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Authentic Manhood

In Her Image: Character Study of the Proverbs 31 Woman

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The Finish Strong: Transition Through Seasons Seamlessly

The Christian Mom in Business Guidebook Devotional

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Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

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            <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Get Wisdom at Any Cost</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Listen, my sons, to a father&#8217;s instruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.4.1"><span class="content">pay attention and gain understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I give you sound learning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.4.2"><span class="content">so do not forsake my teaching.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For I too was a son to my father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.4.3"><span class="content">still tender, and cherished by my mother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then he taught me, and he said to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.4.4"><span class="content">&#8220;Take hold of my words with all your heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.4.4"><span class="content">keep my commands, and you will live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Get wisdom, get understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.4.5"><span class="content">do not forget my words or turn away from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.4.6"><span class="content">love her, and she will watch over you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The beginning of wisdom is this: Get</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Wisdom is supreme; therefore get</span></span></span><span class="content"> wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.4.7"><span class="content">Though it cost all you have,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">wisdom. / Whatever else you get</span></span></span><span class="content"> get understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Cherish her, and she will exalt you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.4.8"><span class="content">embrace her, and she will honor you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">She will give you a garland to grace your head</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.4.9"><span class="content">and present you with a glorious crown.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Listen, my son, accept what I say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.4.10"><span class="content">and the years of your life will be many.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I instruct you in the way of wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.4.11"><span class="content">and lead you along straight paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.4.12"><span class="content">when you run, you will not stumble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.4.13"><span class="content">guard it well, for it is your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do not set foot on the path of the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.4.14"><span class="content">or walk in the way of evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Avoid it, do not travel on it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.4.15"><span class="content">turn from it and go on your way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For they cannot rest until they do evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.4.16"><span class="content">they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They eat the bread of wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.4.17"><span class="content">and drink the wine of violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.4.18"><span class="content">shining ever brighter till the full light of day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.4.19"><span class="content">they do not know what makes them stumble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.4.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">My son, pay attention to what I say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.4.20"><span class="content">turn your ear to my words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Do not let them out of your sight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.4.21"><span class="content">keep them within your heart;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.4.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">for they are life to those who find them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.4.22"><span class="content">and health to one&#8217;s whole body.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.4.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Above all else, guard your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.4.23"><span class="content">for everything you do flows from it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.4.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Keep your mouth free of perversity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.4.24"><span class="content">keep corrupt talk far from your lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.4.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Let your eyes look straight ahead;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.4.25"><span class="content">fix your gaze directly before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.4.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.4.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Give careful thought to the</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Make level</span></span></span><span class="content"> paths for your feet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.4.26"><span class="content">and be steadfast in all your ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.4.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.4.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Do not turn to the right or the left;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.4.27"><span class="content">keep your foot from evil.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against Adultery</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, pay attention to my wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.5.1"><span class="content">turn your ear to my words of insight,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">that you may maintain discretion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.5.2"><span class="content">and your lips may preserve knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.5.3"><span class="content">and her speech is smoother than oil;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">but in the end she is bitter as gall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.5.4"><span class="content">sharp as a double-edged sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Her feet go down to death;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.5.5"><span class="content">her steps lead straight to the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">She gives no thought to the way of life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"><span class="content">her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now then, my sons, listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.5.7"><span class="content">do not turn aside from what I say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Keep to a path far from her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.5.8"><span class="content">do not go near the door of her house,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">lest you lose your honor to others</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.5.9"><span class="content">and your dignity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">years</span></span></span><span class="content"> to one who is cruel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">lest strangers feast on your wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.5.10"><span class="content">and your toil enrich the house of another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">At the end of your life you will groan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.5.11"><span class="content">when your flesh and body are spent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You will say, &#8220;How I hated discipline!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.5.12"><span class="content">How my heart spurned correction!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I would not obey my teachers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.5.13"><span class="content">or turn my ear to my instructors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And I was soon in serious trouble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"><span class="content">in the assembly of God&#8217;s people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Drink water from your own cistern,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.5.15"><span class="content">running water from your own well.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Should your springs overflow in the streets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.5.16"><span class="content">your streams of water in the public squares?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let them be yours alone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.5.17"><span class="content">never to be shared with strangers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">May your fountain be blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.5.18"><span class="content">and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A loving doe, a graceful deer&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="content">may her breasts satisfy you always,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="content">may you ever be intoxicated with her love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man&#8217;s wife?