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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God Rejects Zedekiah&#8217;s Request</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word came to Jeremiah from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malkijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Inquire now of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for us because Nebuchadnezzar</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Nebuchadrezzar, </span><span class="ft">of which </span><span class="fqa">Nebuchadnezzar </span><span class="ft">is a variant; here and often in Jeremiah and Ezekiel</span></span></span><span class="content"> king of Babylon is attacking us. Perhaps the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will perform wonders for us as in times past so that he will withdraw from us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But Jeremiah answered them, &#8220;Tell Zedekiah, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says: I am about to turn against you the weapons of war that are in your hands, which you are using to fight the king of Babylon and the Babylonians</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 9</span></span></span><span class="content"> who are outside the wall besieging you. And I will gather them inside this city. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm in furious anger and in great wrath. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will strike down those who live in this city&#8212;both man and beast&#8212;and they will die of a terrible plague. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">After that, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the people in this city who survive the plague, sword and famine, into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will put them to the sword; he will show them no mercy or pity or compassion.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Furthermore, tell the people, &#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague. But whoever goes out and surrenders to the Babylonians who are besieging you will live; they will escape with their lives. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I have determined to do this city harm and not good, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. It will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will destroy it with fire.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Moreover, say to the royal house of Judah, &#8216;Hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to you, house of David:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Administer justice every morning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="content">rescue from the hand of the oppressor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="content">the one who has been robbed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="content">or my wrath will break out and burn like fire</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="content">because of the evil you have done&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="content">burn with no one to quench it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I am against you, Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.21.13"><span class="content">you who live above this valley</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.21.13"><span class="content">on the rocky plateau, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.21.13"><span class="content">you who say, &#8220;Who can come against us?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.21.13"><span class="content">Who can enter our refuge?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will punish you as your deeds deserve,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.21.14"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.21.14"><span class="content">I will kindle a fire in your forests</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.21.14"><span class="content">that will consume everything around you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch24" data-usfm="JER.24">
         <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Two Baskets of Figs</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After Jehoiachin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jeconiah, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoiachin</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> asked me, &#8220;What do you see, Jeremiah?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.24.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Figs,&#8221; I answered. &#8220;The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.24.4"><span class="label">4</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 v5" data-usfm="JER.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says: &#8216;Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Babylonians.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;But like the bad figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,&#8217; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8216;so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the survivors from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, a curse</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish them. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will send the sword, famine and plague against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch27" data-usfm="JER.27">
         <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judah to Serve Nebuchadnezzar</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Early in the reign of Zedekiah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:1 </span><span class="ft">A few Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also 27:3,12 and 28:1); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Jehoiakim </span><span class="ft">(Most Septuagint manuscripts do not have this verse.)</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.27.2"><span class="label">2</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;Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Give them a message for their masters and say, &#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, the God of Israel, says: &#8220;Tell this to your masters: </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All nations will serve him and his son and his grandson until the time for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.27.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;&#8198;&#8220;If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation with the sword, famine and plague, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, until I destroy it by his hand. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums or your sorcerers who tell you, &#8216;You will not serve the king of Babylon.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They prophesy lies to you that will only serve to remove you far from your lands; I will banish you and you will perish. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But if any nation will bow its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let that nation remain in its own land to till it and to live there, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah. I said, &#8220;Bow your neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and you will live. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Why will you and your people die by the sword, famine and plague with which the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has threatened any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, &#8216;You will not serve the king of Babylon,&#8217; for they are prophesying lies to you. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8216;I have not sent them,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8216;They are prophesying lies in my name. Therefore, I will banish you and you will perish, both you and the prophets who prophesy to you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.27.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then I said to the priests and all these people, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Do not listen to the prophets who say, &#8216;Very soon now the articles from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s house will be brought back from Babylon.&#8217; They are prophesying lies to you. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live. Why should this city become a ruin? </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">If they are prophets and have the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, let them plead with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty that the articles remaining in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not be taken to Babylon. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says about the pillars, the bronze Sea, the movable stands and the other articles that are left in this city, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away when he carried Jehoiachin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:20 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jeconiah, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoiachin</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">yes, this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, the God of Israel, says about the things that are left in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem: </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8216;They will be taken to Babylon and there they will remain until the day I come for them,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8216;Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1JN.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father&#8212;Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1JN.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1JN.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1JN.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1JN.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Whoever says, &#8220;I know him,&#8221; but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1JN.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But if anyone obeys his word, love for God</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">word, God&#8217;s love</span></span></span><span class="content"> is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1JN.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1JN.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1JN.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1JN.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1JN.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1JN.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brother or sister </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphos</span>) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.</span></span></span><span class="content"> is still in the darkness. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1JN.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Anyone who loves their brother and sister</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brother and sister </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphos</span>) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.</span></span></span><span class="content"> lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1JN.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Reasons for Writing</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1JN.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1JN.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I am writing to you, dear children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1JN.2.12"><span class="content">because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1JN.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I am writing to you, fathers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="content">because you know him who is from the beginning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="content">I am writing to you, young men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="content">because you have overcome the evil one.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I write to you, dear children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">because you know the Father.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">I write to you, fathers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">because you know him who is from the beginning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">I write to you, young men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">because you are strong,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">and the word of God lives in you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">and you have overcome the evil one.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">On Not Loving the World</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1JN.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">world, the Father&#8217;s love</span></span></span><span class="content"> is not in them. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1JN.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For everything in the world&#8212;the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life&#8212;comes not from the Father but from the world. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1JN.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warnings Against Denying the Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1JN.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1JN.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1JN.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1JN.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1JN.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:20 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">and you know all things</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1JN.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1JN.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist&#8212;denying the Father and the Son. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1JN.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1JN.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1JN.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1JN.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And this is what he promised us&#8212;eternal life.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1JN.2.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1JN.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1JN.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit&#8212;just as it has taught you, remain in him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Children and Sin</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1JN.2.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1JN.