Jeremiah 49:14-17

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¹⁴^(A)I have heard a message from the Lord,
    and an envoy has been sent among the nations:
^(B)“Gather yourselves together and come against her,
    and rise up for battle!
¹⁵For behold, I will make you small among the nations,
    despised among mankind.
¹⁶The horror you inspire has deceived you,
    and the pride of your heart,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,^[a]
    who hold the height of the hill.
Though you ^(C)make your nest as high as the eagle's,
    I will bring you down from there,
declares the Lord.

¹⁷^(D)“Edom shall become a horror. ^(E)Everyone who passes by it will be horrified ^(F)and will hiss because of all its disasters.

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Jeremiah 49:16 Or of Sela

Proverbs 16:18-19

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¹⁸^(A)Pride goes before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.
¹⁹^(B)It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor
than to ^(C)divide the spoil with the proud.

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Proverbs 9:1-5

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The Way of Wisdom

9 ^(A)Wisdom has built her house;
    she has hewn her ^(B)seven ^(C)pillars.
²She has ^(D)slaughtered her beasts; she has ^(E)mixed her wine;
    she has also ^(F)set her table.
³She has ^(G)sent out her young women to ^(H)call
    from ^(I)the highest places in the town,
⁴^(J)“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
    ^(K)To him who lacks sense she says,
⁵“Come, ^(L)eat of my bread
    and ^(M)drink of ^(N)the wine I have mixed.

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Proverbs 9:13-16

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The Way of Folly

¹³^(A)The woman Folly is ^(B)loud;
    she is seductive^[a] and ^(C)knows nothing.
¹⁴She sits at the door of her house;
    she takes a seat on ^(D)the highest places of the town,
¹⁵calling to those who pass by,
    who are ^(E)going straight on their way,
¹⁶^(F)“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
    And to him who lacks sense she says,