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"><span class="content">Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For your ways are in full view of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.5.21"><span class="content">and he examines all your paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.5.22"><span class="content">the cords of their sins hold them fast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.5.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For lack of discipline they will die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.5.23"><span class="content">led astray by their own great folly.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warnings Against Folly</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.6.1"><span class="content">if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.6.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">you have been trapped by what you said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.6.2"><span class="content">ensnared by the words of your mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.6.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So do this, my son, to free yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.6.3"><span class="content">since you have fallen into your neighbor&#8217;s hands:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.6.3"><span class="content">Go&#8212;to the point of exhaustion&#8212;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Go and humble yourself,</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.6.3"><span class="content">and give your neighbor no rest!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.6.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Allow no sleep to your eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.6.4"><span class="content">no slumber to your eyelids.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.6.5"><span class="content">like a bird from the snare of the fowler.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.6.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Go to the ant, you sluggard;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.6.6"><span class="content">consider its ways and be wise!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It has no commander,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.6.7"><span class="content">no overseer or ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">yet it stores its provisions in summer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.6.8"><span class="content">and gathers its food at harvest.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">How long will you lie there, you sluggard?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.6.9"><span class="content">When will you get up from your sleep?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.6.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A little sleep, a little slumber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.6.10"><span class="content">a little folding of the hands to rest&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and poverty will come on you like a thief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.6.11"><span class="content">and scarcity like an armed man.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.6.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">A troublemaker and a villain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.6.12"><span class="content">who goes about with a corrupt mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.6.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">who winks maliciously with his eye,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.6.13"><span class="content">signals with his feet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.6.13"><span class="content">and motions with his fingers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.6.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">who plots evil with deceit in his heart&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.6.14"><span class="content">he always stirs up conflict.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.6.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.6.15"><span class="content">he will suddenly be destroyed&#8212;without remedy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.6.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">There are six things the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hates,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.6.16"><span class="content">seven that are detestable to him:</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.6.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">haughty eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.6.17"><span class="content">a lying tongue,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.6.17"><span class="content">hands that shed innocent blood,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.6.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">a heart that devises wicked schemes,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.6.18"><span class="content">feet that are quick to rush into evil,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.6.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">a false witness who pours out lies</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.6.19"><span class="content">and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against Adultery</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.6.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">My son, keep your father&#8217;s command</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.6.20"><span class="content">and do not forsake your mother&#8217;s teaching.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.6.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Bind them always on your heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.6.21"><span class="content">fasten them around your neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.6.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.6.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When you walk, they will guide you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.6.22"><span class="content">when you sleep, they will watch over you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.6.22"><span class="content">when you awake, they will speak to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.6.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.6.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For this command is a lamp,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.6.23"><span class="content">this teaching is a light,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.6.23"><span class="content">and correction and instruction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.6.23"><span class="content">are the way to life,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.6.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.6.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">keeping you from your neighbor&#8217;s wife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.6.24"><span class="content">from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.6.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.6.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Do not lust in your heart after her beauty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.6.25"><span class="content">or let her captivate you with her eyes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.6.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.6.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.6.26"><span class="content">but another man&#8217;s wife preys on your very life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.6.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.6.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Can a man scoop fire into his lap</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.6.27"><span class="content">without his clothes being burned?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.6.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.6.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Can a man walk on hot coals</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.6.28"><span class="content">without his feet being scorched?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.6.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.6.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">So is he who sleeps with another man&#8217;s wife;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.6.29"><span class="content">no one who touches her will go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.6.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.6.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">People do not despise a thief if he steals</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.6.30"><span class="content">to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.6.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.6.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.6.31"><span class="content">though it costs him all the wealth of his house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.6.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.6.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">But a man who commits adultery has no sense;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.6.32"><span class="content">whoever does so destroys himself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.6.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.6.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Blows and disgrace are his lot,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.6.33"><span class="content">and his shame will never be wiped away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.6.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.6.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">For jealousy arouses a husband&#8217;s fury,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.6.34"><span class="content">and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.6.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.6.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">He will not accept any compensation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.6.35"><span class="content">he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.</span></span></div>
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