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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Daniel&#8217;s Dream of Four Beasts</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DAN.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying in bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DAN.7.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DAN.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Daniel said: &#8220;In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DAN.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DAN.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DAN.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a human being, and the mind of a human was given to it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DAN.7.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DAN.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, &#8216;Get up and eat your fill of flesh!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DAN.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DAN.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DAN.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DAN.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast&#8212;terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DAN.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DAN.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being and a mouth that spoke boastfully.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DAN.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;As I looked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.7.9"><span class="content">&#8220;thrones were set in place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.7.9"><span class="content">and the Ancient of Days took his seat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.7.9"><span class="content">His clothing was as white as snow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.7.9"><span class="content">the hair of his head was white like wool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.7.9"><span class="content">His throne was flaming with fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.7.9"><span class="content">and its wheels were all ablaze.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A river of fire was flowing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.7.10"><span class="content">coming out from before him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.7.10"><span class="content">Thousands upon thousands attended him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.7.10"><span class="content">ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.7.10"><span class="content">The court was seated,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.7.10"><span class="content">and the books were opened.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.7.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DAN.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking. I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DAN.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">(The other beasts had been stripped of their authority, but were allowed to live for a period of time.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DAN.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DAN.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:13 </span><span class="ft">The Aramaic phrase <span class="tl">bar enash</span> means </span><span class="fqa">human being. </span><span class="ft">The phrase </span><span class="fq">son of man </span><span class="ft">is retained here because of its use in the New Testament as a title of Jesus, probably based largely on this verse.</span></span></span><span class="content"> coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DAN.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Interpretation of the Dream</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DAN.7.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DAN.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;I, Daniel, was troubled in spirit, and the visions that passed through my mind disturbed me. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I approached one of those standing there and asked him the meaning of all this.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.7.16"><span class="content">&#8220;So he told me and gave me the interpretation of these things: </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DAN.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8216;The four great beasts are four kings that will rise from the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DAN.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But the holy people of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever&#8212;yes, for ever and ever.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DAN.7.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DAN.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then I wanted to know the meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others and most terrifying, with its iron teeth and bronze claws&#8212;the beast that crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DAN.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and about the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell&#8212;the horn that looked more imposing than the others and that had eyes and a mouth that spoke boastfully. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DAN.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">As I watched, this horn was waging war against the holy people and defeating them, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DAN.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">until the Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgment in favor of the holy people of the Most High, and the time came when they possessed the kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DAN.7.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DAN.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;He gave me this explanation: &#8216;The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DAN.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He will speak against the Most High and oppress his holy people and try to change the set times and the laws. The holy people will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">for a year, two years and half a year</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.7.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;But the court will sit, and his power will be taken away and completely destroyed forever. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.7.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of all the kingdoms under heaven will be handed over to the holy people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.7.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="DAN.7.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, was deeply troubled by my thoughts, and my face turned pale, but I kept the matter to myself.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Daniel&#8217;s Vision of a Ram and a Goat</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DAN.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the third year of King Belshazzar&#8217;s reign, I, Daniel, had a vision, after the one that had already appeared to me. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DAN.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa in the province of Elam; in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DAN.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I looked up, and there before me was a ram with two horns, standing beside the canal, and the horns were long. One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DAN.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I watched the ram as it charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against it, and none could rescue from its power. It did as it pleased and became great.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DAN.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DAN.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between its eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DAN.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">It came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at it in great rage. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DAN.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I saw it attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering its two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against it; the goat knocked it to the ground and trampled on it, and none could rescue the ram from its power. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DAN.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The goat became very great, but at the height of its power the large horn was broken off, and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DAN.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Out of one of them came another horn, which started small but grew in power to the south and to the east and toward the Beautiful Land. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It grew until it reached the host of the heavens, and it threw some of the starry host down to the earth and trampled on them. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DAN.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">It set itself up to be as great as the commander of the army of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; it took away the daily sacrifice from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and his sanctuary was thrown down. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DAN.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Because of rebellion, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s people</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">rebellion, the armies</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the daily sacrifice were given over to it. It prospered in everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DAN.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DAN.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, &#8220;How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled&#8212;the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, the surrender of the sanctuary and the trampling underfoot of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s people?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DAN.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DAN.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Interpretation of the Vision</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DAN.8.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DAN.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there before me stood one who looked like a man. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And I heard a man&#8217;s voice from the Ulai calling, &#8220;Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of the vision.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.8.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DAN.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate. &#8220;Son of man,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:17 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew phrase <span class="tl">ben adam</span> means </span><span class="fqa">human being. </span><span class="ft">The phrase </span><span class="fq">son of man </span><span class="ft">is retained as a form of address here because of its possible association with &#8220;Son of Man&#8221; in the New Testament.</span></span></span><span class="content"> he said to me, &#8220;understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DAN.8.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DAN.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">While he was speaking to me, I was in a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me and raised me to my feet.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DAN.8.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DAN.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He said: &#8220;I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath, because the vision concerns the appointed time of the end.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">because the end will be at the appointed time</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DAN.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DAN.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DAN.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DAN.8.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DAN.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DAN.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy those who are mighty, the holy people. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior. When they feel secure, he will destroy many and take his stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.8.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;The vision of the evenings and mornings that has been given you is true, but seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.8.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">I, Daniel, was worn out. I lay exhausted for several days. Then I got up and went about the king&#8217;s business. I was appalled by the vision; it was beyond understanding.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Daniel&#8217;s Prayer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DAN.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Ahasuerus</span></span></span><span class="content"> (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldean</span></span></span><span class="content"> kingdom&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DAN.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DAN.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DAN.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DAN.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I prayed to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God and confessed:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DAN.9.4"><span class="content">&#8220;Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DAN.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DAN.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our ancestors, and to all the people of the land.