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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Day of Disaster</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.16.1"><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 me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says about the sons and daughters born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are their fathers: </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like dung lying on the ground. They will perish by sword and famine, and their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8220;Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal; do not go to mourn or show sympathy, because I have withdrawn my blessing, my love and my pity from this people,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Both high and low will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, and no one will cut themselves or shave their head for the dead. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No one will offer food to comfort those who mourn for the dead&#8212;not even for a father or a mother&#8212;nor will anyone give them a drink to console them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;And do not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down to eat and drink. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in this place.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;When you tell these people all this and they ask you, &#8216;Why has the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">then say to them, &#8216;It is because your ancestors forsook me,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8216;and followed other gods and served and worshiped them. They forsook me and did not keep my law. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors. See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts instead of obeying me. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So I will throw you out of this land into a land neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.16.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;However, the days are coming,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;when it will no longer be said, &#8216;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">but it will be said, &#8216;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.&#8217; For I will restore them to the land I gave their ancestors.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.16.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;But now I will send for many fishermen,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I will repay them double for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land with the lifeless forms of their vile images and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my strength and my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.16.19"><span class="content">my refuge in time of distress,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.16.19"><span class="content">to you the nations will come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.16.19"><span class="content">from the ends of the earth and say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.16.19"><span class="content">&#8220;Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.16.19"><span class="content">worthless idols that did them no good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.16.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do people make their own gods?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.16.20"><span class="content">Yes, but they are not gods!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I will teach them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.16.21"><span class="content">this time I will teach them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.16.21"><span class="content">my power and might.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.16.21"><span class="content">Then they will know</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.16.21"><span class="content">that my name is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">17</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Judah&#8217;s sin is engraved with an iron tool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.17.1"><span class="content">inscribed with a flint point,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.17.1"><span class="content">on the tablets of their hearts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.17.1"><span class="content">and on the horns of their altars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.17.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Even their children remember</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.17.2"><span class="content">their altars and Asherah poles</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">17:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.17.2"><span class="content">beside the spreading trees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.17.2"><span class="content">and on the high hills.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My mountain in the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.17.3"><span class="content">and your</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">17:2,3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">hills / </span><span class="fv">3 </span><span class="fqa">and the mountains of the land. / Your</span></span></span><span class="content"> wealth and all your treasures</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.17.3"><span class="content">I will give away as plunder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.17.3"><span class="content">together with your high places,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.17.3"><span class="content">because of sin throughout your country.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Through your own fault you will lose</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.17.4"><span class="content">the inheritance I gave you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.17.4"><span class="content">I will enslave you to your enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.17.4"><span class="content">in a land you do not know,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.17.4"><span class="content">for you have kindled my anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.17.4"><span class="content">and it will burn forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.17.5"><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is the one who trusts in man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.17.5"><span class="content">who draws strength from mere flesh</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.17.5"><span class="content">and whose heart turns away from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.17.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.17.6"><span class="content">they will not see prosperity when it comes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.17.6"><span class="content">They will dwell in the parched places of the desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.17.6"><span class="content">in a salt land where no one lives.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;But blessed is the one who trusts in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.17.7"><span class="content">whose confidence is in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.17.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They will be like a tree planted by the water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.17.8"><span class="content">that sends out its roots by the stream.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.17.8"><span class="content">It does not fear when heat comes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.17.8"><span class="content">its leaves are always green.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.17.8"><span class="content">It has no worries in a year of drought</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.17.8"><span class="content">and never fails to bear fruit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The heart is deceitful above all things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.17.9"><span class="content">and beyond cure.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.17.9"><span class="content">Who can understand it?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> search the heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.17.10"><span class="content">and examine the mind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.17.10"><span class="content">to reward each person according to their conduct,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.17.10"><span class="content">according to what their deeds deserve.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.17.11"><span class="content">are those who gain riches by unjust means.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.17.11"><span class="content">When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.17.11"><span class="content">and in the end they will prove to be fools.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.17.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.17.12"><span class="content">is the place of our sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.17.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you are the hope of Israel;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.17.13"><span class="content">all who forsake you will be put to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.17.13"><span class="content">Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.17.13"><span class="content">because they have forsaken the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.17.13"><span class="content">the spring of living water.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Heal me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and I will be healed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.17.14"><span class="content">save me and I will be saved,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.17.14"><span class="content">for you are the one I praise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.17.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They keep saying to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.17.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.17.15"><span class="content">Let it now be fulfilled!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.17.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I have not run away from being your shepherd;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.17.16"><span class="content">you know I have not desired the day of despair.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.17.16"><span class="content">What passes my lips is open before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.17.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do not be a terror to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.17.17"><span class="content">you are my refuge in the day of disaster.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.17.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Let my persecutors be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.17.18"><span class="content">but keep me from shame;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.17.18"><span class="content">let them be terrified,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.17.18"><span class="content">but keep me from terror.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.17.18"><span class="content">Bring on them the day of disaster;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.17.18"><span class="content">destroy them with double destruction.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.17.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me: &#8220;Go and stand at the Gate of the People,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">17:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Army</span></span></span><span class="content"> through which the kings of Judah go in and out; stand also at all the other gates of Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Say to them, &#8216;Hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you kings of Judah and all people of Judah and everyone living in Jerusalem who come through these gates. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.17.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Be careful not to carry a load on the Sabbath day or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not bring a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your ancestors. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Yet they did not listen or pay attention; they were stiff-necked and would not listen or respond to discipline. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But if you are careful to obey me, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy by not doing any work on it, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.17.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">then kings who sit on David&#8217;s throne will come through the gates of this city with their officials. They and their officials will come riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by the men of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.17.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">People will come from the towns of Judah and the villages around Jerusalem, from the territory of Benjamin and the western foothills, from the hill country and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.17.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But if you do not obey me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in the gates of Jerusalem that will consume her fortresses.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkJHN">
