7-Day Devotional: Torn Between Two Worlds – Embracing God’s Gifts Amid Unmet Longings

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Getting Dating Right

Art in Scripture: The Earth Is the Lord's

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The Novelty Detox for Lent: Letting Go of Novelty and Being Present in the Everyday

Ready as You Are

Release the Offense

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         <div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The sons of Abraham:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.1.28"><span class="content">Isaac and Ishmael.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Descendants of Hagar</span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">These were their descendants:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.1.29"><span class="content">Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Descendants of Keturah</span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The sons born to Keturah, Abraham&#8217;s concubine:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.1.32"><span class="content">Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.1.32"><span class="content">The sons of Jokshan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.1.32"><span class="content">Sheba and Dedan.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.1.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The sons of Midian:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.1.33"><span class="content">Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.1.33"><span class="content">All these were descendants of Keturah.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Descendants of Sarah</span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.1.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Abraham was the father of Isaac.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.1.34"><span class="content">The sons of Isaac:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.1.34"><span class="content">Esau and Israel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Esau&#8217;s Sons</span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.1.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The sons of Esau:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.1.35"><span class="content">Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam and Korah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.1.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">The sons of Eliphaz:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.1.36"><span class="content">Teman, Omar, Zepho,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:36 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also Gen. 36:11); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Zephi</span></span></span><span class="content"> Gatam and Kenaz;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.1.36"><span class="content">by Timna: Amalek.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:36 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Gen. 36:12); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Gatam, Kenaz, Timna and Amalek</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.1.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">The sons of Reuel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.1.37"><span class="content">Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">The People of Seir in Edom</span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.1.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">The sons of Seir:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.1.38"><span class="content">Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.1.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.1.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The sons of Lotan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.1.39"><span class="content">Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan&#8217;s sister.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.1.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.1.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">The sons of Shobal:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.1.40"><span class="content">Alvan,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:40 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Gen. 36:23); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Alian</span></span></span><span class="content"> Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.1.40"><span class="content">The sons of Zibeon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.1.40"><span class="content">Aiah and Anah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.1.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.1.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The son of Anah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.1.41"><span class="content">Dishon.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.1.41"><span class="content">The sons of Dishon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.1.41"><span class="content">Hemdan,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:41 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Gen. 36:26); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Hamran</span></span></span><span class="content"> Eshban, Ithran and Keran.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.1.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1CH.1.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">The sons of Ezer:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1CH.1.42"><span class="content">Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:42 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew and Septuagint manuscripts (see also Gen. 36:27); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Zaavan, Jaakan</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1CH.1.42"><span class="content">The sons of Dishan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:42 </span><span class="ft">See Gen. 36:28; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Dishon, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Dishan</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1CH.1.42"><span class="content">Uz and Aran.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">The Rulers of Edom</span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1CH.1.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1CH.1.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1CH.1.43"><span class="content">Bela son of Beor, whose city was named Dinhabah.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1CH.1.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1CH.1.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1CH.1.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="1CH.1.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="1CH.1.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="1CH.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="1CH.1.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="1CH.1.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="1CH.1.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="1CH.1.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:48 </span><span class="ft">Possibly the Euphrates</span></span></span><span class="content"> succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="1CH.1.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="1CH.1.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Akbor succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="1CH.1.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="1CH.1.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:50 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Gen. 36:39); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Pai</span></span></span><span class="content"> and his wife&#8217;s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="1CH.1.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Hadad also died.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="1CH.1.51"><span class="content">The chiefs of Edom were:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="1CH.1.51"><span class="content">Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="1CH.1.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="1CH.1.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="1CH.1.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">Magdiel and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against Adultery</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, pay attention to my wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.5.1"><span class="content">turn your ear to my words of insight,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">that you may maintain discretion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.5.2"><span class="content">and your lips may preserve knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.5.3"><span class="content">and her speech is smoother than oil;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">but in the end she is bitter as gall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.5.4"><span class="content">sharp as a double-edged sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Her feet go down to death;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.5.5"><span class="content">her steps lead straight to the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">She gives no thought to the way of life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"><span class="content">her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now then, my sons, listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.5.7"><span class="content">do not turn aside from what I say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Keep to a path far from her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.5.8"><span class="content">do not go near the door of her house,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">lest you lose your honor to others</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.5.9"><span class="content">and your dignity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">years</span></span></span><span class="content"> to one who is cruel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">lest strangers feast on your wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.5.10"><span class="content">and your toil enrich the house of another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">At the end of your life you will groan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.5.11"><span class="content">when your flesh and body are spent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You will say, &#8220;How I hated discipline!