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1JN.2.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1JN.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">118</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 118</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.118.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.118.1"><span class="content">his love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.118.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.118.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let Israel say:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.118.2"><span class="content">&#8220;His love endures forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.118.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.118.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let the house of Aaron say:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.118.3"><span class="content">&#8220;His love endures forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.118.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.118.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Let those who fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> say:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.118.4"><span class="content">&#8220;His love endures forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.118.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.118.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When hard pressed, I cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.118.5"><span class="content">he brought me into a spacious place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.118.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.118.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is with me; I will not be afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.118.6"><span class="content">What can mere mortals do to me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.118.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.118.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is with me; he is my helper.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.118.7"><span class="content">I look in triumph on my enemies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.118.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.118.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">It is better to take refuge in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.118.8"><span class="content">than to trust in humans.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.118.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.118.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">It is better to take refuge in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.118.9"><span class="content">than to trust in princes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.118.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.118.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All the nations surrounded me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.118.10"><span class="content">but in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> I cut them down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.118.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.118.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They surrounded me on every side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.118.11"><span class="content">but in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> I cut them down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.118.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.118.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They swarmed around me like bees,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.118.12"><span class="content">but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.118.12"><span class="content">in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> I cut them down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.118.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.118.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I was pushed back and about to fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.118.13"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> helped me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.118.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.118.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my strength and my defense</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">118:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">song</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.118.14"><span class="content">he has become my salvation.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.118.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.118.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Shouts of joy and victory</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.118.15"><span class="content">resound in the tents of the righteous:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.118.15"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s right hand has done mighty things!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.118.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.118.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s right hand is lifted high;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.118.16"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s right hand has done mighty things!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.118.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.118.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will not die but live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.118.17"><span class="content">and will proclaim what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.118.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.118.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has chastened me severely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.118.18"><span class="content">but he has not given me over to death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.118.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.118.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Open for me the gates of the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.118.19"><span class="content">I will enter and give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.118.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.118.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">This is the gate of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.118.20"><span class="content">through which the righteous may enter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.118.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.118.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I will give you thanks, for you answered me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.118.21"><span class="content">you have become my salvation.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.118.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.118.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The stone the builders rejected</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.118.22"><span class="content">has become the cornerstone;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.118.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.118.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.118.23"><span class="content">and it is marvelous in our eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.118.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.118.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done it this very day;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.118.24"><span class="content">let us rejoice today and be glad.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.118.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.118.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, save us!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.118.25"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, grant us success!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.118.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.118.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Blessed is he who comes in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.118.26"><span class="content">From the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> we bless you.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">118:26 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.118.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"><span class="content">and he has made his light shine on us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"><span class="content">With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"><span class="content">up</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">118:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Bind the festal sacrifice with ropes / and take it</span></span></span><span class="content"> to the horns of the altar.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.118.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">You are my God, and I will praise you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.118.28"><span class="content">you are my God, and I will exalt you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.118.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.118.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.118.29"><span class="content">his love endures forever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand the king&#8217;s heart is a stream of water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="content">that he channels toward all who please him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A person may think their own ways are right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> weighs the heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">To do what is right and just</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="content">is more acceptable to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> than sacrifice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Haughty eyes and a proud heart&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="content">the unplowed field of the wicked&#8212;produce sin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The plans of the diligent lead to profit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="content">as surely as haste leads to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A fortune made by a lying tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="content">is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:6 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">vapor for those who seek death</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The violence of the wicked will drag them away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="content">for they refuse to do what is right.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The way of the guilty is devious,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="content">but the conduct of the innocent is upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Better to live on a corner of the roof</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="content">than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The wicked crave evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="content">their neighbors get no mercy from them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="content">by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The Righteous One</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The righteous person</span></span></span><span class="content"> takes note of the house of the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="content">and brings the wicked to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="content">will also cry out and not be answered.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">A gift given in secret soothes anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="content">and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="content">but terror to evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whoever strays from the path of prudence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="content">comes to rest in the company of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="content">whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="content">and the unfaithful for the upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Better to live in a desert</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="content">than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The wise store up choice food and olive oil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="content">but fools gulp theirs down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Whoever pursues righteousness and love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="content">finds life, prosperity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">righteousness</span></span></span><span class="content"> and honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="content">and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Those who guard their mouths and their tongues</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="content">keep themselves from calamity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The proud and arrogant person&#8212;&#8220;Mocker&#8221; is his name&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="content">behaves with insolent fury.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="content">because his hands refuse to work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">All day long he craves for more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="content">but the righteous give without sparing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="content">how much more so when brought with evil intent!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A false witness will perish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="content">but a careful listener will testify successfully.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The wicked put up a bold front,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="content">but the upright give thought to their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="content">that can succeed against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.21.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The horse is made ready for the day of battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.21.31"><span class="content">but victory rests with 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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