      <div class="chapter ch16" data-usfm="JHN.16">
         <div class="label">16</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;All this I have told you so that you will not fall away.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, &#8216;Where are you going?&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">about sin, because people do not believe in me;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.16.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Disciples&#8217; Grief Will Turn to Joy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.16.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jesus went on to say, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.16.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">At this, some of his disciples said to one another, &#8220;What does he mean by saying, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> and </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;Because I am going to the Father&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They kept asking, &#8220;What does he mean by </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;a little while&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">? We don&#8217;t understand what he is saying.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, &#8216;In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me&#8217;?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.16.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.16.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.16.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.16.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.16.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.16.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.16.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then Jesus&#8217; disciples said, &#8220;Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.16.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.16.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.16.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you now believe?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.16.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.16.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.16.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch96" data-usfm="PSA.96">
         <div class="label">96</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 96</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.96.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a new song;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.96.1"><span class="content">sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.96.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.96.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, praise his name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.96.2"><span class="content">proclaim his salvation day after day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.96.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.96.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Declare his glory among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.96.3"><span class="content">his marvelous deeds among all peoples.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.96.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.96.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For great is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and most worthy of praise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.96.4"><span class="content">he is to be feared above all gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.96.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.96.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For all the gods of the nations are idols,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.96.5"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> made the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.96.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.96.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Splendor and majesty are before him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.96.6"><span class="content">strength and glory are in his sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.96.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.96.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Ascribe to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all you families of nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.96.7"><span class="content">ascribe to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> glory and strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.96.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.96.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Ascribe to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> the glory due his name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.96.8"><span class="content">bring an offering and come into his courts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.96.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.96.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the splendor of his</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">96:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa"><span class="nd">Lord</span> with the splendor of</span></span></span><span class="content"> holiness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.96.9"><span class="content">tremble before him, all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.96.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.96.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Say among the nations, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.96.10"><span class="content">The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.96.10"><span class="content">he will judge the peoples with equity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.96.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.96.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.96.11"><span class="content">let the sea resound, and all that is in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.96.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.96.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.96.12"><span class="content">let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.96.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.96.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Let all creation rejoice before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he comes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.96.13"><span class="content">he comes to judge the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.96.13"><span class="content">He will judge the world in righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.96.13"><span class="content">and the peoples in his faithfulness.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkPRO">
      <div class="chapter ch14" data-usfm="PRO.14">
         <div class="label">14</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The wise woman builds her house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="content">but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Whoever fears the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> walks uprightly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="content">but those who despise him are devious in their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A fool&#8217;s mouth lashes out with pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="content">but the lips of the wise protect them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="content">but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">An honest witness does not deceive,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="content">but a false witness pours out lies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="content">but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Stay away from a fool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="content">for you will not find knowledge on their lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="content">but the folly of fools is deception.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Fools mock at making amends for sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="content">but goodwill is found among the upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Each heart knows its own bitterness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="content">and no one else can share its joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The house of the wicked will be destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="content">but the tent of the upright will flourish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">There is a way that appears to be right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="content">but in the end it leads to death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Even in laughter the heart may ache,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="content">and rejoicing may end in grief.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="content">and the good rewarded for theirs.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The simple believe anything,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="content">but the prudent give thought to their steps.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The wise fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and shun evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="content">but a fool is hotheaded and yet feels secure.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A quick-tempered person does foolish things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="content">and the one who devises evil schemes is hated.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The simple inherit folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="content">but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Evildoers will bow down in the presence of the good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="content">and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="content">but the rich have many friends.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It is a sin to despise one&#8217;s neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="content">but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not those who plot evil go astray?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="content">But those who plan what is good find</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">show</span></span></span><span class="content"> love and faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">All hard work brings a profit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="content">but mere talk leads only to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The wealth of the wise is their crown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="content">but the folly of fools yields folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A truthful witness saves lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="content">but a false witness is deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Whoever fears the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a secure fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="content">and for their children it will be a refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="content">turning a person from the snares of death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A large population is a king&#8217;s glory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="content">but without subjects a prince is ruined.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Whoever is patient has great understanding,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="content">but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">A heart at peace gives life to the body,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="content">but envy rots the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="content">but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="content">but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="content">and even among fools she lets herself be known.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:33 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Righteousness exalts a nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="content">but sin condemns any people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.14.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">A king delights in a wise servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.14.35"><span class="content">but a shameful servant arouses his fury.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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