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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:1 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">not have authority</span></span></span><span class="content"> to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jesus&#8217; brothers said to him, &#8220;Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For even his own brothers did not believe in him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore Jesus told them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;My time is not yet here; for you any time will do.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You go to the festival. I am not</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:8 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">not yet</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus and asking, &#8220;Where is he?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, &#8220;He is a good man.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.7.12"><span class="content">Others replied, &#8220;No, he deceives the people.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Teaches at the Festival</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The Jews there were amazed and asked, &#8220;How did this man get such learning without having been taught?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.7.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;You are demon-possessed,&#8221; the crowd answered. &#8220;Who is trying to kill you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.7.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man&#8217;s whole body on the Sabbath?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Division Over Who Jesus Is</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.7.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t this the man they are trying to kill? </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah? </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.7.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But we know where this man is from; when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.7.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.7.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.7.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.7.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.7.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.7.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Still, many in the crowd believed in him. They said, &#8220;When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.7.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.7.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.7.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.7.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.7.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.7.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.7.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The Jews said to one another, &#8220;Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.7.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">What did he mean when he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;You will look for me, but you will not find me,&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> and </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;Where I am, you cannot come&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.7.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.7.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.7.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:37,38 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">me. And let anyone drink </span><span class="fv">38 </span><span class="fqa">who believes in me.&#8221; As Scripture has said, &#8220;Out of him </span><span class="ft">(or </span><span class="fqa">them</span><span class="ft">) </span><span class="fqa">will flow rivers of living water.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.7.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.7.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.7.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">On hearing his words, some of the people said, &#8220;Surely this man is the Prophet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.7.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.7.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Others said, &#8220;He is the Messiah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.7.41"><span class="content">Still others asked, &#8220;How can the Messiah come from Galilee? </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.7.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David&#8217;s descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.7.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Thus the people were divided because of Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.7.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.7.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.7.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, &#8220;Why didn&#8217;t you bring him in?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.7.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.7.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">&#8220;No one ever spoke the way this man does,&#8221; the guards replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.7.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.7.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">&#8220;You mean he has deceived you also?&#8221; the Pharisees retorted. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.7.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.7.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law&#8212;there is a curse on them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.7.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JHN.7.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JHN.7.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">&#8220;Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JHN.7.51"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="JHN.7.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">They replied, &#8220;Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="iex"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="JHN.7.52"><span class="content">[The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have </span><span class="content">John 7:53&#8212;8:11</span><span class="content">. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after </span><span class="content">John 7:36</span><span class="content">, </span><span class="content">John 21:25</span><span class="content">, </span><span class="content">Luke 21:38</span><span class="content"> or </span><span class="content">Luke 24:53</span><span class="content">.]</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="JHN.7.52"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="JHN.7.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">Then they all went home,</span></span></span></div>
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         <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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