220;Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As she was going to get it, he called, &#8220;And bring me, please, a piece of bread.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.17.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God lives,&#8221; she replied, &#8220;I don&#8217;t have any bread&#8212;only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it&#8212;and die.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.17.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Elijah said to her, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says: &#8216;The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sends rain on the land.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.17.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoken by Elijah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.17.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">She said to Elijah, &#8220;What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.17.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Give me your son,&#8221; Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then he cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.17.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, let this boy&#8217;s life return to him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.17.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1KI.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> heard Elijah&#8217;s cry, and the boy&#8217;s life returned to him, and he lived. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1KI.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, &#8220;Look, your son is alive!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1KI.17.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then the woman said to Elijah, &#8220;Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from your mouth is the truth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Elijah and Obadiah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1KI.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After a long time, in the third year, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to Elijah: &#8220;Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.18.2"><span class="content">Now the famine was severe in Samaria, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, his palace administrator. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">While Jezebel was killing off the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.) </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Ahab had said to Obadiah, &#8220;Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive so we will not have to kill any of our animals.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">As Obadiah was walking along, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized him, bowed down to the ground, and said, &#8220;Is it really you, my lord Elijah?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yes,&#8221; he replied. &#8220;Go tell your master, &#8216;Elijah is here.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.18.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;What have I done wrong,&#8221; asked Obadiah, &#8220;that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be put to death? </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But now you tell me to go to my master and say, &#8216;Elijah is here.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I don&#8217;t know where the Spirit of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> may carry you when I leave you. If I go and tell Ahab and he doesn&#8217;t find you, he will kill me. Yet I your servant have worshiped the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> since my youth. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Haven&#8217;t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">? I hid a hundred of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And now you tell me to go to my master and say, &#8216;Elijah is here.&#8217; He will kill me!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.18.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Elijah said, &#8220;As the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty lives, whom I serve, I will surely present myself to Ahab today.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Elijah on Mount Carmel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.18.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When he saw Elijah, he said to him, &#8220;Is that you, you troubler of Israel?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.18.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have not made trouble for Israel,&#8221; Elijah replied. &#8220;But you and your father&#8217;s family have. You have abandoned the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s commands and have followed the Baals. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel&#8217;s table.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.18.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Elijah went before the people and said, &#8220;How long will you waver between two opinions? If the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.18.21"><span class="content">But the people said nothing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.18.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1KI.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Elijah said to them, &#8220;I am the only one of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1KI.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Get two bulls for us. Let Baal&#8217;s prophets choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. The god who answers by fire&#8212;he is God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.18.24"><span class="content">Then all the people said, &#8220;What you say is good.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.18.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.18.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, &#8220;Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.18.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">So they took the bull given them and prepared it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.18.26"><span class="content">Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. &#8220;Baal, answer us!&#8221; they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.18.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1KI.18.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">At noon Elijah began to taunt them. &#8220;Shout louder!&#8221; he said. &#8220;Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.18.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1KI.18.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1KI.18.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1KI.18.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then Elijah said to all the people, &#8220;Come here to me.&#8221; They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, which had been torn down. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1KI.18.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had come, saying, &#8220;Your name shall be Israel.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1KI.18.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">With the stones he built an altar in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:32 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 24 pounds or about 11 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of seed. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1KI.18.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, &#8220;Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1KI.18.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1KI.18.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do it again,&#8221; he said, and they did it again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1KI.18.34"><span class="content">&#8220;Do it a third time,&#8221; he ordered, and they did it the third time. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1KI.18.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1KI.18.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1KI.18.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: &#8220;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1KI.18.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Answer me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, answer me, so these people will know that you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1KI.18.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1KI.18.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then the fire of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1KI.18.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1KI.18.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;he is God! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;he is God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1KI.18.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1KI.18.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Then Elijah commanded them, &#8220;Seize the prophets of Baal. Don&#8217;t let anyone get away!&#8221; They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1KI.18.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1KI.18.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">And Elijah said to Ahab, &#8220;Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1KI.18.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1KI.18.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1KI.18.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go and look toward the sea,&#8221; he told his servant. And he went up and looked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1KI.18.43"><span class="content">&#8220;There is nothing there,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1KI.18.43"><span class="content">Seven times Elijah said, &#8220;Go back.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1KI.18.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1KI.18.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">The seventh time the servant reported, &#8220;A cloud as small as a man&#8217;s hand is rising from the sea.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1KI.18.44"><span class="content">So Elijah said, &#8220;Go and tell Ahab, &#8216;Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1KI.18.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="1KI.18.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="1KI.18.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">The power of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="PRO.13">
         <div class="label">13</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A wise son heeds his father&#8217;s instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A sluggard&#8217;s appetite is never filled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The righteous hate what is false,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">but the wicked make themselves a stench</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">and bring shame on themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Righteousness guards the person of integrity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">but wickedness overthrows the sinner.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s riches may ransom their life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The light of the righteous shines brightly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Where there is strife, there is pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">but wisdom is found in those who take advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Dishonest money dwindles away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Hope deferred makes the heart sick,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">but whoever respects a command is rewarded.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">turning a person from the snares of death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Good judgment wins favor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:15 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All who are prudent act with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">prudent protect themselves through</span></span></span><span class="content"> knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">but fools expose their folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A wicked messenger falls into trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">but whoever heeds correction is honored.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">but fools detest turning from evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Walk with the wise and become wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">for a companion of fools suffers harm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Trouble pursues the sinner,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">but the righteous are rewarded with good things.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A good person leaves an inheritance for their children&#8217;s children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">but a sinner&#8217;s wealth is stored up for the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">An unplowed field produces food for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">but injustice sweeps it away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever spares the rod hates their children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The righteous eat to their hearts&#8217; content,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="content">but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TI.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage&#8212;with great patience and careful instruction. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TI.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TI.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TI.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TI.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TI.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day&#8212;and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Personal Remarks</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TI.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TI.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do your best to come to me quickly, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TI.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TI.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2TI.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2TI.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion&#8217;s mouth. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2TI.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2TI.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2TI.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Greet Priscilla</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:19 </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"> and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2TI.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick in Miletus. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2TI.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Do your best to get here before winter. Eubulus greets you, and so do Pudens, Linus, Claudia and all the brothers and sisters.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:21 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2TI.4.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2TI.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.</span></span></div>
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