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 <div class="label">22</div><div class="p"> 1Then David said, &#8220;The house of the Lord God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel.&#8221;</div><div class="s1">Preparations for the Temple</div><div class="p"> 2So David gave orders to assemble the foreigners residing in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God. 3He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed. 4He also provided more cedar logs than could be counted, for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought large numbers of them to David.</div><div class="p"> 5David said, &#8220;My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the Lord should be of great magnificence and fame and splendor in the sight of all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for it.&#8221; So David made extensive preparations before his death.</div><div class="p"> 6Then he called for his son Solomon and charged him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel. 7David said to Solomon: &#8220;My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the Lord my God. 8But this word of the Lord came to me: &#8216;You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight. 9But you will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon,#22:9 Solomon sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for peace. and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign. 10He is the one who will build a house for my Name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.&#8217;</div><div class="p"> 11&#8220;Now, my son, the Lord be with you, and may you have success and build the house of the Lord your God, as he said you would. 12May the Lord give you discretion and understanding when he puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God. 13Then you will have success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the Lord gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.</div><div class="p"> 14&#8220;I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the Lord a hundred thousand talents#22:14 That is, about 3,750 tons or about 3,400 metric tons of gold, a million talents#22:14 That is, about 37,500 tons or about 34,000 metric tons of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them. 15You have many workers: stonecutters, masons and carpenters, as well as those skilled in every kind of work 16in gold and silver, bronze and iron&#8212;craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 17Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon. 18He said to them, &#8220;Is not the Lord your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hands, and the land is subject to the Lord and to his people. 19Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the Lord your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the Lord.&#8221;</div>
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 <div class="label">23</div><div class="s1">The Levites</div><div class="p"> 1When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.</div><div class="p"> 2He also gathered together all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites. 3The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand. 4David said, &#8220;Of these, twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work of the temple of the Lord and six thousand are to be officials and judges. 5Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 6David separated the Levites into divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.</div><div class="s1">Gershonites</div><div class="m"> 7Belonging to the Gershonites:</div><div class="li2">Ladan and Shimei.</div><div class="li1"> 8The sons of Ladan:</div><div class="li2">Jehiel the first, Zetham and Joel&#8212;three in all.</div><div class="li1"> 9The sons of Shimei:</div><div class="li2">Shelomoth, Haziel and Haran&#8212;three in all.</div><div class="li2">These were the heads of the families of Ladan.</div><div class="li1"> 10And the sons of Shimei:</div><div class="li2">Jahath, Ziza,#23:10 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint and Vulgate (see also verse 11); most Hebrew manuscripts Zina Jeush and Beriah.</div><div class="li2">These were the sons of Shimei&#8212;four in all.</div><div class="li2"> 11Jahath was the first and Ziza the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; so they were counted as one family with one assignment.</div><div class="s1">Kohathites</div><div class="m"> 12The sons of Kohath:</div><div class="li2">Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel&#8212;four in all.</div><div class="li1"> 13The sons of Amram:</div><div class="li2">Aaron and Moses.</div><div class="li2">Aaron was set apart, he and his descendants forever, to consecrate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices before the Lord, to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in his name forever. 14The sons of Moses the man of God were counted as part of the tribe of Levi.</div><div class="li1"> 15The sons of Moses:</div><div class="li2">Gershom and Eliezer.</div><div class="li1"> 16The descendants of Gershom:</div><div class="li2">Shubael was the first.</div><div class="li1"> 17The descendants of Eliezer:</div><div class="li2">Rehabiah was the first.</div><div class="li2">Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.</div><div class="li1"> 18The sons of Izhar:</div><div class="li2">Shelomith was the first.</div><div class="li1"> 19The sons of Hebron:</div><div class="li2">Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.</div><div class="li1"> 20The sons of Uzziel:</div><div class="li2">Micah the first and Ishiah the second.</div><div class="s1">Merarites</div><div class="m"> 21The sons of Merari:</div><div class="li2">Mahli and Mushi.</div><div class="li1">The sons of Mahli:</div><div class="li2">Eleazar and Kish.</div><div class="li2"> 22Eleazar died without having sons: he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.</div><div class="li1"> 23The sons of Mushi:</div><div class="li2">Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth&#8212;three in all.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"> 24These were the descendants of Levi by their families&#8212;the heads of families as they were registered under their names and counted individually, that is, the workers twenty years old or more who served in the temple of the Lord. 25For David had said, &#8220;Since the Lord, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever, 26the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service.&#8221; 27According to the last instructions of David, the Levites were counted from those twenty years old or more.</div><div class="p"> 28The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron&#8217;s descendants in the service of the temple of the Lord: to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God. 29They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the special flour for the grain offerings, the thin loaves made without yeast, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size. 30They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord. They were to do the same in the evening 31and whenever burnt offerings were presented to the Lord on the Sabbaths, at the New Moon feasts and at the appointed festivals. They were to serve before the Lord regularly in the proper number and in the way prescribed for them.</div><div class="p"> 32And so the Levites carried out their responsibilities for the tent of meeting, for the Holy Place and, under their relatives the descendants of Aaron, for the service of the temple of the Lord.</div>
