Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
32 “So now, O sons, (A)listen to me,
For (B)blessed are they who keep my ways.
33 (C)Hear discipline and be wise,
And do not neglect it.
34 (D)How blessed is the man who hears me,
To watch daily at my doors,
To keep watch at my doorposts.
35 For (E)he who finds me finds life
And (F)obtains favor from Yahweh.
36 But he who [a]sins against me (G)does violence to his own soul;
All those who (H)hate me (I)love death.”
Wisdom and Foolishness Call Out
9 Wisdom has (J)built her house,
She has hewn out her seven pillars;
2 She has [b](K)slaughtered her cattle, she has (L)mixed her wine;
She has also (M)prepared her table;
3 She has (N)sent out her maidens, she (O)calls
From the (P)tops of the heights of the city:
4 “(Q)Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
To him who (R)lacks a heart of wisdom she says,
5 “Come, (S)eat of my bread
And drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 [c]Forsake your simplicity and (T)live,
And (U)step into the way of understanding.”
As Living Stones, God’s Chosen Family
2 Therefore, (A)laying aside all [a]malice and all deceit and [b]hypocrisy and [c]envy and all [d](B)slander, 2 (C)like newborn babies, long for the [e](D)pure [f]milk of the word, so that by it you may (E)grow [g]in respect to salvation, 3 if you have (F)tasted [h](G)the kindness of the [i]Lord.
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