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  Proverbs 1-2


1:1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel
1:2 for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight;
1:3 for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair;
1:4 for giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young--
1:5 let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance--
1:6 for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
1:8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
1:9 They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.
1:11 If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul;
1:12 let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
1:13 we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
1:14 throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"--
1:15 my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
1:16 for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.
1:17 How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!
1:18 These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!
1:19 Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.
1:20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;
1:21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech
1:22 "How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
1:23 If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.
1:24 But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
1:25 since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
1:26 I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you--
1:27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
1:28 "Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.
1:29 Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD,
1:30 since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
1:31 they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
1:32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
1:33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."
2:1 My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
2:2 turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding,
2:3 and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
2:4 and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
2:5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
2:7 He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
2:8 for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.
2:9 Then you will understand what is right and just and fair-- every good path.
2:10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
2:11 Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
2:12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
2:13 who leave the straight paths to walk in dark ways,
2:14 who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
2:15 whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.
2:16 It will save you also from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words,
2:17 who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
2:18 For her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
2:19 None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.
2:20 Thus you will walk in the ways of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.
2:21 For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
2:22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.

  1 Corinthians 16


16:1 Now about the collection for God's people
16:2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
16:3 Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem.
16:4 If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.
16:5 After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you-- for I will be going through Macedonia.
16:6 Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.
16:7 I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
16:8 But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost,
16:9 because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.
16:10 If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is carrying on the work of the Lord, just as I am.
16:11 No one, then, should refuse to accept him. Send him on his way in peace so that he may return to me. I am expecting him along with the brothers.
16:12 Now about our brother Apollos
16:13 Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.
16:14 Do everything in love.
16:15 You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. I urge you, brothers,
16:16 to submit to such as these and to everyone who joins in the work, and labors at it.
16:17 I was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you.
16:18 For they refreshed my spirit and yours also. Such men deserve recognition.
16:19 The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.
16:20 All the brothers here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
16:21 I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand.
16:22 If anyone does not love the Lord-- a curse be on him. Come, O Lord!
16:23 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
16:24 My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.