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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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         <div class="label">41</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.41.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the man brought me to the main hall and measured the jambs; the width of the jambs was six cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verses 3, 5 and 8</span></span></span><span class="content"> on each side.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:1 </span><span class="ft">One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">side, the width of the tent</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.41.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The entrance was ten cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 18 feet or about 5.3 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were five cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verses 9, 11 and 12</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide. He also measured the main hall; it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 70 feet long and 35 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 11 meters wide</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.41.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.41.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1.1 meters; also in verse 22</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were seven cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 12 feet or about 3.7 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.41.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And he measured the length of the inner sanctuary; it was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits across the end of the main hall. He said to me, &#8220;This is the Most Holy Place.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.41.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.41.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was six cubits thick, and each side room around the temple was four cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 7 feet or about 2.1 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.41.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The side rooms were on three levels, one above another, thirty on each level. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports were not inserted into the wall of the temple. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.41.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The side rooms all around the temple were wider at each successive level. The structure surrounding the temple was built in ascending stages, so that the rooms widened as one went upward. A stairway went up from the lowest floor to the top floor through the middle floor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.41.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.41.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the length of the rod, six long cubits. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.41.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick. The open area between the side rooms of the temple </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.41.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and the priests&#8217; rooms was twenty cubits wide all around the temple. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.41.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">There were entrances to the side rooms from the open area, one on the north and another on the south; and the base adjoining the open area was five cubits wide all around.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.41.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.41.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The building facing the temple courtyard on the west side was seventy cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 123 feet or about 37 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide. The wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 158 feet or about 48 meters</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.41.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.41.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then he measured the temple; it was a hundred cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:13 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 175 feet or about 53 meters; also in verses 14 and 15</span></span></span><span class="content"> long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.41.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.41.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.41.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.41.15"><span class="content">The main hall, the inner sanctuary and the portico facing the court, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.41.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">as well as the thresholds and the narrow windows and galleries around the three of them&#8212;everything beyond and including the threshold was covered with wood. The floor, the wall up to the windows, and the windows were covered. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.41.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary and on the walls at regular intervals all around the inner and outer sanctuary </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.41.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">were carved cherubim and palm trees. Palm trees alternated with cherubim. Each cherub had two faces: </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.41.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">the face of a human being toward the palm tree on one side and the face of a lion toward the palm tree on the other. They were carved all around the whole temple. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.41.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">From the floor to the area above the entrance, cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the main hall.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.41.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.41.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The main hall had a rectangular doorframe, and the one at the front of the Most Holy Place was similar. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.41.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">There was a wooden altar three cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:22 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.5 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> high and two cubits square</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:22 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">long</span></span></span><span class="content">; its corners, its base</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:22 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">length</span></span></span><span class="content"> and its sides were of wood. The man said to me, &#8220;This is the table that is before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.41.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Both the main hall and the Most Holy Place had double doors. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.41.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Each door had two leaves&#8212;two hinged leaves for each door. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.41.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And on the doors of the main hall were carved cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls, and there was a wooden overhang on the front of the portico. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.41.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">On the sidewalls of the portico were narrow windows with palm trees carved on each side. The side rooms of the temple also had overhangs.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">False Teachers and Their Destruction</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2PE.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them&#8212;bringing swift destruction on themselves. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2PE.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2PE.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2PE.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2PE.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Tartarus</span></span></span><span class="content"> putting them in chains of darkness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">in gloomy dungeons</span></span></span><span class="content"> to be held for judgment; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2PE.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2PE.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2PE.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2PE.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2PE.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2PE.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 18.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and despise authority.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2PE.2.10"><span class="content">Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2PE.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:11 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">beings in the presence of</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2PE.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2PE.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2PE.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:13 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">in their love feasts</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2PE.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed&#8212;an accursed brood! </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2PE.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Bosor</span></span></span><span class="content"> who loved the wages of wickedness. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2PE.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey&#8212;an animal without speech&#8212;who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet&#8217;s madness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2PE.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2PE.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2PE.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2PE.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity&#8212;for &#8220;people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2PE.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2PE.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2PE.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Of them the proverbs are true: &#8220;A dog returns to its vomit,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:22 </span><span class="ft">Prov. 26:11</span></span></span><span class="content"> and, &#8220;A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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