Proverbs 3:27-4:19

English Standard Version

²⁷^(A)Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,^[a]
when it is in your power to do it.

²⁸^(B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,
    tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
²⁹^(C)Do not plan evil against your neighbor,
    who ^(D)dwells trustingly beside you.
³⁰^(E)Do not contend with a man for no reason,
    when he has done you no harm.
³¹^(F)Do not envy ^(G)a man of violence
    and do not choose any of his ways,
³²for ^(H)the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,
    but the upright are ^(I)in his confidence.
³³^(J)The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked,
    but he ^(K)blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
³⁴Toward the ^(L)scorners he ^(M)is scornful,
    ^(N)but to the humble he gives favor.^[b]
³⁵The wise will inherit honor,
    but fools get^[c] disgrace.

A Father's Wise Instruction

4 ^(O)Hear, O sons, a father's instruction,
    and be attentive, that you may ^(P)gain^[d] insight,
²for I give you good ^(Q)precepts;
    do not forsake my teaching.
³When I was a son with my father,
    ^(R)tender, ^(S)the only one in the sight of my mother,
⁴he ^(T)taught me and said to me,
^(U)“Let your heart hold fast my words;
    ^(V)keep my commandments, and live.
⁵^(W)Get wisdom; get ^(X)insight;
    do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
⁶Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
    ^(Y)love her, and she will guard you.
⁷^(Z)The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,
    and whatever you get, get ^(AA)insight.
⁸Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
    she will ^(AB)honor you ^(AC)if you embrace her.
⁹She will place on your head ^(AD)a graceful garland;
    she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”

¹⁰^(AE)Hear, ^(AF)my son, and accept my words,
    that ^(AG)the years of your life may be many.
¹¹I have ^(AH)taught you the way of wisdom;
    I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
¹²When you walk, ^(AI)your step will not be hampered,
    and ^(AJ)if you run, you will not stumble.
¹³^(AK)Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;
    guard her, for she is your ^(AL)life.
¹⁴^(AM)Do not enter the path of the wicked,
    and do not walk in the way of the evil.
¹⁵Avoid it; do not go on it;
    turn away from it and pass on.
¹⁶For they ^(AN)cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
    they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
¹⁷For they eat the bread of wickedness
    ^(AO)and drink the wine of violence.
¹⁸But ^(AP)the path of the righteous is like ^(AQ)the light of dawn,
    which shines ^(AR)brighter and brighter until ^(AS)full day.
¹⁹^(AT)The way of the wicked is like deep ^(AU)darkness;
    they do not know over what they ^(AV)stumble.

Footnotes

Proverbs 3:27 Hebrew Do not withhold good from its owners
Proverbs 3:34 Or grace
Proverbs 3:35 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
Proverbs 4:1 Hebrew know

1 John 4:7-21

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God Is Love

⁷Beloved, ^(A)let us love one another, for love is from God, and ^(B)whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. ⁸^(C)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because ^(D)God is love. ⁹In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that ^(E)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. ¹⁰In this is love, ^(F)not that we have loved God ^(G)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be ^(H)the propitiation for our sins. ¹¹Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. ¹²^(I)No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and ^(J)his love is perfected in us.

¹³^(K)By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. ¹⁴And ^(L)we have seen and testify that ^(M)the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of ^(N)the world. ¹⁵^(O)Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. ¹⁶So ^(P)we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. ^(Q)God is love, and ^(R)whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. ¹⁷By this ^(S)is love perfected with us, so that ^(T)we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because ^(U)as he is so also are we in this world. ¹⁸There is no fear in love, but ^(V)perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not ^(W)been perfected in love. ¹⁹^(X)We love because he first loved us. ²⁰^(Y)If anyone says, “I love God,” and ^(Z)hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot^[a] love God ^(AA)whom he has not seen. ²¹And ^(AB)this commandment we have from him: ^(AC)whoever loves God must also love his brother.

