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         <div class="label">29</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.29.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.29.1"><span class="content">will suddenly be destroyed&#8212;without remedy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.29.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.29.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.29.2"><span class="content">when the wicked rule, the people groan.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.29.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.29.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.29.3"><span class="content">but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.29.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.29.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">By justice a king gives a country stability,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.29.4"><span class="content">but those who are greedy for</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who give</span></span></span><span class="content"> bribes tear it down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.29.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.29.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who flatter their neighbors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.29.5"><span class="content">are spreading nets for their feet.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.29.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.29.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Evildoers are snared by their own sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.29.6"><span class="content">but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.29.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.29.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The righteous care about justice for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.29.7"><span class="content">but the wicked have no such concern.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.29.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.29.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Mockers stir up a city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.29.8"><span class="content">but the wise turn away anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.29.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.29.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If a wise person goes to court with a fool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.29.9"><span class="content">the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.29.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.29.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The bloodthirsty hate a person of integrity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.29.10"><span class="content">and seek to kill the upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.29.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.29.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Fools give full vent to their rage,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.29.11"><span class="content">but the wise bring calm in the end.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.29.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.29.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If a ruler listens to lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.29.12"><span class="content">all his officials become wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.29.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.29.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The poor and the oppressor have this in common:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.29.13"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives sight to the eyes of both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.29.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.29.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">If a king judges the poor with fairness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.29.14"><span class="content">his throne will be established forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.29.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.29.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.29.15"><span class="content">but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.29.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.29.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When the wicked thrive, so does sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.29.16"><span class="content">but the righteous will see their downfall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.29.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.29.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Discipline your children, and they will give you peace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.29.17"><span class="content">they will bring you the delights you desire.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.29.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.29.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.29.18"><span class="content">but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom&#8217;s instruction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.29.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.29.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Servants cannot be corrected by mere words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.29.19"><span class="content">though they understand, they will not respond.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.29.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.29.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do you see someone who speaks in haste?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.29.20"><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 v20" data-usfm="PRO.29.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.29.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">A servant pampered from youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.29.21"><span class="content">will turn out to be insolent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.29.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.29.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">An angry person stirs up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.29.22"><span class="content">and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.29.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.29.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Pride brings a person low,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.29.23"><span class="content">but the lowly in spirit gain honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.29.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.29.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.29.24"><span class="content">they are put under oath and dare not testify.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.29.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.29.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Fear of man will prove to be a snare,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.29.25"><span class="content">but whoever trusts in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is kept safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.29.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.29.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Many seek an audience with a ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.29.26"><span class="content">but it is from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that one gets justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.29.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.29.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The righteous detest the dishonest;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.29.27"><span class="content">the wicked detest the upright.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">42</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Rooms for the Priests</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.42.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the man led me northward into the outer court and brought me to the rooms opposite the temple courtyard and opposite the outer wall on the north side. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.42.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 175 feet long and 88 feet wide or about 53 meters long and 27 meters wide</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.42.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Both in the section twenty cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 35 feet or about 11 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the inner court and in the section opposite the pavement of the outer court, gallery faced gallery at the three levels. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.42.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In front of the rooms was an inner passageway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:4 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">and one cubit</span></span></span><span class="content"> long.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 18 feet wide and 175 feet long or about 5.3 meters wide and 53 meters long</span></span></span><span class="content"> Their doors were on the north. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.42.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Now the upper rooms were narrower, for the galleries took more space from them than from the rooms on the lower and middle floors of the building. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.42.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The rooms on the top floor had no pillars, as the courts had; so they were smaller in floor space than those on the lower and middle floors. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.42.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">There was an outer wall parallel to the rooms and the outer court; it extended in front of the rooms for fifty cubits. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.42.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">While the row of rooms on the side next to the outer court was fifty cubits long, the row on the side nearest the sanctuary was a hundred cubits long. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.42.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The lower rooms had an entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.42.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.42.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the south side</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:10 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Eastward</span></span></span><span class="content"> along the length of the wall of the outer court, adjoining the temple courtyard and opposite the outer wall, were rooms </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.42.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">with a passageway in front of them. These were like the rooms on the north; they had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions. Similar to the doorways on the north </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.42.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">were the doorways of the rooms on the south. There was a doorway at the beginning of the passageway that was parallel to the corresponding wall extending eastward, by which one enters the rooms.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.42.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.42.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then he said to me, &#8220;The north and south rooms facing the temple courtyard are the priests&#8217; rooms, where the priests who approach the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will eat the most holy offerings. There they will put the most holy offerings&#8212;the grain offerings, the sin offerings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">purification offerings</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the guilt offerings&#8212;for the place is holy. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.42.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Once the priests enter the holy precincts, they are not to go into the outer court until they leave behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they go near the places that are for the people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.42.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.42.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When he had finished measuring what was inside the temple area, he led me out by the east gate and measured the area all around: </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.42.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He measured the east side with the measuring rod; it was five hundred cubits.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:16 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint of verse 17; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">rods</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 18 and 19.</span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:16 </span><span class="ft">Five hundred cubits equal about 875 feet or about 265 meters; also in verses 17, 18 and 19.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.42.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He measured the north side; it was five hundred cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:17 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">rods</span></span></span><span class="content"> by the measuring rod. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.42.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He measured the south side; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.42.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then he turned to the west side and measured; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.42.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall around it, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Day of the Lord</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2PE.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2PE.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2PE.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2PE.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2PE.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will say, &#8220;Where is this &#8216;coming&#8217; he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2PE.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But they deliberately forget that long ago by God&#8217;s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2PE.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2PE.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2PE.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2PE.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2PE.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2PE.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2PE.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:10 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">be burned up</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2PE.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2PE.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2PE.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">as you wait eagerly for the day of God to come</span></span></span><span class="content"> That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2PE.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2PE.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2PE.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2PE.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Bear in mind that our Lord&#8217;s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2PE.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2PE.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2PE.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2PE.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.</span></span></div>
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