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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Trial Before Felix</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Five days later the high priest Ananias went down to Caesarea with some of the elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, and they brought their charges against Paul before the governor. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When Paul was called in, Tertullus presented his case before Felix: &#8220;We have enjoyed a long period of peace under you, and your foresight has brought about reforms in this nation. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Everywhere and in every way, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with profound gratitude. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But in order not to weary you further, I would request that you be kind enough to hear us briefly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.24.7"><span class="label">[7]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:6-7 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here </span><span class="fqa">him, and we would have judged him in accordance with our law. </span><span class="fv">7 </span><span class="fqa">But the commander Lysias came and took him from us with much violence, </span><span class="fv">8 </span><span class="fqa">ordering his accusers to come before you.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">By examining him yourself you will be able to learn the truth about all these charges we are bringing against him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The other Jews joined in the accusation, asserting that these things were true.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When the governor motioned for him to speak, Paul replied: &#8220;I know that for a number of years you have been a judge over this nation; so I gladly make my defense. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You can easily verify that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">My accusers did not find me arguing with anyone at the temple, or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues or anywhere else in the city. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And they cannot prove to you the charges they are now making against me. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;After an absence of several years, I came to Jerusalem to bring my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I was ceremonially clean when they found me in the temple courts doing this. There was no crowd with me, nor was I involved in any disturbance. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But there are some Jews from the province of Asia, who ought to be here before you and bring charges if they have anything against me. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Or these who are here should state what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">unless it was this one thing I shouted as I stood in their presence: &#8216;It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.24.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Felix, who was well acquainted with the Way, adjourned the proceedings. &#8220;When Lysias the commander comes,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I will decide your case.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and permit his friends to take care of his needs.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.24.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and listened to him as he spoke about faith in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, &#8220;That&#8217;s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">At the same time he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe, so he sent for him frequently and talked with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.24.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, but because Felix wanted to grant a favor to the Jews, he left Paul in prison.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do not boast about tomorrow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"><span class="content">for you do not know what a day may bring.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"><span class="content">an outsider, and not your own lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Stone is heavy and sand a burden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"><span class="content">but a fool&#8217;s provocation is heavier than both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"><span class="content">but who can stand before jealousy?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Better is open rebuke</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"><span class="content">than hidden love.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Wounds from a friend can be trusted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"><span class="content">but an enemy multiplies kisses.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">One who is full loathes honey from the comb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"><span class="content">but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Like a bird that flees its nest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"><span class="content">is anyone who flees from home.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="content">and the pleasantness of a friend</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="content">springs from their heartfelt advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="content">and do not go to your relative&#8217;s house when disaster strikes you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="content">better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"><span class="content">then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The prudent see danger and take refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"><span class="content">but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"><span class="content">hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"><span class="content">it will be taken as a curse.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.27.15"><span class="content">of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.27.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">restraining her is like restraining the wind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"><span class="content">or grasping oil with the hand.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">As iron sharpens iron,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"><span class="content">so one person sharpens another.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"><span class="content">and whoever protects their master will be honored.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">As water reflects the face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"><span class="content">so one&#8217;s life reflects the heart.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">so others reflect your heart back to you</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Death and Destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:20 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Abaddon</span></span></span><span class="content"> are never satisfied,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"><span class="content">and neither are human eyes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"><span class="content">but people are tested by their praise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Though you grind a fool in a mortar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="content">grinding them like grain with a pestle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="content">you will not remove their folly from them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.27.23"><span class="content">give careful attention to your herds;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.27.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.27.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">for riches do not endure forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.27.24"><span class="content">and a crown is not secure for all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.27.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.27.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When the hay is removed and new growth appears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.27.25"><span class="content">and the grass from the hills is gathered in,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.27.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.27.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">the lambs will provide you with clothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.27.26"><span class="content">and the goats with the price of a field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.27.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.27.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">You will have plenty of goats&#8217; milk to feed your family</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.27.27"><span class="content">and to nourish your female servants.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The wicked flee though no one pursues,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="content">but the righteous are as bold as a lion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="content">but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A ruler</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A poor person</span></span></span><span class="content"> who oppresses the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="content">is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="content">but those who heed it resist them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Evildoers do not understand what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="content">but those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> understand it fully.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Better the poor whose walk is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="content">than the rich whose ways are perverse.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A discerning son heeds instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="content">but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="content">amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="content">even their prayers are detestable.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Whoever leads the upright along an evil path</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">will fall into their own trap,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The rich are wise in their own eyes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="content">one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When the righteous triumph, there is great elation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="content">but when the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="content">but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who always trembles before God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="content">but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Like a roaring lion or a charging bear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="content">is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A tyrannical ruler practices extortion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="content">but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">will seek refuge in the grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">let no one hold them back.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="content">but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:18 </span><span class="ft">Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">into one</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Those who work their land will have abundant food,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="content">but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A faithful person will be richly blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="content">but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To show partiality is not good&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="content">yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The stingy are eager to get rich</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="content">and are unaware that poverty awaits them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="content">rather than one who has a flattering tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever robs their father or mother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">and says, &#8220;It&#8217;s not wrong,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">is partner to one who destroys.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The greedy stir up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="content">but those who trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will prosper.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Those who trust in themselves are fools,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="content">but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="content">but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="content">but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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