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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Beginning</span></div><div class="pi"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let there be light,&#8221; and there was light. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God called the light &#8220;day,&#8221; and the darkness he called &#8220;night.&#8221; And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the first day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">God called the vault &#8220;sky.&#8221; And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the second day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">God called the dry ground &#8220;land,&#8221; and the gathered waters he called &#8220;seas.&#8221; And God saw that it was good.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then God said, &#8220;Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the third day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">God made two great lights&#8212;the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the fourth day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">God blessed them and said, &#8220;Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the fifth day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then God said, &#8220;Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:26 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">the earth</span></span></span><span class="content"> and over all the creatures that move along the ground.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So God created mankind in his own image,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="content">in the image of God he created them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="content">male and female he created them.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">God blessed them and said to them, &#8220;Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then God said, &#8220;I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground&#8212;everything that has the breath of life in it&#8212;I give every green plant for food.&#8221; And it was so.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.1.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the sixth day.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="pi"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Adam and Eve</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God made the earth and the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">land</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 6</span></span></span><span class="content"> and no plant had yet sprung up, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">but streams</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">mist</span></span></span><span class="content"> came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God formed a man</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">man </span><span class="ft"><span class="tl">(adam)</span> sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">ground </span><span class="ft"><span class="tl">(adamah)</span>; it is also the name </span><span class="fqa">Adam </span><span class="ft">(see verse 20).</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground&#8212;trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">(The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">good; pearls</span></span></span><span class="content"> and onyx are also there.) </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:13 </span><span class="ft">Possibly southeast Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God commanded the man, &#8220;You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God said, &#8220;It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.2.20"><span class="content">But for Adam</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the man</span></span></span><span class="content"> no suitable helper was found. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man&#8217;s ribs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">took part of the man&#8217;s side</span></span></span><span class="content"> and then closed up the place with flesh. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God made a woman from the rib</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">part</span></span></span><span class="content"> he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The man said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.2.23"><span class="content">&#8220;This is now bone of my bones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.2.23"><span class="content">and flesh of my flesh;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.2.23"><span class="content">she shall be called &#8216;woman,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.2.23"><span class="content">for she was taken out of man.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.2.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Purpose and Theme</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for gaining wisdom and instruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">for understanding words of insight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">doing what is right and just and fair;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">for giving prudence to those who are simple,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew word rendered </span><span class="fq">simple </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">knowledge and discretion to the young&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">let the wise listen and add to their learning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">and let the discerning get guidance&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">for understanding proverbs and parables,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">the sayings and riddles of the wise.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the beginning of knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">but fools</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew words rendered </span><span class="fq">fool </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.</span></span></span><span class="content"> despise wisdom and instruction.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom</span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Listen, my son, to your father&#8217;s instruction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">and do not forsake your mother&#8217;s teaching.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They are a garland to grace your head</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">and a chain to adorn your neck.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My son, if sinful men entice you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">do not give in to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If they say, &#8220;Come along with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s lie in wait for innocent blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s ambush some harmless soul;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">let&#8217;s swallow them alive, like the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">and whole, like those who go down to the pit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">we will get all sorts of valuable things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">and fill our houses with plunder;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">cast lots with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">we will all share the loot&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">my son, do not go along with them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">do not set foot on their paths;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for their feet rush into evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">they are swift to shed blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How useless to spread a net</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">where every bird can see it!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">These men lie in wait for their own blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">they ambush only themselves!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">it takes away the life of those who get it.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom&#8217;s Rebuke</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">she raises her voice in the public square;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">on top of the wall</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">/ at noisy street corners</span></span></span><span class="content"> she cries out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">at the city gate she makes her speech:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">How long will mockers delight in mockery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">and fools hate knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Repent at my rebuke!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">I will make known to you my teachings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But since you refuse to listen when I call</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">since you disregard all my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">and do not accept my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">I will mock when calamity overtakes you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">when calamity overtakes you like a storm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when distress and trouble overwhelm you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then they will call to me but I will not answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">they will look for me but will not find me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">since they hated knowledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">and did not choose to fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Since they would not accept my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">and spurned my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">they will eat the fruit of their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">and the complacency of fools will destroy them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">but whoever listens to me will live in safety</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="content">and be at ease, without fear of harm.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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