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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Opposition to the Rebuilding</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZR.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZR.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, &#8220;Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZR.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZR.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But Zerubbabel, Joshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel answered, &#8220;You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZR.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZR.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and troubled them as they built</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZR.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They bribed officials to work against them and frustrate their plans during the entire reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Later Opposition Under Xerxes and Artaxerxes</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZR.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZR.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Ahasuerus</span></span></span><span class="content"> they lodged an accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZR.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZR.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic script and in the Aramaic language.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">written in Aramaic and translated</span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:7 </span><span class="ft">The text of 4:8&#8211;6:18 is in Aramaic.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZR.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZR.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:</span></span></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZR.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZR.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary, together with the rest of their associates&#8212;the judges, officials and administrators over the people from Persia, Uruk and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZR.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and the other people whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the city of Samaria and elsewhere in Trans-Euphrates.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZR.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZR.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">(This is a copy of the letter they sent him.)</span></span></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZR.4.11"><span class="content">To King Artaxerxes,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZR.4.11"><span class="content">From your servants in Trans-Euphrates:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZR.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZR.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The king should know that the people who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring the walls and repairing the foundations.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZR.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZR.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Furthermore, the king should know that if this city is built and its walls are restored, no more taxes, tribute or duty will be paid, and eventually the royal revenues will suffer.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:13 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Aramaic for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZR.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now since we are under obligation to the palace and it is not proper for us to see the king dishonored, we are sending this message to inform the king, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZR.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">so that a search may be made in the archives of your predecessors. In these records you will find that this city is a rebellious city, troublesome to kings and provinces, a place with a long history of sedition. That is why this city was destroyed. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZR.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">We inform the king that if this city is built and its walls are restored, you will be left with nothing in Trans-Euphrates.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZR.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZR.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The king sent this reply:</span></span></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZR.4.17"><span class="content">To Rehum the commanding officer, Shimshai the secretary and the rest of their associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in Trans-Euphrates:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZR.4.17"><span class="content">Greetings.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZR.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZR.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The letter you sent us has been read and translated in my presence. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZR.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I issued an order and a search was made, and it was found that this city has a long history of revolt against kings and has been a place of rebellion and sedition. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZR.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over the whole of Trans-Euphrates, and taxes, tribute and duty were paid to them. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZR.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Now issue an order to these men to stop work, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZR.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Be careful not to neglect this matter. Why let this threat grow, to the detriment of the royal interests?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZR.4.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZR.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">As soon as the copy of the letter of King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum and Shimshai the secretary and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and compelled them by force to stop.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZR.4.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZR.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Thus the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch113" data-usfm="PSA.113">
         <div class="label">113</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 113</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.113.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">113:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.113.1"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you his servants;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.113.1"><span class="content">praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.113.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.113.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be praised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.113.2"><span class="content">both now and forevermore.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.113.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.113.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.113.3"><span class="content">the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is to be praised.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.113.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.113.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is exalted over all the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.113.4"><span class="content">his glory above the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.113.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.113.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Who is like the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.113.5"><span class="content">the One who sits enthroned on high,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.113.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.113.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">who stoops down to look</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.113.6"><span class="content">on the heavens and the earth?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.113.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.113.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He raises the poor from the dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.113.7"><span class="content">and lifts the needy from the ash heap;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.113.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.113.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">he seats them with princes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.113.8"><span class="content">with the princes of his people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.113.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.113.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He settles the childless woman in her home</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.113.9"><span class="content">as a happy mother of children.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.113.9"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch127" data-usfm="PSA.127">
         <div class="label">127</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 127</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents. Of Solomon.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.127.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Unless the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> builds the house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.127.1"><span class="content">the builders labor in vain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.127.1"><span class="content">Unless the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.127.1"><span class="content">the guards stand watch in vain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.127.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.127.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In vain you rise early</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.127.2"><span class="content">and stay up late,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.127.2"><span class="content">toiling for food to eat&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.127.2"><span class="content">for he grants sleep to</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">127:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">eat&#8212; / for while they sleep he provides for</span></span></span><span class="content"> those he loves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.127.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.127.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Children are a heritage from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.127.3"><span class="content">offspring a reward from him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.127.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.127.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Like arrows in the hands of a warrior</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.127.4"><span class="content">are children born in one&#8217;s youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.127.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.127.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Blessed is the man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.127.5"><span class="content">whose quiver is full of them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.127.5"><span class="content">They will not be put to shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.127.5"><span class="content">when they contend with their opponents in court.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch26" data-usfm="PRO.26">
         <div class="label">26</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="content">honor is not fitting for a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="content">an undeserved curse does not come to rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="content">and a rod for the backs of fools!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not answer a fool according to his folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="content">or you yourself will be just like him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Answer a fool according to his folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="content">or he will be wise in his own eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Sending a message by the hands of a fool</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="content">is like cutting off one&#8217;s feet or drinking poison.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Like the useless legs of one who is lame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="content">is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Like tying a stone in a sling</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="content">is the giving of honor to a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Like a thornbush in a drunkard&#8217;s hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="content">is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Like an archer who wounds at random</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="content">is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As a dog returns to its vomit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="content">so fools repeat their folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Do you see a person wise in their own eyes?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="content">There is more hope for a fool than for them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A sluggard says, &#8220;There&#8217;s a lion in the road,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="content">a fierce lion roaming the streets!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">As a door turns on its hinges,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="content">so a sluggard turns on his bed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="content">he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="content">than seven people who answer discreetly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="content">is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Like a maniac shooting</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="content">flaming arrows of death</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">is one who deceives their neighbor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="content">and says, &#8220;I was only joking!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Without wood a fire goes out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="content">without a gossip a quarrel dies down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="content">so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="content">they go down to the inmost parts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="content">are fervent</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:23 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">smooth</span></span></span><span class="content"> lips with an evil heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Enemies disguise themselves with their lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="content">but in their hearts they harbor deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Though their speech is charming, do not believe them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="content">for seven abominations fill their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Their malice may be concealed by deception,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="content">but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Whoever digs a pit will fall into it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="content">if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A lying tongue hates those it hurts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="content">and a flattering mouth works ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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