Proverbs 8

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The Commendation of Wisdom

8 Does not ^(A)wisdom call,
And understanding ^[a]raise her voice?
²On top of ^(B)the heights beside the way,
Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
³Beside the ^(C)gates, at the opening to the city,
At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:
⁴“To you, people, I call,
And my voice is to ^[b]mankind.
⁵You ^(D)naive ones, understand prudence;
And, you ^(E)fools, understand ^[c]wisdom!
⁶Listen, for I will speak ^(F)noble things;
And the opening of my lips will reveal ^(G)right things.
⁷For my ^(H)mouth will proclaim truth;
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
⁸All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing ^(I)crooked or perverted in them.
⁹They are all ^(J)straightforward to him who understands,
And right to those who ^(K)find knowledge.
¹⁰Accept my ^(L)instruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choice gold.
¹¹For wisdom is ^(M)better than ^[d]jewels;
And ^(N)all desirable things cannot compare with her.

¹²“I, wisdom, ^(O)dwell with prudence,
And I find ^(P)knowledge and discretion.
¹³The ^(Q)fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
^(R)Pride, arrogance, ^(S)the evil way,
And the ^(T)perverted mouth, I hate.
¹⁴^(U)Advice is mine and ^(V)sound wisdom;
I am understanding, ^(W)power is mine.
¹⁵By me ^(X)kings reign,
And rulers decree justice.
¹⁶By me princes rule, and nobles,
All who judge rightly.
¹⁷I ^(Y)love those who love me;
And ^(Z)those who diligently seek me will find me.
¹⁸^(AA)Riches and honor are with me,
Enduring ^(AB)wealth and righteousness.
¹⁹My fruit is ^(AC)better than gold, even pure gold;
And my yield better than ^(AD)choice silver.
²⁰I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,
²¹To endow those who love me with wealth,
That I may ^(AE)fill their treasuries.

²²“The Lord ^[e]created me ^(AF)at the beginning of His way,
Before His works ^[f]of old.
²³From eternity I was ^[g]^(AG)established,
From the beginning, ^(AH)from the earliest times of the earth.
²⁴When there were no ^(AI)ocean depths, I was born,
When there were no springs abounding with water.
²⁵^(AJ)Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was born;
²⁶While He had not yet made the earth and the ^[h]fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.
²⁷When He ^(AK)established the heavens, I was there;
When ^(AL)He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
²⁸When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became ^[i]fixed,
²⁹When ^(AM)He set a boundary for the sea
So that the water would not violate His ^[j]command,
When He marked out ^(AN)the foundations of the earth;
³⁰Then ^(AO)I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was His delight daily,
^[k]Rejoicing always before Him,
³¹^[l]Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
And having ^(AP)my delight in the sons of mankind.

³²“Now then, sons, ^(AQ)listen to me,
For ^(AR)blessed are those who keep my ways.
³³^(AS)Listen to instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.
³⁴^(AT)Blessed is the person who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at my doorposts.
³⁵For ^(AU)one who finds me finds life,
And ^(AV)obtains favor from the Lord.
³⁶But one who ^[m]sins against me ^(AW)injures himself;
All those who ^(AX)hate me ^(AY)love death.”

Footnotes

Proverbs 8:1 Lit give
Proverbs 8:4 Lit sons of mankind
Proverbs 8:5 Lit heart
Proverbs 8:11 Lit corals
Proverbs 8:22 Or possessed
Proverbs 8:22 Lit from then
Proverbs 8:23 Or consecrated
Proverbs 8:26 Lit outside places
Proverbs 8:28 Lit strong
Proverbs 8:29 Lit mouth
Proverbs 8:30 Or Playing
Proverbs 8:31 Or Playing
Proverbs 8:36 Or misses me

Romans 8

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Deliverance from Bondage

8 Therefore there is now no ^(A)condemnation at all for those who are ^(B)in ^(C)Christ Jesus. ²For ^(D)the law of the Spirit of life ^[a]in ^(E)Christ Jesus ^(F)has set you free from the law of sin and of death. ³For ^(G)what the Law could not do, ^[b]^(H)weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in ^(I)the likeness of ^[c]sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴so that the ^(J)requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who ^(K)do not walk ^[d]according to the flesh but ^[e]according to the Spirit. ⁵For those who are in accord with the flesh set their minds on ^(L)the things of the flesh, but those who are in accord with the Spirit, ^(M)the things of the Spirit. ⁶^(N)For the mind ^[f]set on the flesh is ^(O)death, but the mind ^[g]set on the Spirit is life and peace, ⁷because the mind ^[h]set on the flesh is ^(P)hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, ⁸and those who are ^(Q)in the flesh cannot please God.

