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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Solomon Builds the Temple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1KI.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the four hundred and eightieth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">four hundred and fortieth</span></span></span><span class="content"> year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon&#8217;s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1KI.6.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The temple that King Solomon built for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 90 feet long, 30 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 27 meters long, 9 meters wide and 14 meters high</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; also in verses 16 and 20</span></span></span><span class="content"> and projected ten cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 15 feet or about 4.5 meters; also in verses 23-26</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the front of the temple. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He made narrow windows high up in the temple walls. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The lowest floor was five cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:6 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verses 10 and 24</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide, the middle floor six cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:6 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 9 feet or about 2.7 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the third floor seven.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:6 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The entrance to the lowest</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:8 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">middle</span></span></span><span class="content"> floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and from there to the third. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So he built the temple and completed it, roofing it with beams and cedar planks. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And he built the side rooms all along the temple. The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to Solomon: </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for this temple you are building, if you follow my decrees, observe my laws and keep all my commands and obey them, I will fulfill through you the promise I gave to David your father. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.6.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So Solomon built the temple and completed it. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He lined its interior walls with cedar boards, paneling them from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and covered the floor of the temple with planks of juniper. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He partitioned off twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The main hall in front of this room was forty cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:17 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 60 feet or about 18 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> long. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; no stone was to be seen.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.6.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> there. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Solomon covered the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1KI.6.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So he overlaid the whole interior with gold. He also overlaid with gold the altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1KI.6.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1KI.6.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For the inner sanctuary he made a pair of cherubim out of olive wood, each ten cubits high. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.6.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing five cubits&#8212;ten cubits from wing tip to wing tip. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.6.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The second cherub also measured ten cubits, for the two cherubim were identical in size and shape. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.6.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The height of each cherub was ten cubits. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1KI.6.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple, with their wings spread out. The wing of one cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the other touched the other wall, and their wings touched each other in the middle of the room. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.6.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He overlaid the cherubim with gold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.6.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1KI.6.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">On the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer rooms, he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1KI.6.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">He also covered the floors of both the inner and outer rooms of the temple with gold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1KI.6.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1KI.6.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors out of olive wood that were one fifth of the width of the sanctuary. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1KI.6.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">And on the two olive-wood doors he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1KI.6.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">In the same way, for the entrance to the main hall he made doorframes out of olive wood that were one fourth of the width of the hall. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1KI.6.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He also made two doors out of juniper wood, each having two leaves that turned in sockets. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1KI.6.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers on them and overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1KI.6.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1KI.6.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1KI.6.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1KI.6.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">The foundation of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1KI.6.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in all its details according to its specifications. He had spent seven years building it.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Solomon Builds the Temple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Solomon began to build the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Ornan, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Araunah</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Jebusite, the place provided by David. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 90 feet long and 30 feet wide or about 27 meters long and 9 meters wide</span></span></span><span class="content"> (using the cubit of the old standard). </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; also in verses 8, 11 and 13</span></span></span><span class="content"> long across the width of the building and twenty</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:4 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint and Syriac manuscripts; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">and a hundred and twenty</span></span></span><span class="content"> cubits high.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.3.4"><span class="content">He overlaid the inside with pure gold. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree and chain designs. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He built the Most Holy Place, its length corresponding to the width of the temple&#8212;twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:8 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 23 tons or about 21 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of fine gold. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The gold nails weighed fifty shekels.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verse 15</span></span></span><span class="content"> long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Similarly one wing of the second cherub was five cubits long and touched the other temple wall, and its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">facing inward</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He made the curtain of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim worked into it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">For the front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:15 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 53 feet or about 16 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> long, each with a capital five cubits high. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He made interwoven chains</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft">Or possibly </span><span class="fqa">made chains in the inner sanctuary</span><span class="ft">; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:17 </span><span class="fq">Jakin </span><span class="ft">probably means </span><span class="fqa">he establishes.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the one to the north Boaz.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:17 </span><span class="fq">Boaz </span><span class="ft">probably means </span><span class="fqa">in him is strength.</span></span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="ROM.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who according to the flesh</span></span></span><span class="content"> was a descendant of David, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">was declared with power to be the Son of God</span></span></span><span class="content"> by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that is</span></span></span><span class="content"> faith for his name&#8217;s sake. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Longing to Visit Rome</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God&#8217;s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other&#8217;s faith. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 7:1, 4; 8:12, 29; 10:1; 11:25; 12:1; 15:14, 30; 16:14, 17.