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 <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1">The Divisions of Priests</div><div class="p"> 1These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron:</div><div class="p">The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as the priests. 3With the help of Zadok a descendant of Eleazar and Ahimelek a descendant of Ithamar, David separated them into divisions for their appointed order of ministering. 4A larger number of leaders were found among Eleazar&#8217;s descendants than among Ithamar&#8217;s, and they were divided accordingly: sixteen heads of families from Eleazar&#8217;s descendants and eight heads of families from Ithamar&#8217;s descendants. 5They divided them impartially by casting lots, for there were officials of the sanctuary and officials of God among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar.</div><div class="p"> 6The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officials: Zadok the priest, Ahimelek son of Abiathar and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites&#8212;one family being taken from Eleazar and then one from Ithamar.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"> 7The first lot fell to Jehoiarib,</div><div class="li1">the second to Jedaiah,</div><div class="li1"> 8the third to Harim,</div><div class="li1">the fourth to Seorim,</div><div class="li1"> 9the fifth to Malkijah,</div><div class="li1">the sixth to Mijamin,</div><div class="li1"> 10the seventh to Hakkoz,</div><div class="li1">the eighth to Abijah,</div><div class="li1"> 11the ninth to Jeshua,</div><div class="li1">the tenth to Shekaniah,</div><div class="li1"> 12the eleventh to Eliashib,</div><div class="li1">the twelfth to Jakim,</div><div class="li1"> 13the thirteenth to Huppah,</div><div class="li1">the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,</div><div class="li1"> 14the fifteenth to Bilgah,</div><div class="li1">the sixteenth to Immer,</div><div class="li1"> 15the seventeenth to Hezir,</div><div class="li1">the eighteenth to Happizzez,</div><div class="li1"> 16the nineteenth to Pethahiah,</div><div class="li1">the twentieth to Jehezkel,</div><div class="li1"> 17the twenty-first to Jakin,</div><div class="li1">the twenty-second to Gamul,</div><div class="li1"> 18the twenty-third to Delaiah</div><div class="li1">and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"> 19This was their appointed order of ministering when they entered the temple of the Lord, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their ancestor Aaron, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded him.</div><div class="s1">The Rest of the Levites</div><div class="m"> 20As for the rest of the descendants of Levi:</div><div class="li1">from the sons of Amram: Shubael;</div><div class="li2">from the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.</div><div class="li2"> 21As for Rehabiah, from his sons:</div><div class="li2">Ishiah was the first.</div><div class="li1"> 22From the Izharites: Shelomoth;</div><div class="li2">from the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.</div><div class="li1"> 23The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first,#24:23 Two Hebrew manuscripts and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 23:19); most Hebrew manuscripts The sons of Jeriah: Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.</div><div class="li1"> 24The son of Uzziel: Micah;</div><div class="li2">from the sons of Micah: Shamir.</div><div class="li2"> 25The brother of Micah: Ishiah;</div><div class="li2">from the sons of Ishiah: Zechariah.</div><div class="li1"> 26The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.</div><div class="li2">The son of Jaaziah: Beno.</div><div class="li1"> 27The sons of Merari:</div><div class="li2">from Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zakkur and Ibri.</div><div class="li1"> 28From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.</div><div class="li1"> 29From Kish: the son of Kish:</div><div class="li2">Jerahmeel.</div><div class="li1"> 30And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="p">These were the Levites, according to their families. 31They also cast lots, just as their relatives the descendants of Aaron did, in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelek, and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites. The families of the oldest brother were treated the same as those of the youngest.</div>
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 <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1">The Musicians</div><div class="p"> 1David, together with the commanders of the army, set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun for the ministry of prophesying, accompanied by harps, lyres and cymbals. Here is the list of the men who performed this service:</div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"> 2From the sons of Asaph:</div><div class="li2">Zakkur, Joseph, Nethaniah and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were under the supervision of Asaph, who prophesied under the king&#8217;s supervision.</div><div class="li1"> 3As for Jeduthun, from his sons:</div><div class="li2">Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei,#25:3 One Hebrew manuscript and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also verse 17); most Hebrew manuscripts do not have Shimei. Hashabiah and Mattithiah, six in all, under the supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied, using the harp in thanking and praising the Lord.</div><div class="li1"> 4As for Heman, from his sons:</div><div class="li2">Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael and Jerimoth; Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-Ezer; Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir and Mahazioth. 5(All these were sons of Heman the king&#8217;s seer. They were given him through the promises of God to exalt him. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.)</div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"> 6All these men were under the supervision of their father for the music of the temple of the Lord, with cymbals, lyres and harps, for the ministry at the house of God.</div><div class="p">Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman were under the supervision of the king. 7Along with their relatives&#8212;all of them trained and skilled in music for the Lord&#8212;they numbered 288. 8Young and old alike, teacher as well as student, cast lots for their duties.</div><div class="b"></div><table class="table">
