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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Writing on the Wall</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DAN.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DAN.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">While Belshazzar was drinking his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets that Nebuchadnezzar his father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">ancestor</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">predecessor</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 11, 13 and 18</span></span></span><span class="content"> had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DAN.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So they brought in the gold goblets that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DAN.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">As they drank the wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DAN.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DAN.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DAN.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his legs became weak and his knees were knocking.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DAN.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DAN.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The king summoned the enchanters, astrologers</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 11</span></span></span><span class="content"> and diviners. Then he said to these wise men of Babylon, &#8220;Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DAN.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DAN.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then all the king&#8217;s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So King Belshazzar became even more terrified and his face grew more pale. His nobles were baffled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The queen,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">queen mother</span></span></span><span class="content"> hearing the voices of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet hall. &#8220;May the king live forever!&#8221; she said. &#8220;Don&#8217;t be alarmed! Don&#8217;t look so pale! </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DAN.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DAN.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He did this because Daniel, whom the king called Belteshazzar, was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve difficult problems. Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DAN.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DAN.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So Daniel was brought before the king, and the king said to him, &#8220;Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DAN.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you and that you have insight, intelligence and outstanding wisdom. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DAN.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this writing and tell me what it means, but they could not explain it. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Now I have heard that you are able to give interpretations and to solve difficult problems. If you can read this writing and tell me what it means, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DAN.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then Daniel answered the king, &#8220;You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the writing for the king and tell him what it means.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DAN.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DAN.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DAN.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Because of the high position he gave him, all the nations and peoples of every language dreaded and feared him. Those the king wanted to put to death, he put to death; those he wanted to spare, he spared; those he wanted to promote, he promoted; and those he wanted to humble, he humbled. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DAN.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DAN.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like the ox; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DAN.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DAN.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;But you, Belshazzar, his son,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">descendant</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">successor</span></span></span><span class="content"> have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DAN.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DAN.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DAN.5.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the inscription that was written:</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.5.25"><span class="content">mene, mene, tekel, parsin</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.5.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here is what these words mean:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li3"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.5.26"><span class="content">  </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">Mene</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">5:26 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fq">  <span class="tl">Mene</span>  </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">can mean </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fq">numbered </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">mina </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">(a unit of money).</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.</span></span></div><div class="li3"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.5.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">Tekel</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">5:27 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fq">  <span class="tl">Tekel</span>  </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">can mean </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fq">weighed </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">shekel.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.</span></span></div><div class="li3"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.5.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="DAN.5.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">Peres</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">5:28 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fq">  <span class="tl">Peres</span>  </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">(the singular of <span class="tl">Parsin</span>) can mean </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fq">divided </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">Persia </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">a half mina </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">a half shekel.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="DAN.5.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="DAN.5.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then at Belshazzar&#8217;s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="DAN.5.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="DAN.5.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">That very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:30 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span><span class="content"> was slain, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="DAN.5.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:31 </span><span class="ft">In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Daniel in the Den of Lions</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Aramaic texts 6:1-28 is numbered 6:2-29.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DAN.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DAN.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DAN.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DAN.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DAN.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Finally these men said, &#8220;We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DAN.6.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DAN.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: &#8220;May King Darius live forever! </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DAN.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions&#8217; den. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DAN.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now, Your Majesty, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered&#8212;in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So King Darius put the decree in writing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.6.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DAN.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DAN.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So they went to the king and spoke to him about his royal decree: &#8220;Did you not publish a decree that during the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except to you, Your Majesty, would be thrown into the lions&#8217; den?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DAN.6.12"><span class="content">The king answered, &#8220;The decree stands&#8212;in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DAN.6.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DAN.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then they said to the king, &#8220;Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DAN.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed; he was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sundown to save him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DAN.6.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DAN.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him, &#8220;Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DAN.6.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions&#8217; den. The king said to Daniel, &#8220;May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.6.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DAN.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel&#8217;s situation might not be changed. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DAN.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DAN.6.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DAN.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions&#8217; den. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DAN.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, &#8220;Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DAN.6.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DAN.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Daniel answered, &#8220;May the king live forever! </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DAN.6.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DAN.6.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DAN.6.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DAN.6.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DAN.6.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">At the king&#8217;s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions&#8217; den, along with their wives and children. And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DAN.6.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.6.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language in all the earth:</span></span></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.6.25"><span class="content">&#8220;May you prosper greatly!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DAN.6.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.6.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel.</span></span></div><div class="qm1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.6.26"><span class="content">&#8220;For he is the living God</span></span></div><div class="qm2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.6.26"><span class="content">and he endures forever;</span></span></div><div class="qm1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.6.26"><span class="content">his kingdom will not be destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="qm2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.6.26"><span class="content">his dominion will never end.