⁹However, you are not ^(R)in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God ^(S)dwells in you. But ^(T)if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. ¹⁰^(U)If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is ^[i]alive because of righteousness. ¹¹But if the Spirit of Him who ^(V)raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, ^(W)He who raised ^(X)Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies ^[j]through His Spirit who dwells in you.

¹²So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— ¹³for ^(Y)if you are living in accord with the flesh, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you are ^(Z)putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. ¹⁴For all who are ^(AA)being led by the Spirit of God, these are ^(AB)sons and daughters of God. ¹⁵For you ^(AC)have not received a spirit of slavery ^[k]leading to fear again, but you ^(AD)have received ^[l]a spirit of adoption as sons and daughters by which we cry out, “^(AE)Abba! ^[m]Father!” ¹⁶The Spirit Himself ^(AF)testifies with our spirit that we are ^(AG)children of God, ¹⁷and if children, ^(AH)heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^(AI)if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this present time ^(AJ)are not worthy to be compared with the ^(AK)glory that is to be revealed to us. ¹⁹For the ^(AL)eagerly awaiting creation waits for ^(AM)the revealing of the ^(AN)sons and daughters of God. ²⁰For the creation ^(AO)was subjected to ^(AP)futility, not willingly, but ^(AQ)because of Him who subjected it, ^[n]in hope ²¹that ^(AR)the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. ²²For we know that the whole creation ^(AS)groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. ²³^(AT)And not only that, but also we ourselves, having ^(AU)the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves ^(AV)groan within ourselves, ^(AW)waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons and daughters, ^(AX)the redemption of our body. ²⁴For ^(AY)in hope we have been saved, but ^(AZ)hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? ²⁵But ^(BA)if we hope for what we do not see, through perseverance we wait eagerly for it.

Our Victory in Christ

²⁶Now in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for ^(BB)we do not know what to pray for as we should, but ^(BC)the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with ^[o]groanings too deep for words; ²⁷and ^(BD)He who searches the hearts knows what ^(BE)the mind of the Spirit is, because He ^(BF)intercedes for the ^[p]saints according to the will of God.

²⁸And we know that ^[q]God ^[r]causes ^(BG)all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are ^(BH)called according to His purpose. ²⁹For those whom He ^(BI)foreknew, He also ^(BJ)predestined to become ^(BK)conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the ^(BL)firstborn among many brothers and sisters; ³⁰and these whom He ^(BM)predestined, He also ^(BN)called; and these whom He called, He also ^(BO)justified; and these whom He justified, He also ^(BP)glorified.

³¹^(BQ)What then shall we say to these things? ^(BR)If God is for us, who is against us? ³²He who ^(BS)did not spare His own Son, but ^(BT)delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? ³³Who will bring charges against ^(BU)God’s elect? ^(BV)God is the one who justifies; ³⁴who is the one who ^(BW)condemns? Christ Jesus is He who ^(BX)died, but rather, was ^[s]^(BY)raised, who is ^(BZ)at the right hand of God, who also ^(CA)intercedes for us. ³⁵Who will separate us from ^(CB)the love of ^[t]Christ? Will ^(CC)tribulation, or trouble, or ^(CD)persecution, or ^(CE)famine, or ^(CF)nakedness, or ^(CG)danger, or sword? ³⁶Just as it is written:

“^(CH)For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We were regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

³⁷But in all these things we overwhelmingly ^(CI)conquer through ^(CJ)Him who loved us. ³⁸For I am convinced that neither ^(CK)death, nor life, nor ^(CL)angels, nor principalities, nor ^(CM)things present, nor things to come, nor powers, ³⁹nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from ^(CN)the love of God that is ^(CO)in Christ Jesus our Lord.