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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkISA">
        <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="ISA.2">
            <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Mountain of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In the last days</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">the mountain of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple will be established</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">as the highest of the mountains;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">it will be exalted above the hills,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">and all nations will stream to it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Many peoples will come and say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Come, let us go up to the mountain of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">to the temple of the God of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">He will teach us his ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">so that we may walk in his paths.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">The law will go out from Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will judge between the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">and will settle disputes for many peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">They will beat their swords into plowshares</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">and their spears into pruning hooks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">Nation will not take up sword against nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">nor will they train for war anymore.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Come, descendants of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.2.5"><span class="content">let us walk in the light of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have abandoned your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">the descendants of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">They are full of superstitions from the East;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">they practice divination like the Philistines</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">and embrace pagan customs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their land is full of silver and gold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">there is no end to their treasures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">Their land is full of horses;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">there is no end to their chariots.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their land is full of idols;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="content">they bow down to the work of their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="content">to what their fingers have made.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So people will be brought low</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="content">and everyone humbled&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="content">do not forgive them.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">not raise them up</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Go into the rocks, hide in the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="content">from the fearful presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="content">and the splendor of his majesty!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.2.11"><span class="content">and human pride brought low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.2.11"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> alone will be exalted in that day.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has a day in store</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.2.12"><span class="content">for all the proud and lofty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.2.12"><span class="content">for all that is exalted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.2.12"><span class="content">(and they will be humbled),</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.2.13"><span class="content">and all the oaks of Bashan,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">for all the towering mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.2.14"><span class="content">and all the high hills,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">for every lofty tower</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.2.15"><span class="content">and every fortified wall,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for every trading ship</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">every ship of Tarshish</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.2.16"><span class="content">and every stately vessel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The arrogance of man will be brought low</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.2.17"><span class="content">and human pride humbled;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.2.17"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> alone will be exalted in that day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and the idols will totally disappear.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">People will flee to caves in the rocks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="content">and to holes in the ground</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="content">from the fearful presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="content">and the splendor of his majesty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="content">when he rises to shake the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In that day people will throw away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.2.20"><span class="content">to the moles and bats</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.2.20"><span class="content">their idols of silver and idols of gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.2.20"><span class="content">which they made to worship.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They will flee to caverns in the rocks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="content">and to the overhanging crags</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="content">from the fearful presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="content">and the splendor of his majesty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="content">when he rises to shake the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Stop trusting in mere humans,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.2.22"><span class="content">who have but a breath in their nostrils.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.2.22"><span class="content">Why hold them in esteem?</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bk1CO">
        <div class="chapter ch10" data-usfm="1CO.10">
            <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warnings From Israel&#8217;s History</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They all ate the same spiritual food </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: &#8220;The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:7 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 32:6</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did&#8212;and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">We should not test Christ,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:9 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">test the Lord</span></span></span><span class="content"> as some of them did&#8212;and were killed by snakes. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And do not grumble, as some of them did&#8212;and were killed by the destroying angel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don&#8217;t fall! </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">No temptation</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">temptation </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">testing </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">temptation </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">testing </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">temptation </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">testing </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Idol Feasts and the Lord&#8217;s Supper</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord&#8217;s table and the table of demons. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Are we trying to arouse the Lord&#8217;s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Believer&#8217;s Freedom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.10.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have the right to do anything,&#8221; you say&#8212;but not everything is beneficial. &#8220;I have the right to do anything&#8221;&#8212;but not everything is constructive. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.10.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">for, &#8220;The earth is the Lord&#8217;s, and everything in it.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:26 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 24:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.10.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">But if someone says to you, &#8220;This has been offered in sacrifice,&#8221; then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">I am referring to the other person&#8217;s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another&#8217;s conscience? </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.10.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CO.10.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
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        <div class="chapter ch12" data-usfm="PRO.12">
            <div class="label">12</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="content">but whoever hates correction is stupid.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Good people obtain favor from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="content">but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">No one can be established through wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="content">but the righteous cannot be uprooted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A wife of noble character is her husband&#8217;s crown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="content">but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The plans of the righteous are just,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="content">but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="content">but the speech of the upright rescues them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The wicked are overthrown and are no more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="content">but the house of the righteous stands firm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A person is praised according to their prudence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">and one with a warped mind is despised.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">than pretend to be somebody and have no food.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous care for the needs of their animals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Those who work their land will have abundant food,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">but those who chase fantasies have no sense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">but the root of the righteous endures.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">and so the innocent escape trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">and the work of their hands brings them reward.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The way of fools seems right to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">but the wise listen to advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Fools show their annoyance at once,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">but the prudent overlook an insult.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">An honest witness tells the truth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">but a false witness tells lies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The words of the reckless pierce like swords,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">but the tongue of the wise brings healing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Truthful lips endure forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">but those who promote peace have joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">No harm overtakes the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">but the wicked have their fill of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests lying lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">but he delights in people who are trustworthy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">but a fool&#8217;s heart blurts out folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Diligent hands will rule,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">but laziness ends in forced labor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Anxiety weighs down the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">but a kind word cheers it up.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The righteous choose their friends carefully,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">but the way of the wicked leads them astray.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The lazy do not roast</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:27 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> any game,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">In the way of righteousness there is life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="content">along that path is immortality.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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