Proverbs 1:8-33

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The Enticement of Sinners

⁸^(A)Hear, my son, your father's instruction,
    and forsake not your mother's teaching,
⁹for they are ^(B)a graceful garland for your head
    and ^(C)pendants for your neck.
¹⁰My son, if sinners ^(D)entice you,
    do not consent.
¹¹If they say, “Come with us, ^(E)let us lie in wait for blood;
    ^(F)let us ambush the innocent without reason;
¹²like Sheol let us ^(G)swallow them alive,
    and whole, like ^(H)those who go down to the pit;
¹³we shall find all precious goods,
    we shall fill our houses with plunder;
¹⁴throw in your lot among us;
    we will all have one purse”—
¹⁵my son, ^(I)do not walk in the way with them;
    ^(J)hold back your foot from their paths,
¹⁶for ^(K)their feet run to evil,
    and they make haste to shed blood.
¹⁷^(L)For in vain is a net spread
    in the sight of any bird,
¹⁸but these men ^(M)lie in wait for their own blood;
    they ^(N)set an ambush for their own lives.
¹⁹^(O)Such are the ways of everyone who is ^(P)greedy for unjust gain;
    ^(Q)it takes away the life of its possessors.

The Call of Wisdom

²⁰^(R)Wisdom cries aloud in the street,
    in the markets she raises her voice;
²¹at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
    at ^(S)the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
²²“How long, O ^(T)simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will ^(U)scoffers delight in their scoffing
    and fools ^(V)hate knowledge?
²³If you turn at my reproof,^[a]
behold, I will ^(W)pour out my spirit to you;
    I will make my words known to you.
²⁴^(X)Because I have called and ^(Y)you refused to listen,
    have ^(Z)stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
²⁵because you have ^(AA)ignored all my counsel
    and ^(AB)would have none of my reproof,
²⁶I also ^(AC)will laugh at your calamity;
    I will mock when ^(AD)terror strikes you,
²⁷when terror strikes you like ^(AE)a storm
    and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
    when distress and anguish come upon you.
²⁸^(AF)Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
    they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
²⁹Because they ^(AG)hated knowledge
    and ^(AH)did not choose the fear of the Lord,
³⁰^(AI)would have none of my counsel
    and ^(AJ)despised all my reproof,
³¹therefore they shall eat ^(AK)the fruit of their way,
    and have ^(AL)their fill of their own devices.
³²For the simple are killed by ^(AM)their turning away,
    and ^(AN)the complacency of fools destroys them;
³³but ^(AO)whoever listens to me will dwell secure
    and will be ^(AP)at ease, without dread of disaster.”

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Proverbs 1:23 Or Will you turn away at my reproof?

John 11:17-37

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I Am the Resurrection and the Life

¹⁷Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb ^(A)four days. ¹⁸Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles^[a] off, ¹⁹and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary ^(B)to console them concerning their brother. ²⁰^(C)So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. ²¹Martha said to ^(D)Jesus, “Lord, ^(E)if you had been here, my brother would not have died. ²²But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, ^(F)God will give you.” ²³Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” ²⁴^(G)Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in ^(H)the resurrection on the last day.” ²⁵Jesus said to her, ^(I)“I am the resurrection and ^(J)the life.^[b] Whoever believes in me, ^(K)though he die, ^(L)yet shall he live, ²⁶and everyone who lives and believes in me ^(M)shall never die. Do you believe this?” ²⁷She said to him, “Yes, Lord; ^(N)I believe that ^(O)you are the Christ, the Son of God, ^(P)who is coming into the world.”

Jesus Weeps

²⁸When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, ^(Q)“The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” ²⁹And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. ³⁰Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. ³¹When the Jews ^(R)who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. ³²Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, ^(S)“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” ³³When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he ^(T)was deeply moved^[c] in his spirit and ^(U)greatly troubled. ³⁴And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” ³⁵^(V)Jesus wept. ³⁶So the Jews said, “See ^(W)how he loved him!” ³⁷But some of them said, “Could not he ^(X)who opened the eyes of the blind man ^(Y)also have kept this man from dying?”