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DAN.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DAN.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Lord, you are righteous, but this day we are covered with shame&#8212;the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered us because of our unfaithfulness to you. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DAN.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, because we have sinned against you. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">we have not obeyed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DAN.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">All Israel has transgressed your law and turned away, refusing to obey you.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DAN.9.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore the curses and sworn judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against you. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DAN.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You have fulfilled the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster. Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DAN.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DAN.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> did not hesitate to bring the disaster on us, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God is righteous in everything he does; yet we have not obeyed him.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DAN.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DAN.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now, Lord our God, who brought your people out of Egypt with a mighty hand and who made for yourself a name that endures to this day, we have sinned, we have done wrong. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, your city, your holy hill. Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn to all those around us.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DAN.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DAN.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Give ear, our God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DAN.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Seventy &#8220;Sevens&#8221;</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DAN.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DAN.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God for his holy hill&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DAN.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DAN.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">He instructed me and said to me, &#8220;Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DAN.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">As soon as you began to pray, a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore, consider the word and understand the vision:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DAN.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DAN.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Seventy &#8216;sevens&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8216;weeks&#8217;</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 25 and 26</span></span></span><span class="content"> are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">restrain</span></span></span><span class="content"> transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the most holy One</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DAN.9.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">an anointed one</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 26</span></span></span><span class="content"> the ruler, comes, there will be seven &#8216;sevens,&#8217; and sixty-two &#8216;sevens.&#8217; It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">After the sixty-two &#8216;sevens,&#8217; the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">death and will have no one</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">death, but not for himself</span></span></span><span class="content"> The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He will confirm a covenant with many for one &#8216;seven.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8216;week&#8217;</span></span></span><span class="content"> In the middle of the &#8216;seven&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8216;week&#8217;</span></span></span><span class="content"> he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:27 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Theodotion; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">wing</span></span></span><span class="content"> he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">it</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">And one who causes desolation will come upon the wing of the abominable temple, until the end that is decreed is poured out on the desolated city</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">More Proverbs of Solomon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These are more proverbs of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.25.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="content">to search out a matter is the glory of kings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="content">so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Remove the dross from the silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="content">and a silversmith can produce a vessel;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">remove wicked officials from the king&#8217;s presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="content">and his throne will be established through righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not exalt yourself in the king&#8217;s presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="content">and do not claim a place among his great men;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">it is better for him to say to you, &#8220;Come up here,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">What you have seen with your eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">do not bring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:7,8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / </span><span class="fv">8 </span><span class="fqa">Do not go</span></span></span><span class="content"> hastily to court,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">for what will you do in the end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">if your neighbor puts you to shame?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If you take your neighbor to court,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="content">do not betray another&#8217;s confidence,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">or the one who hears it may shame you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="content">and the charge against you will stand.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Like apples</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:11 </span><span class="ft">Or possibly </span><span class="fqa">apricots</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold in settings of silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="content">is a ruling rightly given.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="content">is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Like a snow-cooled drink at harvest time</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">is a trustworthy messenger to the one who sends him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">he refreshes the spirit of his master.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Like clouds and wind without rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="content">is one who boasts of gifts never given.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="content">and a gentle tongue can break a bone.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If you find honey, eat just enough&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="content">too much of it, and you will vomit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Seldom set foot in your neighbor&#8217;s house&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="content">too much of you, and they will hate you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="content">is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Like a broken tooth or a lame foot</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="content">is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">or like vinegar poured on a wound,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="content">if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="content">and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will reward you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="content">is a sly tongue&#8212;which provokes a horrified look.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Better to live on a corner of the roof</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="content">than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Like cold water to a weary soul</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="content">is good news from a distant land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Like a muddied spring or a polluted well</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="content">are the righteous who give way to the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">It is not good to eat too much honey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="content">nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.25.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Like a city whose walls are broken through</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.25.28"><span class="content">is a person who lacks self-control.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">26</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="content">honor is not fitting for a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="content">an undeserved curse does not come to rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="content">and a rod for the backs of fools!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not answer a fool according to his folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="content">or you yourself will be just like him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Answer a fool according to his folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="content">or he will be wise in his own eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Sending a message by the hands of a fool</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="content">is like cutting off one&#8217;s feet or drinking poison.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Like the useless legs of one who is lame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="content">is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Like tying a stone in a sling</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="content">is the giving of honor to a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Like a thornbush in a drunkard&#8217;s hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="content">is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Like an archer who wounds at random</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="content">is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As a dog returns to its vomit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="content">so fools repeat their folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Do you see a person wise in their own eyes?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="content">There is more hope for a fool than for them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A sluggard says, &#8220;There&#8217;s a lion in the road,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="content">a fierce lion roaming the streets!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">As a door turns on its hinges,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="content">so a sluggard turns on his bed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="content">he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="content">than seven people who answer discreetly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="content">is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Like a maniac shooting</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="content">flaming arrows of death</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">is one who deceives their neighbor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="content">and says, &#8220;I was only joking!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Without wood a fire goes out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="content">without a gossip a quarrel dies down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="content">so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="content">they go down to the inmost parts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="content">are fervent</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:23 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">smooth</span></span></span><span class="content"> lips with an evil heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Enemies disguise themselves with their lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="content">but in their hearts they harbor deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Though their speech is charming, do not believe them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="content">for seven abominations fill their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Their malice may be concealed by deception,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="content">but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Whoever digs a pit will fall into it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="content">if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A lying tongue hates those it hurts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="content">and a flattering mouth works ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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