Proverbs 3:27-4:19

New American Standard Bible

²⁷^(A)Do not withhold good from ^[a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.
²⁸^(B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it to you,”
When you have it with you.
²⁹^(C)Do not devise harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.
³⁰^(D)Do not contend with a person for no reason,
If he has done you no harm.
³¹^(E)Do not envy a violent person,
And do not choose any of his ways.
³²For the ^(F)devious are an abomination to the Lord;
But ^[b]He is ^(G)intimate with the upright.
³³The ^(H)curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But He ^(I)blesses the home of the righteous.
³⁴Though ^(J)He scoffs at the scoffers,
Yet ^(K)He gives grace to the needy.
³⁵^(L)The wise will inherit honor,
But fools ^[c]increase dishonor.

A Father’s Instruction

4 Listen, my sons, to the ^(M)instruction of a father,
And ^(N)pay attention so that you may ^[d]gain understanding,
²For I give you good ^(O)teaching;
^(P)Do not abandon my ^[e]instruction.
³When I was a son to my father,
^(Q)Tender and ^(R)the only son in the sight of my mother,
⁴He ^(S)taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart ^(T)take hold of my words;
^(U)Keep my commandments and live;
⁵^(V)Acquire wisdom! ^(W)Acquire understanding!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
⁶Do not abandon her, and she will guard you;
^(X)Love her, and she will watch over you.
⁷^(Y)The ^[f]beginning of wisdom is: ^(Z)Acquire wisdom;
And with all your possessions, acquire understanding.
⁸^(AA)Prize her, and she will exalt you;
She will honor you if you embrace her.
⁹She will place ^(AB)on your head a garland of grace;
She will present you with a crown of beauty.”

¹⁰Listen, my son, and ^(AC)accept my sayings,
And the ^(AD)years of your life will be many.
¹¹I have ^(AE)instructed you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in upright paths.
¹²When you walk, your ^(AF)steps will not be hampered;
And if you run, you ^(AG)will not stumble.
¹³^(AH)Take hold of instruction; do not let go.
Guard her, for she is your ^(AI)life.
¹⁴^(AJ)Do not enter the path of the wicked
And do not proceed in the way of evil people.
¹⁵Avoid it, do not pass by it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
¹⁶For they ^(AK)cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And ^[g]they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
¹⁷For they ^(AL)eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.
¹⁸But the ^(AM)path of the righteous is like the ^(AN)light of dawn
That ^(AO)shines brighter and brighter until the ^(AP)full day.
¹⁹The ^(AQ)way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know over what they ^[h]^(AR)stumble.

Footnotes

Proverbs 3:27 Lit its owners
Proverbs 3:32 Lit His private counsel is
Proverbs 3:35 Lit raise high
Proverbs 4:1 Lit know
Proverbs 4:2 Or law
Proverbs 4:7 Or primary thing is wisdom
Proverbs 4:16 Lit their sleep is robbed
Proverbs 4:19 Or may stumble

1 John 4:7-21

New American Standard Bible

God Is Love

⁷^(A)Beloved, let’s ^(B)love one another; for love is from God, and ^(C)everyone who loves has been ^(D)born of God and ^(E)knows God. ⁸The one who does not love does not know God, because ^(F)God is love. ⁹By this the love of God was revealed ^[a]^(G)in us, that ^(H)God has sent His only Son into the world so that we may live through Him. ¹⁰In this is love, ^(I)not that we loved God, but that ^(J)He loved us and sent His Son to be ^(K)the ^[b]propitiation for our sins. ¹¹^(L)Beloved, if God so loved us, ^(M)we also ought to love one another. ¹²^(N)No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God remains in us, and His ^(O)love is perfected in us. ¹³^(P)By this we know that we remain in Him and He in us, because He has given to us of His Spirit. ¹⁴We have seen and ^(Q)testify that the Father has ^(R)sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

¹⁵^(S)Whoever confesses that ^(T)Jesus is the Son of God, God ^(U)remains in him, and he in God. ¹⁶^(V)We have come to know and have believed the love which God has ^[c]^(W)for us. ^(X)God is love, and the one who ^(Y)remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. ¹⁷By this, ^(Z)love is perfected with us, so that we may have ^(AA)confidence in ^(AB)the day of judgment; because ^(AC)as He is, we also are in this world. ¹⁸There is no fear in love, but ^(AD)perfect love drives out fear, because fear ^[d]involves punishment, and the one who fears is not ^(AE)perfected in love. ¹⁹^(AF)We love, because He first loved us. ²⁰^(AG)If someone says, “I love God,” and yet he ^(AH)hates his brother or sister, he is a ^(AI)liar; for ^(AJ)the one who does not love his brother and sister whom he has seen, ^(AK)cannot love God, whom he has not seen. ²¹And ^(AL)this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God ^(AM)must also love his brother and sister.