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 <td class="cell">9The first lot, which was for Asaph, fell to Joseph,</td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives#25:9 See Septuagint; Hebrew does not have his sons and relatives.</td>
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 <td class="cell">the second to Gedaliah,</td>
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 <td class="cell">him and his relatives and sons</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">10the third to Zakkur,</td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">11the fourth to Izri,#25:11 A variant of Zeri</td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">12the fifth to Nethaniah,</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">13the sixth to Bukkiah,</td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">14the seventh to Jesarelah,#25:14 A variant of Asarelah</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">15the eighth to Jeshaiah,</td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">16the ninth to Mattaniah,</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">17the tenth to Shimei,</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">18the eleventh to Azarel,#25:18 A variant of Uzziel</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">19the twelfth to Hashabiah,</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">20the thirteenth to Shubael,</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">21the fourteenth to Mattithiah,</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">22the fifteenth to Jerimoth,</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">23the sixteenth to Hananiah,</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">24the seventeenth to Joshbekashah,</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">25the eighteenth to Hanani,</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">26the nineteenth to Mallothi,</td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">27the twentieth to Eliathah,</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">28the twenty-first to Hothir,</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">29the twenty-second to Giddalti,</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <tr class="row">
 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">30the twenty-third to Mahazioth,</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
 <td class="cell">12</td>
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 <td class="cell">31the twenty-fourth to Romamti-Ezer,</td>
 <td class="cell"></td>
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 <td class="cell">his sons and relatives</td>
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 <div class="q1">1Do not envy the wicked,</div><div class="q2">do not desire their company;</div><div class="q1"> 2for their hearts plot violence,</div><div class="q2">and their lips talk about making trouble.</div><div class="s2">Saying 21</div><div class="q1"> 3By wisdom a house is built,</div><div class="q2">and through understanding it is established;</div><div class="q1"> 4through knowledge its rooms are filled</div><div class="q2">with rare and beautiful treasures.</div><div class="s2">Saying 22</div><div class="q1"> 5The wise prevail through great power,</div><div class="q2">and those who have knowledge muster their strength.</div><div class="q1"> 6Surely you need guidance to wage war,</div><div class="q2">and victory is won through many advisers.</div><div class="s2">Saying 23</div><div class="q1"> 7Wisdom is too high for fools;</div><div class="q2">in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.</div><div class="s2">Saying 24</div><div class="q1"> 8Whoever plots evil</div><div class="q2">will be known as a schemer.</div><div class="q1"> 9The schemes of folly are sin,</div><div class="q2">and people detest a mocker.</div><div class="s2">Saying 25</div><div class="q1"> 10If you falter in a time of trouble,</div><div class="q2">how small is your strength!</div><div class="q1"> 11Rescue those being led away to death;</div><div class="q2">hold back those staggering toward slaughter.</div><div class="q1"> 12If you say, &#8220;But we knew nothing about this,&#8221;</div><div class="q2">does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?</div><div class="q1">Does not he who guards your life know it?</div><div class="q2">Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?</div><div class="s2">Saying 26</div><div class="q1"> 13Eat honey, my son, for it is good;</div><div class="q2">honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.</div><div class="q1"> 14Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:</div><div class="q2">If you find it, there is a future hope for you,</div><div class="q2">and your hope will not be cut off.</div><div class="s2">Saying 27</div><div class="q1"> 15Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,</div><div class="q2">do not plunder their dwelling place;</div><div class="q1"> 16for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,</div><div class="q2">but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.</div><div class="s2">Saying 28</div><div class="q1"> 17Do not gloat when your enemy falls;</div><div class="q2">when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,</div><div class="q1"> 18or the Lord will see and disapprove</div><div class="q2">and turn his wrath away from them.</div><div class="s2">Saying 29</div><div class="q1"> 19Do not fret because of evildoers</div><div class="q2">or be envious of the wicked,</div><div class="q1"> 20for the evildoer has no future hope,</div><div class="q2">and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.</div><div class="s2">Saying 30</div><div class="q1"> 21Fear the Lord and the king, my son,</div><div class="q2">and do not join with rebellious officials,</div><div class="q1"> 22for those two will send sudden destruction on them,</div><div class="q2">and who knows what calamities they can bring?</div>
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