Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 6

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Jesus Revealed Pt. 8 - What Do You See?

Jesus Revealed Pt. 11 - I AM The Resurrection And The Life

Jesus Revealed Pt. 13 - No Greater Love

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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built these two buildings&#8212;the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and the royal palace&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, because Hiram had supplied him with all the cedar and juniper and gold he wanted. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But when Hiram went from Tyre to see the towns that Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;What kind of towns are these you have given me, my brother?&#8221; he asked. And he called them the Land of Kabul,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:13 </span><span class="fq">Kabul </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fqa">good-for-nothing.</span></span></span><span class="content"> a name they have to this day. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:14 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Solomon&#8217;s Other Activities</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and his own palace, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Huram, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Hiram</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 18</span></span></span><span class="content"> had given him, and settled Israelites in them. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites). </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these people remaining in the land&#8212;whom the Israelites had not destroyed&#8212;to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were his fighting men, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and charioteers. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They were also King Solomon&#8217;s chief officials&#8212;two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Solomon brought Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, &#8220;My wife must not live in the palace of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has entered are holy.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">On the altar of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths, the New Moons and the three annual festivals&#8212;the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day&#8217;s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They did not deviate from the king&#8217;s commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All Solomon&#8217;s work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was laid until its completion. So the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was finished.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.8.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own men, sailors who knew the sea. These, with Solomon&#8217;s men, sailed to Ophir and brought back four hundred and fifty talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:18 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 17 tons or about 15 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="1KI.9.24+1KI.9.25+1KI.9.26+1KI.9.27+1KI.9.28">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">After Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he constructed the terraces.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.9.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Three times a year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, burning incense before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> along with them, and so fulfilled the temple obligations.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.9.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">King Solomon also built ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of Reeds</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1KI.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And Hiram sent his men&#8212;sailors who knew the sea&#8212;to serve in the fleet with Solomon&#8217;s men. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They sailed to Ophir and brought back 420 talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:28 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 16 tons or about 14 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.</span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bkPRO">
        <div class="chapter ch12" data-usfm="PRO.12.8+PRO.12.9+PRO.12.10+PRO.12.11+PRO.12.12+PRO.12.13+PRO.12.14+PRO.12.15+PRO.12.16+PRO.12.17+PRO.12.18+PRO.12.19+PRO.12.20+PRO.12.21+PRO.12.22+PRO.12.23+PRO.12.24+PRO.12.25+PRO.12.26+PRO.12.27+PRO.12.28">
            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A person is praised according to their prudence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">and one with a warped mind is despised.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">than pretend to be somebody and have no food.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous care for the needs of their animals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Those who work their land will have abundant food,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">but those who chase fantasies have no sense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">but the root of the righteous endures.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">and so the innocent escape trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">and the work of their hands brings them reward.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The way of fools seems right to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">but the wise listen to advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Fools show their annoyance at once,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">but the prudent overlook an insult.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">An honest witness tells the truth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">but a false witness tells lies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The words of the reckless pierce like swords,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">but the tongue of the wise brings healing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Truthful lips endure forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">but those who promote peace have joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">No harm overtakes the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">but the wicked have their fill of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests lying lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">but he delights in people who are trustworthy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">but a fool&#8217;s heart blurts out folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Diligent hands will rule,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">but laziness ends in forced labor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Anxiety weighs down the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">but a kind word cheers it up.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The righteous choose their friends carefully,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">but the way of the wicked leads them astray.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The lazy do not roast</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:27 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> any game,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">In the way of righteousness there is life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="content">along that path is immortality.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">13</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A wise son heeds his father&#8217;s instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A sluggard&#8217;s appetite is never filled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The righteous hate what is false,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">but the wicked make themselves a stench</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">and bring shame on themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Righteousness guards the person of integrity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">but wickedness overthrows the sinner.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s riches may ransom their life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The light of the righteous shines brightly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Where there is strife, there is pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">but wisdom is found in those who take advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Dishonest money dwindles away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Hope deferred makes the heart sick,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">but whoever respects a command is rewarded.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">turning a person from the snares of death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Good judgment wins favor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:15 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All who are prudent act with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">prudent protect themselves through</span></span></span><span class="content"> knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">but fools expose their folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A wicked messenger falls into trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">but whoever heeds correction is honored.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">but fools detest turning from evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Walk with the wise and become wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">for a companion of fools suffers harm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Trouble pursues the sinner,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">but the righteous are rewarded with good things.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A good person leaves an inheritance for their children&#8217;s children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">but a sinner&#8217;s wealth is stored up for the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">An unplowed field produces food for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">but injustice sweeps it away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever spares the rod hates their children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The righteous eat to their hearts&#8217; content,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="content">but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The wise woman builds her house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="content">but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Whoever fears the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> walks uprightly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="content">but those who despise him are devious in their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A fool&#8217;s mouth lashes out with pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="content">but the lips of the wise protect them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="content">but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">An honest witness does not deceive,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="content">but a false witness pours out lies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="content">but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Stay away from a fool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="content">for you will not find knowledge on their lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="content">but the folly of fools is deception.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Fools mock at making amends for sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="content">but goodwill is found among the upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Each heart knows its own bitterness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="content">and no one else can share its joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The house of the wicked will be destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="content">but the tent of the upright will flourish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">There is a way that appears to be right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="content">but in the end it leads to death.</span></span></div>
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