</span></span></span><span class="content"> that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed&#8212;a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">is from faith to faith</span></span></span><span class="content"> just as it is written: &#8220;The righteous will live by faith.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">Hab. 2:4</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Wrath Against Sinful Humanity</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For since the creation of the world God&#8217;s invisible qualities&#8212;his eternal power and divine nature&#8212;have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator&#8212;who is forever praised. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ROM.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ROM.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Although they know God&#8217;s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">97</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 97</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.97.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns, let the earth be glad;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.97.1"><span class="content">let the distant shores rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.97.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.97.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Clouds and thick darkness surround him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.97.2"><span class="content">righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.97.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.97.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Fire goes before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.97.3"><span class="content">and consumes his foes on every side.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.97.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.97.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His lightning lights up the world;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.97.4"><span class="content">the earth sees and trembles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.97.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.97.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The mountains melt like wax before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.97.5"><span class="content">before the Lord of all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.97.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.97.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The heavens proclaim his righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.97.6"><span class="content">and all peoples see his glory.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.97.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.97.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All who worship images are put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.97.7"><span class="content">those who boast in idols&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.97.7"><span class="content">worship him, all you gods!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.97.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.97.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Zion hears and rejoices</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.97.8"><span class="content">and the villages of Judah are glad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.97.8"><span class="content">because of your judgments, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.97.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.97.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are the Most High over all the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.97.9"><span class="content">you are exalted far above all gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.97.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.97.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Let those who love the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hate evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.97.10"><span class="content">for he guards the lives of his faithful ones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.97.10"><span class="content">and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.97.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.97.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Light shines</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">97:11 </span><span class="ft">One Hebrew manuscript and ancient versions (see also 112:4); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Light is sown</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.97.11"><span class="content">and joy on the upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.97.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.97.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you who are righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.97.12"><span class="content">and praise his holy name.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch20" data-usfm="PRO.20">
         <div class="label">20</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"><span class="content">whoever is led astray by them is not wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A king&#8217;s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"><span class="content">those who anger him forfeit their lives.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">It is to one&#8217;s honor to avoid strife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"><span class="content">but every fool is quick to quarrel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Sluggards do not plow in season;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"><span class="content">so at harvest time they look but find nothing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The purposes of a person&#8217;s heart are deep waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"><span class="content">but one who has insight draws them out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Many claim to have unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"><span class="content">but a faithful person who can find?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The righteous lead blameless lives;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"><span class="content">blessed are their children after them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When a king sits on his throne to judge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"><span class="content">he winnows out all evil with his eyes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Who can say, &#8220;I have kept my heart pure;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"><span class="content">I am clean and without sin&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Differing weights and differing measures&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests them both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Even small children are known by their actions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"><span class="content">so is their conduct really pure and upright?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Ears that hear and eyes that see&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has made them both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"><span class="content">stay awake and you will have food to spare.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;It&#8217;s no good, it&#8217;s no good!&#8221; says the buyer&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"><span class="content">then goes off and boasts about the purchase.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Gold there is, and rubies in abundance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"><span class="content">but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"><span class="content">hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Food gained by fraud tastes sweet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"><span class="content">but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Plans are established by seeking advice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"><span class="content">so if you wage war, obtain guidance.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A gossip betrays a confidence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"><span class="content">so avoid anyone who talks too much.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">If someone curses their father or mother,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"><span class="content">their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">An inheritance claimed too soon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"><span class="content">will not be blessed at the end.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not say, &#8220;I&#8217;ll pay you back for this wrong!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"><span class="content">Wait for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he will avenge you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests differing weights,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"><span class="content">and dishonest scales do not please him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s steps are directed by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"><span class="content">How then can anyone understand their own way?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">It is a trap to dedicate something rashly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"><span class="content">and only later to consider one&#8217;s vows.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">A wise king winnows out the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"><span class="content">he drives the threshing wheel over them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The human spirit is</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A person&#8217;s words are</span></span></span><span class="content"> the lamp of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"><span class="content">that sheds light on one&#8217;s inmost being.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Love and faithfulness keep a king safe;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"><span class="content">through love his throne is made secure.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The glory of young men is their strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"><span class="content">gray hair the splendor of the old.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Blows and wounds scrub away evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.20.30"><span class="content">and beatings purge the inmost being.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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