</span></span></div><div class="qm1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DAN.6.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.6.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He rescues and he saves;</span></span></div><div class="qm2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.6.27"><span class="content">he performs signs and wonders</span></span></div><div class="qm2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.6.27"><span class="content">in the heavens and on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="qm1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.6.27"><span class="content">He has rescued Daniel</span></span></div><div class="qm2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.6.27"><span class="content">from the power of the lions.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DAN.6.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="DAN.6.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:28 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Darius, that is, the reign of Cyrus</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Persian.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A good name is better than fine perfume,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.7.1"><span class="content">and the day of death better than the day of birth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.7.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">It is better to go to a house of mourning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.7.2"><span class="content">than to go to a house of feasting,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.7.2"><span class="content">for death is the destiny of everyone;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.7.2"><span class="content">the living should take this to heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.7.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Frustration is better than laughter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.7.3"><span class="content">because a sad face is good for the heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.7.4"><span class="content">but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.7.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">It is better to heed the rebuke of a wise person</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.7.5"><span class="content">than to listen to the song of fools.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Like the crackling of thorns under the pot,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.7.6"><span class="content">so is the laughter of fools.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.7.6"><span class="content">This too is meaningless.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Extortion turns a wise person into a fool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.7.7"><span class="content">and a bribe corrupts the heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The end of a matter is better than its beginning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.7.8"><span class="content">and patience is better than pride.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.7.9"><span class="content">for anger resides in the lap of fools.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do not say, &#8220;Why were the old days better than these?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.7.10"><span class="content">For it is not wise to ask such questions.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.7.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.7.11"><span class="content">and benefits those who see the sun.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Wisdom is a shelter</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.7.12"><span class="content">as money is a shelter,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.7.12"><span class="content">but the advantage of knowledge is this:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.7.12"><span class="content">Wisdom preserves those who have it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Consider what God has done:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.7.13"><span class="content">Who can straighten</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.7.13"><span class="content">what he has made crooked?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When times are good, be happy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.7.14"><span class="content">but when times are bad, consider this:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.7.14"><span class="content">God has made the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.7.14"><span class="content">as well as the other.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.7.14"><span class="content">Therefore, no one can discover</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.7.14"><span class="content">anything about their future.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.7.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.7.15"><span class="content">the righteous perishing in their righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.7.15"><span class="content">and the wicked living long in their wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Do not be overrighteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.7.16"><span class="content">neither be overwise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.7.16"><span class="content">why destroy yourself?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.7.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do not be overwicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.7.17"><span class="content">and do not be a fool&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.7.17"><span class="content">why die before your time?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.7.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ECC.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">It is good to grasp the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ECC.7.18"><span class="content">and not let go of the other.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ECC.7.18"><span class="content">Whoever fears God will avoid all extremes.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will follow them both</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ECC.7.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ECC.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Wisdom makes one wise person more powerful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ECC.7.19"><span class="content">than ten rulers in a city.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ECC.7.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ECC.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ECC.7.20"><span class="content">no one who does what is right and never sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ECC.7.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ECC.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Do not pay attention to every word people say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ECC.7.21"><span class="content">or you may hear your servant cursing you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ECC.7.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ECC.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">for you know in your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ECC.7.22"><span class="content">that many times you yourself have cursed others.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ECC.7.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ECC.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">All this I tested by wisdom and I said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ECC.7.23"><span class="content">&#8220;I am determined to be wise&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ECC.7.23"><span class="content">but this was beyond me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ECC.7.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ECC.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whatever exists is far off and most profound&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ECC.7.24"><span class="content">who can discover it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ECC.7.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ECC.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So I turned my mind to understand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ECC.7.25"><span class="content">to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ECC.7.25"><span class="content">and to understand the stupidity of wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ECC.7.25"><span class="content">and the madness of folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ECC.7.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ECC.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I find more bitter than death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ECC.7.26"><span class="content">the woman who is a snare,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ECC.7.26"><span class="content">whose heart is a trap</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ECC.7.26"><span class="content">and whose hands are chains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ECC.7.26"><span class="content">The man who pleases God will escape her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ECC.7.26"><span class="content">but the sinner she will ensnare.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ECC.7.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ECC.7.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look,&#8221; says the Teacher,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the leader of the assembly</span></span></span><span class="content"> &#8220;this is what I have discovered:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ECC.7.27"><span class="content">&#8220;Adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ECC.7.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ECC.7.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">while I was still searching</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ECC.7.28"><span class="content">but not finding&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ECC.7.28"><span class="content">I found one upright man among a thousand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ECC.7.28"><span class="content">but not one upright woman among them all.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ECC.7.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ECC.7.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">This only have I found:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ECC.7.29"><span class="content">God created mankind upright,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ECC.7.29"><span class="content">but they have gone in search of many schemes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Sardis</span></div><div class="m"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">3:1 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">messenger</span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">; also in verses 7 and 14</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of the church in Sardis write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.3.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">3:1 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">That is, the sevenfold Spirit</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Philadelphia</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.3.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars&#8212;I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Laodicea</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.3.14"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God&#8217;s creation.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So, because you are lukewarm&#8212;neither hot nor cold&#8212;I am about to spit you out of my mouth.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You say, &#8216;I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.&#8217; But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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