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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Healing at the Pool</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:2 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Bethzatha</span><span class="ft">; other manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Bethsaida</span></span></span><span class="content"> and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Here a great number of disabled people used to lie&#8212;the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.5.4"><span class="label">[4]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:3,4 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, </span><span class="fqa">paralyzed&#8212;and they waited for the moving of the waters. </span><span class="fv">4 </span><span class="fqa">From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you want to get well?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Sir,&#8221; the invalid replied, &#8220;I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.5.9"><span class="content">The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and so the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, &#8220;It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But he replied, &#8220;The man who made me well said to me, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;Pick up your mat and walk.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> &#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So they asked him, &#8220;Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The man went away and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Authority of the Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In his defense Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Jesus gave them this answer: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.5.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.5.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.5.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.5.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and come out&#8212;those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.5.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Testimonies About Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.5.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.5.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.5.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is true.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.5.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.5.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.5.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.5.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.5.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.5.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to finish&#8212;the very works that I am doing&#8212;testify that the Father has sent me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.5.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.5.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.5.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You study</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:39 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fv">39 </span><span class="fqa">Study</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.5.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">yet you refuse to come to me to have life.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.5.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.5.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I do not accept glory from human beings,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.5.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.5.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have come in my Father&#8217;s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.5.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:44 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">the Only One</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">?</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.5.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.5.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.5.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.5.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Better the poor whose walk is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="content">than a fool whose lips are perverse.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Desire without knowledge is not good&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="content">how much more will hasty feet miss the way!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s own folly leads to their ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="content">yet their heart rages against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Wealth attracts many friends,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="content">but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A false witness will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="content">and whoever pours out lies will not go free.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Many curry favor with a ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="content">and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The poor are shunned by all their relatives&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">how much more do their friends avoid them!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">Though the poor pursue them with pleading,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">they are nowhere to be found.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The one who gets wisdom loves life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="content">the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A false witness will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="content">and whoever pours out lies will perish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="content">how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s wisdom yields patience;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="content">it is to one&#8217;s glory to overlook an offense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">A king&#8217;s rage is like the roar of a lion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="content">but his favor is like dew on the grass.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A foolish child is a father&#8217;s ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">and a quarrelsome wife is like</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">the constant dripping of a leaky roof.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="content">but a prudent wife is from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Laziness brings on deep sleep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="content">and the shiftless go hungry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="content">but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="content">and he will reward them for what they have done.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="content">do not be a willing party to their death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="content">rescue them, and you will have to do it again.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Listen to advice and accept discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="content">and at the end you will be counted among the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Many are the plans in a person&#8217;s heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="content">but it is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s purpose that prevails.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">What a person desires is unfailing love</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Greed is a person&#8217;s shame</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="content">better to be poor than a liar.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> leads to life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="content">then one rests content, untouched by trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="content">he will not even bring it back to his mouth!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="content">rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="content">is a child who brings shame and disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Stop listening to instruction, my son,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="content">and you will stray from the words of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A corrupt witness mocks at justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="content">and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Penalties are prepared for mockers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.19.29"><span class="content">and beatings for the backs of fools.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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