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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Gibeonite Deception</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these things&#8212;the kings in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea as far as Lebanon (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites)&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">However, when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:4 </span><span class="ft">Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) </span><span class="fqa">They prepared provisions and loaded their donkeys</span></span></span><span class="content"> with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the Israelites, &#8220;We have come from a distant country; make a treaty with us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The Israelites said to the Hivites, &#8220;But perhaps you live near us, so how can we make a treaty with you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;We are your servants,&#8221; they said to Joshua.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.9.8"><span class="content">But Joshua asked, &#8220;Who are you and where do you come from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They answered: &#8220;Your servants have come from a very distant country because of the fame of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God. For we have heard reports of him: all that he did in Egypt, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan&#8212;Sihon king of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And our elders and all those living in our country said to us, &#8216;Take provisions for your journey; go and meet them and say to them, &#8220;We are your servants; make a treaty with us.&#8221;&#8198;&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But now see how dry and moldy it is. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And these wineskins that we filled were new, but see how cracked they are. And our clothes and sandals are worn out by the very long journey.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Israelites sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Three days after they made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites heard that they were neighbors, living near them. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn an oath to them by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.9.18"><span class="content">The whole assembly grumbled against the leaders, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">but all the leaders answered, &#8220;We have given them our oath by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, and we cannot touch them now. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">This is what we will do to them: We will let them live, so that God&#8217;s wrath will not fall on us for breaking the oath we swore to them.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They continued, &#8220;Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers in the service of the whole assembly.&#8221; So the leaders&#8217; promise to them was kept.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.9.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, &#8220;Why did you deceive us by saying, &#8216;We live a long way from you,&#8217; while actually you live near us? </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">You are now under a curse: You will never be released from service as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">They answered Joshua, &#8220;Your servants were clearly told how the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you the whole land and to wipe out all its inhabitants from before you. So we feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">We are now in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.9.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOS.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOS.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">That day he made the Gibeonites woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly, to provide for the needs of the altar of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at the place the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> would choose. And that is what they are to this day.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Sun Stands Still</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai and totally destroyed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:1 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 28, 35, 37, 39 and 40.</span></span></span><span class="content"> it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and that the people of Gibeon had made a treaty of peace with Israel and had become their allies. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He and his people were very much alarmed at this, because Gibeon was an important city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were good fighters. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem appealed to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish and Debir king of Eglon. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come up and help me attack Gibeon,&#8221; he said, &#8220;because it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the five kings of the Amorites&#8212;the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon&#8212;joined forces. They moved up with all their troops and took up positions against Gibeon and attacked it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The Gibeonites then sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: &#8220;Do not abandon your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because all the Amorite kings from the hill country have joined forces against us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So Joshua marched up from Gilgal with his entire army, including all the best fighting men. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Joshua, &#8220;Do not be afraid of them; I have given them into your hand. Not one of them will be able to withstand you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">After an all-night march from Gilgal, Joshua took them by surprise. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> threw them into confusion before Israel, so Joshua and the Israelites defeated them completely at Gibeon. Israel pursued them along the road going up to Beth Horon and cut them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As they fled before Israel on the road down from Beth Horon to Azekah, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hurled large hailstones down on them, and more of them died from the hail than were killed by the swords of the Israelites.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">On the day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the presence of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.10.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Sun, stand still over Gibeon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.10.12"><span class="content">and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So the sun stood still,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.10.13"><span class="content">and the moon stopped,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.10.13"><span class="content">till the nation avenged itself on</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nation triumphed over</span></span></span><span class="content"> its enemies,</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.10.13"><span class="content">as it is written in the Book of Jashar.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.10.13"><span class="content">The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> listened to a human being. Surely the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was fighting for Israel!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Five Amorite Kings Killed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When Joshua was told that the five kings had been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">he said, &#8220;Roll large rocks up to the mouth of the cave, and post some men there to guard it. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But don&#8217;t stop; pursue your enemies! Attack them from the rear and don&#8217;t let them reach their cities, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God has given them into your hand.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.10.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So Joshua and the Israelites defeated them completely, but a few survivors managed to reach their fortified cities. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The whole army then returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one uttered a word against the Israelites.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.10.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Joshua said, &#8220;Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So they brought the five kings out of the cave&#8212;the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When they had brought these kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had come with him, &#8220;Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.&#8221; So they came forward and placed their feet on their necks.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.10.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Joshua said to them, &#8220;Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will do to all the enemies you are going to fight.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOS.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then Joshua put the kings to death and exposed their bodies on five poles, and they were left hanging on the poles until evening.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOS.10.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOS.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">At sunset Joshua gave the order and they took them down from the poles and threw them into the cave where they had been hiding. At the mouth of the cave they placed large rocks, which are there to this day.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Southern Cities Conquered</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOS.10.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOS.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">That day Joshua took Makkedah. He put the city and its king to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it. He left no survivors. And he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOS.10.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOS.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and attacked it. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOS.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> also gave that city and its king into Israel&#8217;s hand. The city and everyone in it Joshua put to the sword. He left no survivors there. And he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOS.10.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOS.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish; he took up positions against it and attacked it. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave Lachish into Israel&#8217;s hands, and Joshua took it on the second day. The city and everyone in it he put to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.10.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, Horam king of Gezer had come up to help Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his army&#8212;until no survivors were left.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.10.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOS.10.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Lachish to Eglon; they took up positions against it and attacked it. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOS.10.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">They captured it that same day and put it to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it, just as they had done to Lachish.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOS.10.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOS.10.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and attacked it. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOS.10.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">They took the city and put it to the sword, together with its king, its villages and everyone in it. They left no survivors. Just as at Eglon, they totally destroyed it and everyone in it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOS.10.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOS.10.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then Joshua and all Israel with him turned around and attacked Debir. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOS.10.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">They took the city, its king and its villages, and put them to the sword. Everyone in it they totally destroyed. They left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOS.10.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOS.10.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">So Joshua subdued the whole region, including the hill country, the Negev, the western foothills and the mountain slopes, together with all their kings. He left no survivors. He totally destroyed all who breathed, just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, had commanded. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.10.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Joshua subdued them from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza and from the whole region of Goshen to Gibeon. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JOS.10.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">All these kings and their lands Joshua conquered in one campaign, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JOS.10.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JOS.10.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">17</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Better a dry crust with peace and quiet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="content">than a house full of feasting, with strife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="content">and will share the inheritance as one of the family.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tests the heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A wicked person listens to deceitful lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="content">a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="content">whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Children&#8217;s children are a crown to the aged,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="content">and parents are the pride of their children.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="content">how much worse lying lips to a ruler!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="content">they think success will come at every turn.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="content">but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A rebuke impresses a discerning person</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="content">more than a hundred lashes a fool.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Evildoers foster rebellion against God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="content">the messenger of death will be sent against them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="content">than a fool bent on folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Evil will never leave the house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="content">of one who pays back evil for good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="content">so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests them both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="content">when they are not able to understand it?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A friend loves at all times,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="content">and a brother is born for a time of adversity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="content">and puts up security for a neighbor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="content">whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="content">one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To have a fool for a child brings grief;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="content">there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A cheerful heart is good medicine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The wicked accept bribes in secret</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="content">to pervert the course of justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="content">but a fool&#8217;s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A foolish son brings grief to his father</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="content">and bitterness to the mother who bore him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="content">surely to flog honest officials is not right.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="content">and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="content">and discerning if they hold their tongues.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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