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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and, being assembled together with </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them</span></span><span class="content">, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">wait for the promise of the Father, which,</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">saith he</span></span><span class="content">, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">ye have heard of me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And he said unto them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Jud&#230;a, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Church in Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James </span><span class="add"><span class="content">the son</span></span><span class="content"> of Alph&#230;us, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas </span><span class="add"><span class="content">the brother</span></span><span class="content"> of James. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Peter's Speech</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Men </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For it is written in the book of Psalms,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">Let his habitation be desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">And let no man dwell therein:</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">and</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">His bishoprick let another take.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content">, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galil&#230;ans? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Jud&#230;a, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Peter's Explanation</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Jud&#230;a, and all </span><span class="add"><span class="content">ye</span></span><span class="content"> that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is </span><span class="add"><span class="content">but</span></span><span class="content"> the third hour of the day. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.2.17"><span class="content">I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.2.17"><span class="content">And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.2.17"><span class="content">And your young men shall see visions,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.2.17"><span class="content">And your old men shall dream dreams:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And on my servants and on my handmaidens</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.2.18"><span class="content">I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And I will shew wonders in heaven above,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.2.19"><span class="content">And signs in the earth beneath;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.2.19"><span class="content">Blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The sun shall be turned into darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.2.20"><span class="content">And the moon into blood,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.2.20"><span class="content">Before that great and notable</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.2.20"><span class="content">Day of the Lord come:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And it shall come to pass, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">For David speaketh concerning him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.2.25"><span class="content">I foresaw the Lord always before my face,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.2.25"><span class="content">For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.2.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.2.26"><span class="content">Moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.2.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.2.27"><span class="content">Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.2.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Thou hast made known to me the ways of life;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.2.28"><span class="content">Thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.2.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Men </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">he seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.2.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.2.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.2.34"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.2.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.2.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Until I make thy foes thy footstool.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.2.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.2.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.2.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.2.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Now when they heard </span><span class="add"><span class="content">this</span></span><span class="content">, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> brethren, what shall we do? </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ACT.2.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.2.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">even</span></span><span class="content"> as many as the Lord our God shall call. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.2.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.2.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.2.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added </span><span class="add"><span class="content">unto them</span></span><span class="content"> about three thousand souls. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="ACT.2.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="ACT.2.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="ACT.2.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="ACT.2.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">And all that believed were together, and had all things common; </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="ACT.2.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content">, as every man had need. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="ACT.2.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="ACT.2.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.</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="PRO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">To know wisdom and instruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">To perceive the words of understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">To receive the instruction of wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">Justice, and judgment, and equity;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">To give subtilty to the simple,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">To the young man knowledge and discretion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> will hear, and will increase learning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">And a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">To understand a proverb, and the interpretation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the beginning of knowledge:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> fools despise wisdom and instruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">My son, hear the instruction of thy father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">And forsake not the law of thy mother:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For they </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> an ornament of grace unto thy head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">And chains about thy neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My son, if sinners entice thee,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">Consent thou not.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Let us swallow them up alive as the grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">And whole, as those that go down into the pit:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">We shall find all precious substance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">We shall fill our houses with spoil:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Cast in thy lot among us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">Let us all have one purse:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My son, walk not thou in the way with them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">Refrain thy foot from their path:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For their feet run to evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">And make haste to shed blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Surely in vain the net is spread</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">In the sight of any bird.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And they lay wait for their </span><span class="add"><span class="content">own</span></span><span class="content"> blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">They lurk privily for their </span><span class="add"><span class="content">own</span></span><span class="content"> lives.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Which</span></span><span class="content"> taketh away the life of the owners thereof.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">The Cry of Wisdom</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Wisdom crieth without;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">She uttereth her voice in the streets:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">In the city she uttereth her words, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">saying</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">And the scorners delight in their scorning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">And fools hate knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Turn you at my reproof:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">Behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">I will make known my words unto you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Because I have called, and ye refused;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But ye have set at nought all my counsel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">And would none of my reproof:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I also will laugh at your calamity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">I will mock when your fear cometh;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When your fear cometh as desolation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">And your destruction cometh as a whirlwind;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">When distress and anguish cometh upon you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">They shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">For that they hated knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">And did not choose the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They would none of my counsel:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">They despised all my reproof.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">And be filled with their own devices.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For the turning away of the simple shall slay them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="content">And shall be quiet from fear of evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">2</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 thou wilt receive my words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="content">And hide my commandments with thee;</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">So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> apply thine heart to understanding;</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">Yea, if thou criest after knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> liftest up thy voice 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">If thou seekest her as silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="content">And searchest for her as </span><span class="add"><span class="content">for</span></span><span class="content"> hid treasures;</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 shalt thou understand the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="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"> giveth wisdom:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="content">Out of his mouth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">cometh</span></span><span class="content"> 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 layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">He is</span></span><span class="content"> a buckler to them that walk uprightly.</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">He keepeth the paths of judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="content">And preserveth the way of his saints.</span></span></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 shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="content">And equity; </span><span class="add"><span class="content">yea</span></span><span class="content">, 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">When wisdom entereth into thine heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="content">And knowledge is pleasant unto thy 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 shall preserve thee,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="content">Understanding shall keep thee:</span></span></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">To deliver thee from the way of the evil </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="content">From the man that speaketh froward things;</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 leave the paths of uprightness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="content">To walk in the ways of darkness;</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 rejoice to do evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> delight in the frowardness of the wicked;</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 ways </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> crooked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">they</span></span><span class="content"> froward in their paths:</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">To deliver thee from the strange woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Even</span></span><span class="content"> from the stranger </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> flattereth with her 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">Which forsaketh the guide of her youth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="content">And forgetteth the covenant of her God.</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">For her house inclineth unto death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="content">And her paths unto 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 that go unto her return again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="content">Neither take they hold of 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">That thou mayest walk in the way of good </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="content">And keep 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 shall dwell in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="content">And the perfect shall 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 shall be cut off from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.2.22"><span class="content">And the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.</span></span></div><div 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