Psalm 1:4-6

New International Version

⁴Not so the wicked!
    They are like chaff^(A)
    that the wind blows away.
⁵Therefore the wicked will not stand^(B) in the judgment,^(C)
    nor sinners in the assembly^(D) of the righteous.

⁶For the Lord watches over^(E) the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.^(F)

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Proverbs 1:3-4

New International Version

³for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,
doing what is right and just and fair;
⁴for giving prudence to those who are simple,^[a]^(A)
knowledge and discretion^(B) to the young—

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Footnotes

Proverbs 1:4 The Hebrew word rendered simple in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.

Matthew 1:7-11

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⁷Solomon the father of Rehoboam,

Rehoboam the father of Abijah,

Abijah the father of Asa,

⁸Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,

Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,

Jehoram the father of Uzziah,

⁹Uzziah the father of Jotham,

Jotham the father of Ahaz,

Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,

¹⁰Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,^(A)

Manasseh the father of Amon,

Amon the father of Josiah,

¹¹and Josiah the father of Jeconiah^[a] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.^(B)

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Footnotes

Matthew 1:11 That is, Jehoiachin; also in verse 12

Acts 1:9-14

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⁹After he said this, he was taken up^(A) before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

¹⁰They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white^(B) stood beside them. ¹¹“Men of Galilee,”^(C) they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back^(D) in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas

¹²Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem^(E) from the hill called the Mount of Olives,^(F) a Sabbath day’s walk^[a] from the city. ¹³When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room^(G) where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.^(H) ¹⁴They all joined together constantly in prayer,^(I) along with the women^(J) and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.^(K)