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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Regulations About Defiling Skin Diseases</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LEV.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses and Aaron, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LEV.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;When anyone has a swelling or a rash or a shiny spot on their skin that may be a defiling skin disease,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew word for </span><span class="fq">defiling skin disease</span><span class="ft">, traditionally translated &#8220;leprosy,&#8221; was used for various diseases affecting the skin; here and throughout verses 3-46.</span></span></span><span class="content"> they must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">descendants</span></span></span><span class="content"> who is a priest. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LEV.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The priest is to examine the sore on the skin, and if the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling skin disease. When the priest examines that person, he shall pronounce them ceremonially unclean. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LEV.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">If the shiny spot on the skin is white but does not appear to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest is to isolate the affected person for seven days. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LEV.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">On the seventh day the priest is to examine them, and if he sees that the sore is unchanged and has not spread in the skin, he is to isolate them for another seven days. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LEV.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On the seventh day the priest is to examine them again, and if the sore has faded and has not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce them clean; it is only a rash. They must wash their clothes, and they will be clean. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LEV.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But if the rash does spread in their skin after they have shown themselves to the priest to be pronounced clean, they must appear before the priest again. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LEV.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The priest is to examine that person, and if the rash has spread in the skin, he shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LEV.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LEV.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;When anyone has a defiling skin disease, they must be brought to the priest. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LEV.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The priest is to examine them, and if there is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white and if there is raw flesh in the swelling, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LEV.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">it is a chronic skin disease and the priest shall pronounce them unclean. He is not to isolate them, because they are already unclean.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LEV.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LEV.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;If the disease breaks out all over their skin and, so far as the priest can see, it covers all the skin of the affected person from head to foot, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LEV.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">the priest is to examine them, and if the disease has covered their whole body, he shall pronounce them clean. Since it has all turned white, they are clean. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LEV.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But whenever raw flesh appears on them, they will be unclean. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LEV.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When the priest sees the raw flesh, he shall pronounce them unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; they have a defiling disease. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LEV.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If the raw flesh changes and turns white, they must go to the priest. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LEV.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The priest is to examine them, and if the sores have turned white, the priest shall pronounce the affected person clean; then they will be clean.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LEV.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LEV.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;When someone has a boil on their skin and it heals, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LEV.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and in the place where the boil was, a white swelling or reddish-white spot appears, they must present themselves to the priest. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LEV.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The priest is to examine it, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce that person unclean. It is a defiling skin disease that has broken out where the boil was. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LEV.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But if, when the priest examines it, there is no white hair in it and it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then the priest is to isolate them for seven days. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LEV.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">If it is spreading in the skin, the priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling disease. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LEV.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread, it is only a scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce them clean.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LEV.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LEV.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;When someone has a burn on their skin and a reddish-white or white spot appears in the raw flesh of the burn, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LEV.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">the priest is to examine the spot, and if the hair in it has turned white, and it appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LEV.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot and if it is not more than skin deep and has faded, then the priest is to isolate them for seven days. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LEV.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">On the seventh day the priest is to examine that person, and if it is spreading in the skin, the priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LEV.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">If, however, the spot is unchanged and has not spread in the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce them clean; it is only a scar from the burn.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LEV.13.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LEV.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;If a man or woman has a sore on their head or chin, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LEV.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">the priest is to examine the sore, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease on the head or chin. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LEV.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But if, when the priest examines the sore, it does not seem to be more than skin deep and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to isolate the affected person for seven days. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LEV.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">On the seventh day the priest is to examine the sore, and if it has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it and it does not appear to be more than skin deep, </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LEV.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">then the man or woman must shave themselves, except for the affected area, and the priest is to keep them isolated another seven days. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LEV.13.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">On the seventh day the priest is to examine the sore, and if it has not spread in the skin and appears to be no more than skin deep, the priest shall pronounce them clean. They must wash their clothes, and they will be clean. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LEV.13.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">But if the sore does spread in the skin after they are pronounced clean, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LEV.13.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">the priest is to examine them, and if he finds that the sore has spread in the skin, he does not need to look for yellow hair; they are unclean. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LEV.13.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">If, however, the sore is unchanged so far as the priest can see, and if black hair has grown in it, the affected person is healed. They are clean, and the priest shall pronounce them clean.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LEV.13.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LEV.13.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">&#8220;When a man or woman has white spots on the skin, </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LEV.13.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">the priest is to examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; they are clean.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LEV.13.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LEV.13.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">&#8220;A man who has lost his hair and is bald is clean. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LEV.13.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">If he has lost his hair from the front of his scalp and has a bald forehead, he is clean. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LEV.13.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">But if he has a reddish-white sore on his bald head or forehead, it is a defiling disease breaking out on his head or forehead. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LEV.13.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">The priest is to examine him, and if the swollen sore on his head or forehead is reddish-white like a defiling skin disease, </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LEV.13.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">the man is diseased and is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him unclean because of the sore on his head.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LEV.13.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LEV.13.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">&#8220;Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes, let their hair be unkempt,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:45 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">clothes, uncover their head</span></span></span><span class="content"> cover the lower part of their face and cry out, &#8216;Unclean! Unclean!&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LEV.13.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">As long as they have the disease they remain unclean. They must live alone; they must live outside the camp.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Regulations About Defiling Molds</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LEV.13.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LEV.13.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for any fabric that is spoiled with a defiling mold&#8212;any woolen or linen clothing, </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LEV.13.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">any woven or knitted material of linen or wool, any leather or anything made of leather&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LEV.13.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">if the affected area in the fabric, the leather, the woven or knitted material, or any leather article, is greenish or reddish, it is a defiling mold and must be shown to the priest. </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LEV.13.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">The priest is to examine the affected area and isolate the article for seven days. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LEV.13.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">On the seventh day he is to examine it, and if the mold has spread in the fabric, the woven or knitted material, or the leather, whatever its use, it is a persistent defiling mold; the article is unclean. