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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Cleansing From Sin</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;On that day, I will banish the names of the idols from the land, and they will be remembered no more,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. &#8220;I will remove both the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, &#8216;You must die, because you have told lies in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s name.&#8217; Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;On that day every prophet will be ashamed of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet&#8217;s garment of hair in order to deceive. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Each will say, &#8216;I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">farmer; a man sold me in my youth</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">If someone asks, &#8216;What are these wounds on your body</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">wounds between your hands</span></span></span><span class="content">?&#8217; they will answer, &#8216;The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Awake, sword, against my shepherd,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.13.7"><span class="content">against the man who is close to me!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.13.7"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.13.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Strike the shepherd,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.13.7"><span class="content">and the sheep will be scattered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.13.7"><span class="content">and I will turn my hand against the little ones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In the whole land,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.13.8"><span class="content">&#8220;two-thirds will be struck down and perish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.13.8"><span class="content">yet one-third will be left in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This third I will put into the fire;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.13.9"><span class="content">I will refine them like silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.13.9"><span class="content">and test them like gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.13.9"><span class="content">They will call on my name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.13.9"><span class="content">and I will answer them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.13.9"><span class="content">I will say, &#8216;They are my people,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.13.9"><span class="content">and they will say, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is our God.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Comes and Reigns</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fv">5 </span><span class="fqa">My mountain valley will be blocked and will extend to Azel. It will be blocked as it was blocked because of the earthquake</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It will be a unique day&#8212;a day known only to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and his name the only name.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The whole land, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up high from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">It will be inhabited; never again will it be destroyed. Jerusalem will be secure.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.14.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This is the plague with which the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">On that day people will be stricken by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with great panic. They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Judah too will fight at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected&#8212;great quantities of gold and silver and clothing. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">A similar plague will strike the horses and mules, the camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.14.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, they will have no rain. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEC.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">part, then the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEC.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEC.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEC.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">On that day </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Holy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s house will be like the sacred bowls in front of the altar. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ZEC.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">merchant</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Lost Sheep</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, &#8220;This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Jesus told them this parable: </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn&#8217;t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, &#8216;Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Lost Coin</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">15:8 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">ten drachmas, </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">each worth about a day&#8217;s wages</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and loses one. Doesn&#8217;t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, &#8216;Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Lost Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.15.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jesus continued: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;There was a man who had two sons.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The younger one said to his father, &#8216;Father, give me my share of the estate.&#8217; So he divided his property between them.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.15.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When he came to his senses, he said, &#8216;How many of my father&#8217;s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So he got up and went to his father.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.15.20"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.15.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The son said to him, &#8216;Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.15.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But the father said to his servants, &#8216;Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let&#8217;s have a feast and celebrate.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.&#8217; So they began to celebrate.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.15.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;Your brother has come,&#8217; he replied, &#8216;and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.15.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But he answered his father, &#8216;Look! All these years I&#8217;ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.15.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;My son,&#8217; the father said, &#8216;you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">147</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 147</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><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">147:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 20</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><span class="content">How good it is to sing praises to our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><span class="content">how pleasant and fitting to praise him!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.147.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> builds up Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.147.2"><span class="content">he gathers the exiles of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.147.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.147.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He heals the brokenhearted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.147.3"><span class="content">and binds up their wounds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.147.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.147.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He determines the number of the stars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.147.4"><span class="content">and calls them each by name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.147.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.147.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Great is our Lord and mighty in power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.147.5"><span class="content">his understanding has no limit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.147.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sustains the humble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.6"><span class="content">but casts the wicked to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.147.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with grateful praise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.147.7"><span class="content">make music to our God on the harp.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.147.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.147.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He covers the sky with clouds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.147.8"><span class="content">he supplies the earth with rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.147.8"><span class="content">and makes grass grow on the hills.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.147.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.147.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He provides food for the cattle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.147.9"><span class="content">and for the young ravens when they call.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.147.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.147.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.147.10"><span class="content">nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.147.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> delights in those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.11"><span class="content">who put their hope in his unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.147.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Extol the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.147.12"><span class="content">praise your God, Zion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.147.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.147.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He strengthens the bars of your gates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.147.13"><span class="content">and blesses your people within you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.147.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.147.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He grants peace to your borders</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.147.14"><span class="content">and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.147.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.147.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He sends his command to the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.147.15"><span class="content">his word runs swiftly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.147.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.147.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He spreads the snow like wool</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.147.16"><span class="content">and scatters the frost like ashes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.147.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.147.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He hurls down his hail like pebbles.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.147.17"><span class="content">Who can withstand his icy blast?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.147.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He sends his word and melts them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.18"><span class="content">he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.147.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He has revealed his word to Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.147.19"><span class="content">his laws and decrees to Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.147.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He has done this for no other nation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.20"><span class="content">they do not know his laws.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">147:20 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">nation; / he has not made his laws known to them</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.20"><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="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Moral Benefits of Wisdom</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, if you accept my words</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="content">and store up my commands within you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">turning your ear to wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="content">and applying your heart to understanding&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">indeed, if you call out for insight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="content">and cry aloud for understanding,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and if you look for it as for silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="content">and search for it as for hidden treasure,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">then you will understand the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"><span class="content">and find the knowledge of God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="content">from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He holds success in store for the upright,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="content">he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">for he guards the course of the just</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="content">and protects the way of his faithful ones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then you will understand what is right and just</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="content">and fair&#8212;every good path.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For wisdom will enter your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="content">and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Discretion will protect you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="content">and understanding will guard you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="content">from men whose words are perverse,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">who have left the straight paths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="content">to walk in dark ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">who delight in doing wrong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="content">and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">whose paths are crooked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="content">and who are devious in their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="content">from the wayward woman with her seductive words,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">who has left the partner of her youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="content">and ignored the covenant she made before God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">covenant of her God</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Surely her house leads down to death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="content">and her paths to the spirits of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">None who go to her return</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="content">or attain the paths of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Thus you will walk in the ways of the good</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="content">and keep to the paths of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For the upright will live in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="content">and the blameless will remain in it;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">but the wicked will be cut off from the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.2.22"><span class="content">and the unfaithful will be torn from it.</span></span></div>
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