Proverbs 3:11-20

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¹¹^(A)My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline
or be weary of his reproof,
¹²for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
as ^(B)a father the son in whom he delights.

Blessed Is the One Who Finds Wisdom

¹³^(C)Blessed is the one who finds wisdom,
    and the one who gets understanding,
¹⁴^(D)for the gain from her is better than gain from silver
    and her profit better than ^(E)gold.
¹⁵She is more precious than ^(F)jewels,
    and ^(G)nothing you desire can compare with her.
¹⁶^(H)Long life is in her right hand;
    in her left hand are ^(I)riches and honor.
¹⁷Her ^(J)ways are ways of pleasantness,
    and all her paths are peace.
¹⁸She is ^(K)a tree of life to those who ^(L)lay hold of her;
    those who hold her fast are called blessed.

¹⁹^(M)The Lord by wisdom founded the earth;
by understanding ^(N)he established the heavens;
²⁰by his knowledge ^(O)the deeps broke open,
and ^(P)the clouds drop down the dew.

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1 John 3:18-4:6

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¹⁸Little children, let us not ^(A)love in word or talk but in deed and ^(B)in truth.

¹⁹By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; ²⁰for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. ²¹Beloved, ^(C)if our heart does not condemn us, ^(D)we have confidence before God; ²²and ^(E)whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and ^(F)do what pleases him. ²³And this is his commandment, ^(G)that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and ^(H)love one another, ^(I)just as he has commanded us. ²⁴^(J)Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,^[a] and God^[b] in him. And ^(K)by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

Test the Spirits

4 Beloved, ^(L)do not believe every spirit, but ^(M)test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for ^(N)many ^(O)false prophets ^(P)have gone out into the world. ²By this you know the Spirit of God: ^(Q)every spirit that confesses that ^(R)Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, ³and every spirit ^(S)that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and ^(T)now is in the world already. ⁴Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for ^(U)he who is in you is greater than ^(V)he who is in the world. ⁵^(W)They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and ^(X)the world listens to them. ⁶We are from God. ^(Y)Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know ^(Z)the Spirit of truth and ^(AA)the spirit of error.

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Matthew 11:1-6

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Messengers from John the Baptist

11 When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.

²^(A)Now when John heard ^(B)in prison about the deeds of ^(C)the Christ, he sent word by ^(D)his disciples ³and said to him, “Are you ^(E)the one who is to come, or shall we ^(F)look for another?” ⁴And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: ⁵^(G)the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers^[a] are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and ^(H)the poor have good news preached to them. ⁶And blessed is the one who ^(I)is not offended by me.”