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Footnotes

1 John 4:9 Or among us; or in our case
1 John 4:10 I.e., means of reconciliation with God by atoning for sins; or sin-offering
1 John 4:16 Lit in
1 John 4:18 Lit has

Proverbs 4:20-5:14

New American Standard Bible

²⁰My son, ^(A)pay attention to my words;
^(B)Incline your ear to my sayings.
²¹^(C)They are not to escape from your sight;
^(D)Keep them in the midst of your heart.
²²For they are ^(E)life to those who find them,
And ^(F)healing to all ^[a]their body.
²³Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For ^(G)from it flow the springs of life.
²⁴Rid yourself of a ^(H)deceitful mouth
And ^(I)keep devious ^[b]speech far from you.
²⁵Let your eyes look directly ahead
And let your ^[c]gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
²⁶^(J)^[d]Watch the path of your feet,
And all your ^(K)ways will be established.
²⁷^(L)Do not turn to the right or to the left;
^(M)Turn your foot from evil.

Pitfalls of Immorality

5 My son, ^(N)pay attention to my wisdom,
^(O)Incline your ear to my understanding,
²So that you may ^(P)maintain discretion
And your ^(Q)lips may comply with knowledge.
³For the lips of an ^[e]^(R)adulteress ^(S)drip honey,
And her ^[f]speech is ^(T)smoother than oil;
⁴But in the end she is ^(U)bitter as wormwood,
^(V)Sharp as a two-edged sword.
⁵Her feet ^(W)go down to death,
Her steps take hold of Sheol.
⁶^[g]She does not ponder the ^(X)path of life;
Her ways are ^(Y)unstable, she ^(Z)does not know it.

⁷^(AA)Now then, my sons, listen to me
And ^(AB)do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
⁸^(AC)Keep your way far from her,
And do not go near the ^(AD)door of her house,
⁹Otherwise you will give your vigor to others,
And your years to the cruel one;
¹⁰And strangers will be filled with your strength,
And your hard-earned possessions will go to the house of a foreigner;
¹¹And you will groan ^[h]in ^[i]the end,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
¹²And you say, “How I ^(AE)hated instruction!
And my heart ^(AF)disdainfully rejected rebuke!
¹³I did not listen to the voice of my ^(AG)teachers,
Nor incline my ear to my instructors!
¹⁴I was almost in total ruin
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

Footnotes

Proverbs 4:22 Lit his
Proverbs 4:24 Or lips
Proverbs 4:25 Or eyelids
Proverbs 4:26 I.e., prob. stay on the path
Proverbs 5:3 Lit strange woman
Proverbs 5:3 Lit palate
Proverbs 5:6 Lit That she not watch
Proverbs 5:11 Or at
Proverbs 5:11 Lit your end

Mark 12:35-13:13

New American Standard Bible

³⁵^(A)And Jesus responded and began saying, as He ^(B)taught in the temple area, “How is it that the scribes say that the ^[a]Christ is the ^(C)son of David? ³⁶David himself said ^[b]in the Holy Spirit,

‘^(D)The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

³⁷David himself calls Him ‘Lord’; so in what sense is He his son?” And ^(E)the large crowd ^[c]enjoyed listening to Him.

³⁸^(F)And in His teaching He was saying: “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like ^(G)personal greetings in the marketplaces, ³⁹and seats of honor in the synagogues, and places of honor at banquets, ⁴⁰^(H)who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive all the more condemnation.”

The Widow’s Coins

⁴¹^(I)And Jesus sat down opposite ^(J)the treasury, and began watching how the ^[d]people were ^(K)putting ^[e]money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large amounts. ⁴²And a poor widow came and put in two ^[f]lepta coins, which amount to a ^[g]quadrans. ⁴³Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all ^[h]the contributors to the treasury; ⁴⁴for they all put in out of their ^[i]surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, ^[j]all she had ^(L)to live on.”

Things to Come

13 ^(M)As He was going out of the temple, one of His disciples *said to Him, “Teacher, look! ^[k]What wonderful stones and ^[l]what wonderful buildings!” ²And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? ^(N)Not one stone will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”

³As He was sitting on ^(O)the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, ^(P)Peter, ^[m]James, John, and Andrew were questioning Him privately, ⁴“Tell us, when will these things come about, and what will be the ^[n]sign when all these things are going to be fulfilled?” ⁵And Jesus began to say to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. ⁶Many will come in My name, saying, ‘^(Q)I am He!’ and they will mislead many. ⁷When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end. ⁸For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are only the beginning of birth pains.

⁹“But ^[o]be on your guard; for they will ^(R)hand you over to the ^[p]courts, and you will be flogged ^(S)in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them. ¹⁰^(T)And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations. ¹¹^(U)And when they ^[q]arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you at that time; for you are not the ones speaking, but it is the Holy Spirit. ¹²And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and ^[r]have them put to death. ¹³And ^(V)you will be hated by everyone because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.

Footnotes

Mark 12:35 I.e., Messiah
Mark 12:36 Or by
Mark 12:37 Lit was gladly hearing Him
Mark 12:41 Lit crowd was
Mark 12:41 I.e., copper coins
Mark 12:42 The smallest Greek copper coin, about 1/128 of a laborer’s daily wage
Mark 12:42 A small Roman copper coin, worth about 1/64 of a laborer’s daily wage
Mark 12:43 Lit those who were putting in
Mark 12:44 Or abundance
Mark 12:44 Lit her whole livelihood
Mark 13:1 Or How great the
Mark 13:1 Or How great the
Mark 13:3 Or Jacob
Mark 13:4 I.e., confirming miracle
Mark 13:9 Lit look to yourselves
Mark 13:9 Or Sanhedrin; or Council
Mark 13:11 Lit lead
Mark 13:12 Lit put them to death