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.5.12"><span class="content">How my heart spurned correction!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I would not obey my teachers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.5.13"><span class="content">or turn my ear to my instructors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And I was soon in serious trouble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"><span class="content">in the assembly of God&#8217;s people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Drink water from your own cistern,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.5.15"><span class="content">running water from your own well.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Should your springs overflow in the streets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.5.16"><span class="content">your streams of water in the public squares?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let them be yours alone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.5.17"><span class="content">never to be shared with strangers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">May your fountain be blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.5.18"><span class="content">and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A loving doe, a graceful deer&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="content">may her breasts satisfy you always,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="content">may you ever be intoxicated with her love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man&#8217;s wife?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"><span class="content">Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For your ways are in full view of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.5.21"><span class="content">and he examines all your paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.5.22"><span class="content">the cords of their sins hold them fast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.5.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For lack of discipline they will die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.5.23"><span class="content">led astray by their own great folly.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.6.1"><span class="content">if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.6.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">you have been trapped by what you said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.6.2"><span class="content">ensnared by the words of your mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.6.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So do this, my son, to free yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.6.3"><span class="content">since you have fallen into your neighbor&#8217;s hands:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.6.3"><span class="content">Go&#8212;to the point of exhaustion&#8212;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Go and humble yourself,</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.6.3"><span class="content">and give your neighbor no rest!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.6.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Allow no sleep to your eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.6.4"><span class="content">no slumber to your eyelids.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.6.5"><span class="content">like a bird from the snare of the fowler.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.6.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Go to the ant, you sluggard;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.6.6"><span class="content">consider its ways and be wise!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It has no commander,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.6.7"><span class="content">no overseer or ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">yet it stores its provisions in summer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.6.8"><span class="content">and gathers its food at harvest.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">How long will you lie there, you sluggard?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.6.9"><span class="content">When will you get up from your sleep?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.6.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A little sleep, a little slumber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.6.10"><span class="content">a little folding of the hands to rest&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and poverty will come on you like a thief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.6.11"><span class="content">and scarcity like an armed man.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.6.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">A troublemaker and a villain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.6.12"><span class="content">who goes about with a corrupt mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.6.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">who winks maliciously with his eye,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.6.13"><span class="content">signals with his feet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.6.13"><span class="content">and motions with his fingers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.6.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">who plots evil with deceit in his heart&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.6.14"><span class="content">he always stirs up conflict.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.6.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.6.15"><span class="content">he will suddenly be destroyed&#8212;without remedy.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.19.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let&#8217;s not tear it,&#8221; they said to one another. &#8220;Let&#8217;s decide by lot who will get it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">&#8220;They divided my clothes among them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">and cast lots for my garment.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:24 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 22:18</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">So this is what the soldiers did.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother&#8217;s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woman,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:26 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">Woman </span><span class="ft">does not denote any disrespect.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">here is your son,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">and to the disciple, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Here is your mother.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Death of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.19.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I am thirsty.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus&#8217; lips. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.19.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When he had received the drink, Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is finished.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.19.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.19.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.19.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.19.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.19.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus&#8217; side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.19.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.19.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: &#8220;Not one of his bones will be broken,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:36 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 12:46; Num. 9:12; Psalm 34:20</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.19.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">and, as another scripture says, &#8220;They will look on the one they have pierced.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:37 </span><span class="ft">Zech. 12:10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Burial of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.19.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.19.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate&#8217;s permission, he came and took the body away. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.19.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:39 </span><span class="ft">Or about 34 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.19.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Taking Jesus&#8217; body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.19.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.19.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="COL.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Therefore, as God&#8217;s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="COL.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="COL.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="COL.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="COL.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="COL.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="COL.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Instructions for Christian Households</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="COL.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="COL.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="COL.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="COL.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="COL.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="COL.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="COL.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="COL.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Fathers,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Parents</span></span></span><span class="content"> do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="COL.3.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="COL.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="COL.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="COL.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="COL.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism.</span></span></div>
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