Proverbs 10

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The Proverbs of Solomon

10 ^(A)The proverbs of Solomon.

^(B)A wise son makes a glad father,
    ^(C)but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
²^(D)Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
    ^(E)but righteousness delivers from death.
³^(F)The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,
    ^(G)but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
⁴A slack hand ^(H)causes poverty,
    ^(I)but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
⁵He who ^(J)gathers in summer is a prudent son,
    but he who sleeps in harvest is ^(K)a son who brings shame.
⁶Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
    but ^(L)the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.^[a]
⁷^(M)The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
    but ^(N)the name of the wicked will rot.
⁸^(O)The wise of heart will receive commandments,
    but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
⁹^(P)Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
    but he who makes his ways crooked ^(Q)will be found out.
¹⁰Whoever ^(R)winks the eye causes trouble,
    and a babbling fool will come to ruin.
¹¹^(S)The mouth of the righteous is ^(T)a fountain of life,
    but the mouth of the wicked ^(U)conceals violence.
¹²Hatred stirs up strife,
    but ^(V)love covers all offenses.
¹³On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found,
    but ^(W)a rod is for the back of him who ^(X)lacks sense.
¹⁴The wise ^(Y)lay up knowledge,
    but ^(Z)the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.
¹⁵^(AA)A rich man's wealth is his strong city;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
¹⁶The wage of the righteous leads ^(AB)to life,
    the gain of the wicked to sin.
¹⁷Whoever heeds instruction is on ^(AC)the path to life,
    but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.
¹⁸The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,
    and whoever utters slander is a fool.
¹⁹^(AD)When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
    ^(AE)but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
²⁰The tongue of the righteous is ^(AF)choice silver;
    the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
²¹The lips of the righteous feed many,
    but fools die for ^(AG)lack of sense.
²²^(AH)The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
    and he adds no sorrow with it.^[b]
²³Doing wrong is ^(AI)like a joke to a fool,
    but ^(AJ)wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.
²⁴^(AK)What the wicked dreads ^(AL)will come upon him,
    but ^(AM)the desire of the righteous will be granted.
²⁵When ^(AN)the tempest passes, the wicked is no more,
    but ^(AO)the righteous is established forever.
²⁶Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
    so is the sluggard to those who send him.
²⁷^(AP)The fear of the Lord prolongs life,
    ^(AQ)but the years of the wicked will be short.
²⁸^(AR)The hope of the righteous brings joy,
    ^(AS)but the expectation of the wicked will perish.
²⁹^(AT)The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the blameless,
    but destruction to evildoers.
³⁰^(AU)The righteous will never be removed,
    but ^(AV)the wicked will not dwell in the land.
³¹^(AW)The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
    but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
³²The lips of the righteous ^(AX)know what is acceptable,
    but the mouth of the wicked, ^(AY)what is perverse.

Footnotes

Proverbs 10:6 Or but violence covers the mouth of the wicked; also verse 11
Proverbs 10:22 Or and toil adds nothing to it

Isaiah 24-25

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Judgment on the Whole Earth

24 Behold, ^(A)the Lord will empty the earth^[a] and make it desolate,
    and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
²^(B)And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;
    as with the slave, so with his master;
    as with the maid, so with her mistress;
^(C)as with the buyer, so with the seller;
    as with the lender, so with the borrower;
    ^(D)as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
³^(E)The earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;
    ^(F)for the Lord has spoken this word.

⁴^(G)The earth mourns and withers;
    the world languishes and withers;
    the highest people of the earth languish.
⁵The earth lies ^(H)defiled
    under its inhabitants;
for ^(I)they have transgressed the laws,
    violated the statutes,
    broken the everlasting covenant.
⁶Therefore ^(J)a curse devours the earth,
    and its inhabitants ^(K)suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
    and few men are left.
⁷^(L)The wine mourns,
    the vine languishes,
    all the merry-hearted sigh.
⁸^(M)The mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
    the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
    the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
⁹No more do they drink wine ^(N)with singing;
    strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
¹⁰^(O)The wasted city is broken down;
    ^(P)every house is shut up so that none can enter.
¹¹^(Q)There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
    ^(R)all joy has grown dark;
    the gladness of the earth is banished.
¹²Desolation is left in the city;
    the gates are battered into ruins.
¹³For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth
    among the nations,
^(S)as when an olive tree is beaten,
    as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.

¹⁴They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;
    over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the west.^[b]
¹⁵^(T)Therefore in the east^[c] give glory to the Lord;
    in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
¹⁶^(U)From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
    of glory to ^(V)the Righteous One.
But I say, “I waste away,
    I waste away. Woe is me!
For ^(W)the traitors have betrayed,
    with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.”

