Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
32 “Now then, sons, (A)listen to me,
For (B)blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 (C)Listen to instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.
34 (D)Blessed is the person who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at my doorposts.
35 For (E)one who finds me finds life,
And (F)obtains favor from the Lord.
36 But one who [a]sins against me (G)injures himself;
All those who (H)hate me (I)love death.”
Wisdom’s Invitation
9 Wisdom has (J)built her house,
She has carved out her seven pillars;
2 She has [b](K)prepared her food, she has (L)mixed her wine;
She has also (M)set her table;
3 She has (N)sent out her attendants, she (O)calls out
From the (P)tops of the heights of the city:
4 “(Q)Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!”
To him who (R)lacks [c]understanding she says,
5 “Come, (S)eat of my food
And drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 [d]Abandon your foolishness and (T)live,
And (U)proceed in the way of understanding.”
As Newborn Babes
2 Therefore, (A)rid yourselves of all [a]malice and all deceit and [b]hypocrisy and [c]envy and all [d](B)slander, 2 (C)and 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 Lord.
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