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JOB 29

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Job’s Summary Defense
  29:1 And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
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“Oh, that I were as in the months of old,
as in the days when God watched over me,
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when his lamp shone upon my head,
and by his light I walked through darkness,
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as I was in my prime,
when the friendship of God was upon my tent,
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when the Almighty was yet with me,
when my children were all around me,
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when my steps were washed with butter,
and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
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When I went out to the gate of the city,
when I prepared my seat in the square,
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the young men saw me and withdrew,
and the aged rose and stood;
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the princes refrained from talking
and laid their hand on their mouth;
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the voice of the nobles was hushed,
and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
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When the ear heard, it called me blessed,
and when the eye saw, it approved,
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because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
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The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me,
and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and a turban.
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I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
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I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
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I broke the fangs of the unrighteous
and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
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Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,
and I shall multiply my days as the sand,
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my roots spread out to the waters,
with the dew all night on my branches,
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my glory fresh with me,
and my bow ever new in my hand.’

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“Men listened to me and waited
and kept silence for my counsel.
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After I spoke they did not speak again,
and my word dropped upon them.
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They waited for me as for the rain,
and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.
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I smiled on them when they had no confidence,
and the light of my face they did not cast down.
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I chose their way and sat as chief,
and I lived like a king among his troops,
like one who comforts mourners.



JOB 30

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30:1
“But now they laugh at me,
men who are younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to set with the dogs of my flock.
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What could I gain from the strength of their hands,
men whose vigor is gone?
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Through want and hard hunger
they gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation;
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they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes,
and the roots of the broom tree for their food.
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They are driven out from human company;
they shout after them as after a thief.
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In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell,
in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
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Among the bushes they bray;
under the nettles they huddle together.
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A senseless, a nameless brood,
they have been whipped out of the land.

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“And now I have become their song;
I am a byword to them.
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They abhor me; they keep aloof from me;
they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.
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Because God has loosed my cord and humbled me,
they have cast off restraint in my presence.
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On my right hand the rabble rise;
they push away my feet;
they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
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They break up my path;
they promote my calamity;
they need no one to help them.
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As through a wide breach they come;
amid the crash they roll on.
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Terrors are turned upon me;
my honor is pursued as by the wind,
and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

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“And now my soul is poured out within me;
days of affliction have taken hold of me.
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The night racks my bones,
and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest.
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With great force my garment is disfigured;
it binds me about like the collar of my tunic.
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God has cast me into the mire,
and I have become like dust and ashes.
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I cry to you for help and you do not answer me;
I stand, and you only look at me.
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You have turned cruel to me;
with the might of your hand you persecute me.
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You lift me up on the wind; you make me ride on it,
and you toss me about in the roar of the storm.
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For I know that you will bring me to death
and to the house appointed for all living.

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“Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
and in his disaster cry for help?
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Did not I weep for him whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
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But when I hoped for good, evil came,
and when I waited for light, darkness came.
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My inward parts are in turmoil and never still;
days of affliction come to meet me.
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I go about darkened, but not by the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
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I am a brother of jackals
and a companion of ostriches.
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My skin turns black and falls from me,
and my bones burn with heat.
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My lyre is turned to mourning,
and my pipe to the voice of those who weep.



PROVERBS 19

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Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity
than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
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Desire without knowledge is not good,
and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.
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When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin,
his heart rages against the Lord.
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Wealth brings many new friends,
but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
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A false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
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Many seek the favor of a generous man,
and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
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All a poor man’s brothers hate him;
how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.
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Whoever gets sense loves his own soul;
he who keeps understanding will discover good.
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A false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who breathes out lies will perish.
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It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury,
much less for a slave to rule over princes.
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Good sense makes one slow to anger,
and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
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A king’s wrath is like the growling of a lion,
but his favor is like dew on the grass.
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A foolish son is ruin to his father,
and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
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House and wealth are inherited from fathers,
but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
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Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep,
and an idle person will suffer hunger.
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Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life;
he who despises his ways will die.
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Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,
and he will repay him for his deed.
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Discipline your son, for there is hope;
do not set your heart on putting him to death.
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A man of great wrath will pay the penalty,
for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
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Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom in the future.
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Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
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What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
and a poor man is better than a liar.
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The fear of the Lord leads to life,
and whoever has it rests satisfied;
he will not be visited by harm.
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The sluggard buries his hand in the dish
and will not even bring it back to his mouth.
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Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
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He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother
is a son who brings shame and reproach.
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Cease to hear instruction, my son,
and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
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A worthless witness mocks at justice,
and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
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Condemnation is ready for scoffers,
and beating for the backs of fools.



LUKE 21

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The Widow’s Offering
  21:1 Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, 2 and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. 3 And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. 4 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.” Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple
5 And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said, 6 “As for these things that you see, the days will come when there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” 7 And they asked him, “Teacher, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?” 8 And he said, “See that you are not led astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time is at hand!’ Do not go after them. 9 And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end will not be at once.” Jesus Foretells Wars and Persecution
10 Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. 12 But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake. 13 This will be your opportunity to bear witness. 14 Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand how to answer, 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. 16 You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death. 17 You will be hated by all for my name’s sake. 18 But not a hair of your head will perish. 19 By your endurance you will gain your lives. Jesus Foretells Destruction of Jerusalem
20 “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it, 22 for these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. 23 Alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. The Coming of the Son of Man
25 “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, 26 people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” The Lesson of the Fig Tree
29 And he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. 30 As soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near. 31 So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. 32 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place. 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Watch Yourselves
34 “But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap. 35 For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
    
37 And every day he was teaching in the temple, but at night he went out and lodged on the mount called Olivet. 38 And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear him.

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