Acts 14:19-23

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Paul Stoned at Lystra

¹⁹^(A)But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, ^(B)they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. ²⁰But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. ²¹When they had preached the gospel to that city and had ^(C)made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, ²²^(D)strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them ^(E)to continue in ^(F)the faith, and saying that ^(G)through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. ²³And when they had ^(H)appointed ^(I)elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting ^(J)they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

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Proverbs 17:10-19

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¹⁰A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
    than a hundred blows into a fool.
¹¹An evil man seeks only rebellion,
    and ^(A)a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
¹²Let a man meet ^(B)a she-bear robbed of her cubs
    ^(C)rather than a fool in his folly.
¹³If anyone ^(D)returns evil for good,
    ^(E)evil will not depart from his house.
¹⁴The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
    so ^(F)quit before the quarrel breaks out.
¹⁵He who ^(G)justifies the wicked and he who ^(H)condemns the righteous
    are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
¹⁶Why should a fool have money in his hand ^(I)to buy wisdom
    when he has no sense?
¹⁷^(J)A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for adversity.
¹⁸One who lacks sense gives a pledge
    and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
¹⁹Whoever loves transgression loves strife;
    he who ^(K)makes his door high seeks destruction.