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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TI.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TI.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TI.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TI.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TI.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TI.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:6 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family.</span></span></span><span class="content"> you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TI.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives&#8217; tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TI.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TI.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TI.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Command and teach these things. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TI.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TI.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TI.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TI.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TI.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Widows, Elders and Slaves</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TI.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TI.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TI.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TI.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TI.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TI.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Give the people these instructions, so that no one may be open to blame. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TI.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TI.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TI.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord&#8217;s people, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TI.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As for younger widows, do not put them on such a list. For when their sensual desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to marry. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TI.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Thus they bring judgment on themselves, because they have broken their first pledge. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TI.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TI.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TI.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Some have in fact already turned away to follow Satan.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TI.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If any woman who is a believer has widows in her care, she should continue to help them and not let the church be burdened with them, so that the church can help those widows who are really in need.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1TI.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1TI.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For Scripture says, &#8220;Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:18 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 25:4</span></span></span><span class="content"> and &#8220;The worker deserves his wages.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:18 </span><span class="ft">Luke 10:7</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1TI.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1TI.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But those elders who are sinning you are to reprove before everyone, so that the others may take warning. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1TI.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of favoritism.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1TI.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1TI.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1TI.5.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1TI.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1TI.5.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1TI.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1TI.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even those that are not obvious cannot remain hidden forever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TH.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, Silas</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Silvanus</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Silas</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Timothy,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TH.1.1"><span class="content">To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TH.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TH.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanksgiving and Prayer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TH.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TH.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 2:1, 13, 15; 3:1, 6, 13.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TH.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Therefore, among God&#8217;s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TH.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TH.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">All this is evidence that God&#8217;s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TH.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TH.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TH.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TH.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TH.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TH.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TH.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TH.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">God and Lord, Jesus Christ</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Man of Lawlessness</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TH.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TH.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us&#8212;whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter&#8212;asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TH.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">sin</span></span></span><span class="content"> is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TH.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God&#8217;s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TH.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TH.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TH.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TH.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TH.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TH.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TH.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TH.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TH.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Stand Firm</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TH.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TH.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:13 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">because from the beginning God chose you</span></span></span><span class="content"> to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TH.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TH.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TH.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings</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">traditions</span></span></span><span class="content"> we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TH.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2TH.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2TH.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Request for Prayer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TH.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As for other matters, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TH.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not everyone has faith. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TH.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TH.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TH.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May the Lord direct your hearts into God&#8217;s love and Christ&#8217;s perseverance.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against Idleness</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TH.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TH.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teaching</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">tradition</span></span></span><span class="content"> you received from us. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TH.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TH.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">nor did we eat anyone&#8217;s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TH.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TH.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: &#8220;The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TH.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TH.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TH.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TH.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TH.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TH.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them, in order that they may feel ashamed. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TH.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TH.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2TH.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2TH.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2TH.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand, which is the distinguishing mark in all my letters. This is how I write.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2TH.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2TH.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">29</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.29.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.29.1"><span class="content">will suddenly be destroyed&#8212;without remedy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.29.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.29.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.29.2"><span class="content">when the wicked rule, the people groan.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.29.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.29.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.29.3"><span class="content">but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.29.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.29.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">By justice a king gives a country stability,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.29.4"><span class="content">but those who are greedy for</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who give</span></span></span><span class="content"> bribes tear it down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.29.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.29.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who flatter their neighbors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.29.5"><span class="content">are spreading nets for their feet.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.29.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.29.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Evildoers are snared by their own sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.29.6"><span class="content">but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.29.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.29.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The righteous care about justice for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.29.7"><span class="content">but the wicked have no such concern.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.29.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.29.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Mockers stir up a city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.29.8"><span class="content">but the wise turn away anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.29.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.29.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If a wise person goes to court with a fool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.29.9"><span class="content">the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.29.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.29.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The bloodthirsty hate a person of integrity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.29.10"><span class="content">and seek to kill the upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.29.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.29.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Fools give full vent to their rage,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.29.11"><span class="content">but the wise bring calm in the end.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.29.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.29.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If a ruler listens to lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.29.12"><span class="content">all his officials become wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.29.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.29.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The poor and the oppressor have this in common:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.29.13"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives sight to the eyes of both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.29.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.29.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">If a king judges the poor with fairness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.29.14"><span class="content">his throne will be established forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.29.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.29.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.29.15"><span class="content">but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.29.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.29.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When the wicked thrive, so does sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.29.16"><span class="content">but the righteous will see their downfall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.29.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.29.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Discipline your children, and they will give you peace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.29.17"><span class="content">they will bring you the delights you desire.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.29.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.29.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.29.18"><span class="content">but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom&#8217;s instruction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.29.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.29.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Servants cannot be corrected by mere words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.29.19"><span class="content">though they understand, they will not respond.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.29.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.29.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do you see someone who speaks in haste?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.29.20"><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 v20" data-usfm="PRO.29.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.29.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">A servant pampered from youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.29.21"><span class="content">will turn out to be insolent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.29.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.29.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">An angry person stirs up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.29.22"><span class="content">and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.29.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.29.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Pride brings a person low,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.29.23"><span class="content">but the lowly in spirit gain honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.29.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.29.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.29.24"><span class="content">they are put under oath and dare not testify.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.29.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.29.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Fear of man will prove to be a snare,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.29.25"><span class="content">but whoever trusts in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is kept safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.29.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.29.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Many seek an audience with a ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.29.26"><span class="content">but it is from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that one gets justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.29.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.29.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The righteous detest the dishonest;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.29.27"><span class="content">the wicked detest the upright.</span></span></div>
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