Proverbs 1:20-33

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The Call of Wisdom

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

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

John 7:32-39

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Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus

³²The Pharisees heard the crowd ^(A)muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent ^(B)officers to arrest him. ³³Jesus then said, ^(C)“I will be with you a little longer, and then ^(D)I am going to him who sent me. ³⁴^(E)You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.” ³⁵The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? ^(F)Does he intend to go to ^(G)the Dispersion among ^(H)the Greeks and teach the Greeks? ³⁶What does he mean by saying, ^(I)‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”

Rivers of Living Water

³⁷^(J)On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, ^(K)“If anyone thirsts, let him ^(L)come to me and drink. ³⁸Whoever believes in me, ^(M)as^[a] the Scripture has said, ^(N)‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of ^(O)living water.’” ³⁹Now ^(P)this he said about the Spirit, ^(Q)whom those who believed in him were to receive, ^(R)for as yet the Spirit had not been ^(S)given, ^(T)because Jesus was not yet glorified.

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John 7:38 Or let him come to me, and let him who believes in me drink. As

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

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The Day of the Lord

5 Now concerning ^(A)the times and the seasons, brothers,^[a] ^(B)you have no need to have anything written to you. ²For you yourselves are fully aware that ^(C)the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then ^(D)sudden destruction will come upon them ^(E)as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. ⁴But you ^(F)are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. ⁵For you are all ^(G)children^[b] of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. ⁶So then ^(H)let us not sleep, as others do, but let us ^(I)keep awake and ^(J)be sober. ⁷For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, ^(K)are drunk at night. ⁸But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, ^(L)having put on the breastplate of ^(M)faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. ⁹For God has not destined us for ^(N)wrath, but ^(O)to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁰^(P)who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. ¹¹Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.