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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jonah Flees From the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JON.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to Jonah son of Amittai: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JON.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JON.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JON.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But Jonah ran away from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JON.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JON.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JON.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JON.1.5"><span class="content">But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JON.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The captain went to him and said, &#8220;How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JON.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JON.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then the sailors said to each other, &#8220;Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.&#8221; They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JON.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So they asked him, &#8220;Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What kind of work do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JON.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JON.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;I am a Hebrew and I worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JON.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JON.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This terrified them and they asked, &#8220;What have you done?&#8221; (They knew he was running away from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, because he had already told them so.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JON.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JON.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, &#8220;What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JON.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JON.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Pick me up and throw me into the sea,&#8221; he replied, &#8220;and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JON.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JON.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JON.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then they cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;Please, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do not let us die for taking this man&#8217;s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have done as you pleased.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JON.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JON.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">At this the men greatly feared the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and they offered a sacrifice to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and made vows to him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jonah&#8217;s Prayer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JON.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JON.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="nb"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 2:1 is numbered 1:17, and 2:1-10 is numbered 2:2-11.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JON.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JON.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JON.2.2"><span class="content">&#8220;In my distress I called to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JON.2.2"><span class="content">and he answered me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JON.2.2"><span class="content">From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JON.2.2"><span class="content">and you listened to my cry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JON.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JON.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You hurled me into the depths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JON.2.3"><span class="content">into the very heart of the seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JON.2.3"><span class="content">and the currents swirled about me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JON.2.3"><span class="content">all your waves and breakers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JON.2.3"><span class="content">swept over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JON.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JON.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I said, &#8216;I have been banished</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JON.2.4"><span class="content">from your sight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JON.2.4"><span class="content">yet I will look again</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JON.2.4"><span class="content">toward your holy temple.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JON.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JON.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The engulfing waters threatened me,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">waters were at my throat</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JON.2.5"><span class="content">the deep surrounded me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JON.2.5"><span class="content">seaweed was wrapped around my head.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JON.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JON.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">To the roots of the mountains I sank down;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JON.2.6"><span class="content">the earth beneath barred me in forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JON.2.6"><span class="content">But you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JON.2.6"><span class="content">brought my life up from the pit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JON.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JON.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;When my life was ebbing away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JON.2.7"><span class="content">I remembered you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JON.2.7"><span class="content">and my prayer rose to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JON.2.7"><span class="content">to your holy temple.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JON.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JON.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Those who cling to worthless idols</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JON.2.8"><span class="content">turn away from God&#8217;s love for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JON.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JON.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But I, with shouts of grateful praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JON.2.9"><span class="content">will sacrifice to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JON.2.9"><span class="content">What I have vowed I will make good.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JON.2.9"><span class="content">I will say, &#8216;Salvation comes from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JON.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JON.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jonah Goes to Nineveh</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JON.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to Jonah a second time: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JON.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JON.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JON.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jonah obeyed the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JON.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jonah began by going a day&#8217;s journey into the city, proclaiming, &#8220;Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JON.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JON.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JON.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When Jonah&#8217;s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JON.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:</span></span></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JON.3.7"><span class="content">&#8220;By the decree of the king and his nobles:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JON.3.7"><span class="content">Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JON.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JON.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JON.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JON.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jonah&#8217;s Anger at the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Compassion</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JON.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JON.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He prayed to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t this what I said, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JON.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JON.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JON.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> replied, &#8220;Is it right for you to be angry?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JON.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JON.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JON.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God provided a leafy plant</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:6 </span><span class="ft">The precise identification of this plant is uncertain; also in verses 7, 9 and 10.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JON.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JON.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah&#8217;s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, &#8220;It would be better for me to die than to live.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JON.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JON.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But God said to Jonah, &#8220;Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JON.4.9"><span class="content">&#8220;It is,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I&#8217;m so angry I wish I were dead.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JON.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JON.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JON.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left&#8212;and also many animals?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Appeal Renewed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TI.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TI.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TI.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor&#8217;s crown except by competing according to the rules. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TI.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TI.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TI.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TI.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TI.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God&#8217;s word is not chained. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TI.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TI.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Here is a trustworthy saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.2.11"><span class="content">If we died with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.2.11"><span class="content">we will also live with him;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">if we endure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.2.12"><span class="content">we will also reign with him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.2.12"><span class="content">If we disown him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.2.12"><span class="content">he will also disown us;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">if we are faithless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.2.13"><span class="content">he remains faithful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.2.13"><span class="content">for he cannot disown himself.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Dealing With False Teachers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TI.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Keep reminding God&#8217;s people of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2TI.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2TI.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2TI.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">who have departed from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2TI.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, God&#8217;s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: &#8220;The Lord knows those who are his,&#8221; and, &#8220;Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2TI.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2TI.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2TI.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2TI.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2TI.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2TI.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2TI.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And the Lord&#8217;s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2TI.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2TI.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.</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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