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LEV.13.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">He must burn the fabric, the woven or knitted material of wool or linen, or any leather article that has been spoiled; because the defiling mold is persistent, the article must be burned.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LEV.13.52"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LEV.13.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">&#8220;But if, when the priest examines it, the mold has not spread in the fabric, the woven or knitted material, or the leather article, </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LEV.13.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">he shall order that the spoiled article be washed. Then he is to isolate it for another seven days. </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LEV.13.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">After the article has been washed, the priest is to examine it again, and if the mold has not changed its appearance, even though it has not spread, it is unclean. Burn it, no matter which side of the fabric has been spoiled. </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="LEV.13.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">If, when the priest examines it, the mold has faded after the article has been washed, he is to tear the spoiled part out of the fabric, the leather, or the woven or knitted material. </span></span><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="LEV.13.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">But if it reappears in the fabric, in the woven or knitted material, or in the leather article, it is a spreading mold; whatever has the mold must be burned. </span></span><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="LEV.13.58"><span class="label">58</span><span class="content">Any fabric, woven or knitted material, or any leather article that has been washed and is rid of the mold, must be washed again. Then it will be clean.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="LEV.13.58"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="LEV.13.59"><span class="label">59</span><span class="content">These are the regulations concerning defiling molds in woolen or linen clothing, woven or knitted material, or any leather article, for pronouncing them clean or unclean.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 15</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who may dwell in your sacred tent?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.15.1"><span class="content">Who may live on your holy mountain?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The one whose walk is blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="content">who does what is righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="content">who speaks the truth from their heart;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">whose tongue utters no slander,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="content">who does no wrong to a neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="content">and casts no slur on others;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">who despises a vile person</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">but honors those who fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">who keeps an oath even when it hurts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">and does not change their mind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">who lends money to the poor without interest;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="content">who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="content">Whoever does these things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="content">will never be shaken.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 16</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Keep me safe, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"><span class="content">for in you I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I say to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;You are my Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.16.2"><span class="content">apart from you I have no good thing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.16.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I say of the holy people who are in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.16.3"><span class="content">&#8220;They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.16.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="content">I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="content">or take up their names on my lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you alone are my portion and my cup;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.16.5"><span class="content">you make my lot secure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.16.6"><span class="content">surely I have a delightful inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who counsels me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.16.7"><span class="content">even at night my heart instructs me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I keep my eyes always on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.16.8"><span class="content">With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.16.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.16.9"><span class="content">my body also will rest secure,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.16.10"><span class="content">nor will you let your faithful</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">holy</span></span></span><span class="content"> one see decay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.16.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You make known to me the path of life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.16.11"><span class="content">you will fill me with joy in your presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.16.11"><span class="content">with eternal pleasures at your right hand.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do not boast about tomorrow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"><span class="content">for you do not know what a day may bring.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"><span class="content">an outsider, and not your own lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Stone is heavy and sand a burden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"><span class="content">but a fool&#8217;s provocation is heavier than both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"><span class="content">but who can stand before jealousy?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Better is open rebuke</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"><span class="content">than hidden love.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Wounds from a friend can be trusted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"><span class="content">but an enemy multiplies kisses.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">One who is full loathes honey from the comb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"><span class="content">but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Like a bird that flees its nest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"><span class="content">is anyone who flees from home.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="content">and the pleasantness of a friend</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="content">springs from their heartfelt advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="content">and do not go to your relative&#8217;s house when disaster strikes you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="content">better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"><span class="content">then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The prudent see danger and take refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"><span class="content">but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"><span class="content">hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"><span class="content">it will be taken as a curse.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.27.15"><span class="content">of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.27.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">restraining her is like restraining the wind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"><span class="content">or grasping oil with the hand.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">As iron sharpens iron,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"><span class="content">so one person sharpens another.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"><span class="content">and whoever protects their master will be honored.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">As water reflects the face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"><span class="content">so one&#8217;s life reflects the heart.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">so others reflect your heart back to you</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Death and Destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:20 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Abaddon</span></span></span><span class="content"> are never satisfied,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"><span class="content">and neither are human eyes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"><span class="content">but people are tested by their praise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Though you grind a fool in a mortar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="content">grinding them like grain with a pestle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="content">you will not remove their folly from them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.27.23"><span class="content">give careful attention to your herds;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.27.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.27.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">for riches do not endure forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.27.24"><span class="content">and a crown is not secure for all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.27.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.27.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When the hay is removed and new growth appears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.27.25"><span class="content">and the grass from the hills is gathered in,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.27.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.27.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">the lambs will provide you with clothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.27.26"><span class="content">and the goats with the price of a field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.27.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.27.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">You will have plenty of goats&#8217; milk to feed your family</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.27.27"><span class="content">and to nourish your female servants.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TH.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, Silas</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Silvanus</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Silas</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Timothy,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TH.1.1"><span class="content">To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TH.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TH.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanksgiving and Prayer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TH.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TH.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </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; also in 2:1, 13, 15; 3:1, 6, 13.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TH.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Therefore, among God&#8217;s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TH.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TH.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">All this is evidence that God&#8217;s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TH.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TH.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TH.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TH.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TH.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TH.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TH.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TH.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">God and Lord, Jesus Christ</span></span></span></span></div>
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