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Footnotes

1 John 4:20 Some manuscripts how can he

Proverbs 4:20-5:14

English Standard Version

²⁰^(A)My son, be attentive to my words;
    incline your ear to my sayings.
²¹^(B)Let them not escape from your sight;
    ^(C)keep them within your heart.
²²For they are ^(D)life to those who find them,
    and healing to all their^[a] flesh.
²³Keep your heart with all vigilance,
    for ^(E)from it flow ^(F)the springs of life.
²⁴Put away from you ^(G)crooked speech,
    and put ^(H)devious talk far from you.
²⁵^(I)Let your eyes look directly forward,
    and your gaze be straight before you.
²⁶^(J)Ponder^[b] the path of your feet;
    ^(K)then all your ways will be sure.
²⁷^(L)Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
    turn your foot away from evil.

Warning Against Adultery

5 ^(M)My son, be attentive to my wisdom;
    ^(N)incline your ear to my understanding,
²that you may keep ^(O)discretion,
    and your lips may ^(P)guard knowledge.
³For the lips of ^(Q)a forbidden^[c] woman drip honey,
    and her speech^[d] is ^(R)smoother than oil,
⁴but in the end she is ^(S)bitter as ^(T)wormwood,
    ^(U)sharp as ^(V)a two-edged sword.
⁵Her feet ^(W)go down to death;
    her steps follow the path to^[e] Sheol;
⁶she ^(X)does not ponder the path of life;
    her ways wander, and she does not know it.

⁷And ^(Y)now, O sons, listen to me,
    and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
⁸Keep your way far from her,
    and do not go near the door of her house,
⁹lest you give your honor to others
    and your years to the merciless,
¹⁰lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
    and your ^(Z)labors go to the house of a foreigner,
¹¹and at the end of your life you ^(AA)groan,
    when your flesh and body are consumed,
¹²and you say, ^(AB)“How I hated discipline,
    and my heart ^(AC)despised reproof!
¹³I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
    or incline my ear to my instructors.
¹⁴^(AD)I am at the brink of utter ruin
    in the assembled congregation.”

Footnotes

Proverbs 4:22 Hebrew his
Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level
Proverbs 5:3 Hebrew strange; also verse 20
Proverbs 5:3 Hebrew palate
Proverbs 5:5 Hebrew lay hold of

Mark 12:35-13:13

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Whose Son Is the Christ?

³⁵^(A)And as ^(B)Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that ^(C)the Christ is the son of David? ³⁶David himself, ^(D)in the Holy Spirit, declared,

^(E)“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies ^(F)under your feet.”’

³⁷David himself calls him Lord. So ^(G)how is he his son?” And the great throng ^(H)heard him gladly.

Beware of the Scribes

³⁸^(I)And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces ³⁹and have the best seats in the synagogues and ^(J)the places of honor at feasts, ⁴⁰^(K)who devour widows' houses and ^(L)for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”

The Widow's Offering

⁴¹^(M)And he sat down opposite ^(N)the treasury and watched the people ^(O)putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. ⁴²And a poor widow came and put in two ^(P)small copper coins, which make a penny.^[a] ⁴³And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, ^(Q)this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. ⁴⁴For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her ^(R)poverty has put in everything she had, all ^(S)she had to live on.”

Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple

13 ^(T)And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” ²And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? ^(U)There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”

Signs of the End of the Age

³And as he sat on ^(V)the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, ^(W)Peter and James and John and ^(X)Andrew asked him ^(Y)privately, ⁴“Tell us, ^(Z)when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?” ⁵And Jesus began to say to them, ^(AA)“See that no one leads you astray. ⁶^(AB)Many will come in my name, saying, ^(AC)‘I am he!’ and they will lead many astray. ⁷And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, ^(AD)do not be alarmed. This ^(AE)must take place, but the end is not yet. ⁸For ^(AF)nation will rise against nation, and ^(AG)kingdom against kingdom. There will be ^(AH)earthquakes in various places; there will be ^(AI)famines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains.

⁹^(AJ)“But ^(AK)be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten ^(AL)in synagogues, and you will stand before ^(AM)governors and ^(AN)kings for my sake, ^(AO)to bear witness before them. ¹⁰And the gospel must first be proclaimed ^(AP)to all nations. ¹¹And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, ^(AQ)do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say ^(AR)whatever is given you in that hour, ^(AS)for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. ¹²^(AT)And brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death. ¹³^(AU)And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. ^(AV)But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Footnotes

Mark 12:42 Greek two lepta, which make a kodrantes; a kodrantes (Latin quadrans) was a Roman copper coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)