¹⁷^(X)Terror and the pit and the snare^[d]
    are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
¹⁸^(Y)He who flees at the sound of the terror
    shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
    shall be caught in the snare.
For ^(Z)the windows of heaven are opened,
    and ^(AA)the foundations of the earth tremble.
¹⁹The earth is utterly broken,
    the earth is split apart,
    the earth is violently shaken.
²⁰The earth ^(AB)staggers like a drunken man;
    it sways like a hut;
^(AC)its transgression lies heavy upon it,
    and it falls, and will not rise again.

²¹On that day the Lord will punish
    the host of heaven, in heaven,
    and ^(AD)the kings of the earth, on the earth.
²²^(AE)They will be gathered together
    as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
    and after many days ^(AF)they will be punished.
²³^(AG)Then the moon will be confounded
    and the sun ashamed,
for ^(AH)the Lord of hosts reigns
    on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and his glory will be before his elders.

God Will Swallow Up Death Forever

25 O Lord, ^(AI)you are my God;
    ^(AJ)I will exalt you; I will praise your name,
for you have done wonderful things,
    ^(AK)plans formed of old, faithful and sure.
²For you have made the city ^(AL)a heap,
    the fortified city a ruin;
the foreigners' palace is a city no more;
    it will never be rebuilt.
³^(AM)Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
    cities of ruthless nations will fear you.
⁴^(AN)For you have been a stronghold to the poor,
    a stronghold to the needy in his distress,
    ^(AO)a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;
^(AP)for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,
⁵    ^(AQ)like heat in a dry place.
You subdue the noise of the foreigners;
    as heat by the shade of a cloud,
    so the song of the ruthless is put down.

⁶^(AR)On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
    a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
    ^(AS)of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
⁷And he will swallow up ^(AT)on this mountain
    the covering that is cast over all peoples,
    ^(AU)the veil that is spread over all nations.
⁸    ^(AV)He will swallow up death forever;
and ^(AW)the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
    and ^(AX)the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
    ^(AY)for the Lord has spoken.
⁹It will be said on that day,
    “Behold, this is our God; ^(AZ)we have waited for him, that he might save us.
    This is the Lord; we have waited for him;
    ^(BA)let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
¹⁰For the hand of the Lord will rest ^(BB)on this mountain,
    and ^(BC)Moab shall be trampled down in his place,
    as straw is trampled down in a dunghill.^[e]
¹¹^(BD)And he will spread out his hands in the midst of it
    as a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim,
    but the Lord ^(BE)will lay low his pompous pride together with the skill^[f] of his hands.
¹²And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down,
    lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.

Footnotes

Isaiah 24:1 Or land; also throughout this chapter
Isaiah 24:14 Hebrew from the sea
Isaiah 24:15 Hebrew in the realm of light, or with the fires
Isaiah 24:17 The Hebrew words for terror, pit, and snare sound alike
Isaiah 25:10 The Hebrew words for dunghill and for the Moabite town Madmen (Jeremiah 48:2) sound alike
Isaiah 25:11 Or in spite of the skill

Hebrews 6

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6 Therefore ^(A)let us leave ^(B)the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance ^(C)from dead works and of faith toward God, ²and of ^(D)instruction about washings,^[a] ^(E)the laying on of hands, ^(F)the resurrection of the dead, and ^(G)eternal judgment. ³And this we will do ^(H)if God permits. ⁴For it is impossible, in the case of those ^(I)who have once been enlightened, who have tasted ^(J)the heavenly gift, and ^(K)have shared in the Holy Spirit, ⁵and ^(L)have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, ⁶and ^(M)then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since ^(N)they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. ⁷For ^(O)land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. ⁸But ^(P)if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, ^(Q)and its end is to be burned.

⁹Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation. ¹⁰For ^(R)God is not unjust so as to overlook ^(S)your work and the love that you have shown for his name in ^(T)serving the saints, as you still do. ¹¹And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance ^(U)of hope until the end, ¹²so that you may not be sluggish, but ^(V)imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

The Certainty of God's Promise

¹³For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, ^(W)he swore by himself, ¹⁴saying, ^(X)“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” ¹⁵And thus Abraham,^[b] ^(Y)having patiently waited, obtained the promise. ¹⁶For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes ^(Z)an oath is final for confirmation. ¹⁷So when God desired to show more convincingly to ^(AA)the heirs of the promise ^(AB)the unchangeable character of his purpose, ^(AC)he guaranteed it with an oath, ¹⁸so that by two unchangeable things, in which ^(AD)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope ^(AE)set before us. ¹⁹We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into ^(AF)the inner place behind the curtain, ²⁰where Jesus has gone ^(AG)as a forerunner on our behalf, ^(AH)having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.