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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="2PE.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2PE.1.1"><span class="content">To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2PE.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2PE.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Confirming One&#8217;s Calling and Election</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2PE.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2PE.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2PE.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2PE.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2PE.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2PE.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2PE.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2PE.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2PE.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2PE.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2PE.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore, my brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:10 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family.</span></span></span><span class="content"> make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2PE.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Prophecy of Scripture</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2PE.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2PE.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2PE.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2PE.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2PE.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2PE.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2PE.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2PE.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, &#8220;This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">Matt. 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2PE.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2PE.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2PE.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2PE.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet&#8217;s own interpretation of things. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2PE.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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