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JONAH 3

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Jonah Goes to Nineveh
  3:1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth. 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. The People of Nineveh Repent
6 The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. 9 Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”
    
10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.



JONAH 4

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Jonah’s Anger and the Lord’s Compassion
  4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. 3 Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” 4 And the Lord said, “Do you do well to be angry?”
    
5 Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city. 6 Now the Lord God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. 7 But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.” 9 But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.” 10 And the Lord said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. 11 And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?”



PROVERBS 13

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13:1
A wise son hears his father’s instruction,
but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
2
From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good,
but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
3
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
4
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
5
The righteous hates falsehood,
but the wicked brings shame and disgrace.
6
Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless,
but sin overthrows the wicked.
7
One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;
another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
8
The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,
but a poor man hears no threat.
9
The light of the righteous rejoices,
but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
10
By insolence comes nothing but strife,
but with those who take advice is wisdom.
11
Wealth gained hastily will dwindle,
but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
13
Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself,
but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded.
14
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
that one may turn away from the snares of death.
15
Good sense wins favor,
but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.
16
Every prudent man acts with knowledge,
but a fool flaunts his folly.
17
A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
but a faithful envoy brings healing.
18
Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction,
but whoever heeds reproof is honored.
19
A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul,
but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.
20
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
21
Disaster pursues sinners,
but the righteous are rewarded with good.
22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.
23
The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food,
but it is swept away through injustice.
24
Whoever spares the rod hates his son,
but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
25
The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,
but the belly of the wicked suffers want.



REVELATION 12

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The Woman and the Dragon
  12:1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. 4 His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. 5 She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, 6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days. Satan Thrown Down to Earth
7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, 8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. 12 Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”
    
13 And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. 14 But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time. 15 The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. 16 But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. 17 Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.

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