Wednesday, March 18, 2026

^26:21For, behold, the Lord is bringing wrath from his holy place upon the dwellers on the earth: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall not cover her slain. ^27:1In that day God shall bring his holy and great and strong sword upon the dragon, even the serpent that flees, upon the dragon, the crooked serpent: he shall destroy the dragon. ²In that day there shall be a fair vineyard, and a desire to commence a song concerning it. ³I am a strong city, a city in a siege: in vain shall I water it; for it shall be taken by night, and by day the wall shall fall. ⁴There is no woman that has not taken hold of it; who will set me to watch stubble in the field? because of this enemy I have set her aside; therefore on this account the Lord has done all that he appointed. ⁵I am burnt up; they that dwell in her shall cry, Let us make peace with him, let us make peace, ⁶they that are coming are the children of Jacob. Israel shall bud and blossom, and the world shall be filled with his fruit. ⁷Shall he himself be thus smitten, even as he smote? and as he slew, shall he be thus slain? ⁸Fighting and reproaching he will dismiss them; didst thou not meditate with a harsh spirit, to slay them with a wrathful spirit? ⁹Therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be taken away; and this is his blessing, when I shall have taken away his sin; when they shall have broken to pieces all the stones of the altars as fine dust, and their trees shall not remain, and their idols shall be cut off, as a thicket afar off.

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^9:18Now the sons of Noe which came out of the ark, were Sem, Cham, Japheth. And Cham was father of Chanaan. ¹⁹These three are the sons of Noe, of these were men scattered over all the earth. ²⁰And Noe began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard. ²¹And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house. ²²And Cham the father of Chanaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers without. ²³And Sem and Japheth having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face was backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father. ²⁴And Noe recovered from the wine, and knew all that his younger son had done to him. ²⁵And he said, Cursed be the servant Chanaan, a slave shall he be to his brethren. ²⁶And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shall be his bond-servant. ²⁷May God make room for Japheth, and let him dwell in the habitations of Sem, and let Chanaan be his servant. ²⁸And Noe lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. ²⁹And all the days of Noe were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died. ^10:1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.

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^12:23An understanding man is a throne of wisdom; but the heart of fools shall meet with curses. ²⁴The hand of chosen men shall easily obtain rule; but the deceitful shall be for a prey. ²⁵A terrible word troubles the heart of a righteous man; but a good message rejoices him. ²⁶A just arbitrator shall be his own friend; but mischief shall pursue sinners; and the way of ungodly men shall lead them astray. ²⁷A deceitful man shall catch no game; but a blameless man is a precious possession. ²⁸In the ways of righteousness is life; but the ways of those that remember injuries lead to death. ^13:1A wise son is obedient to his father: but a disobedient son will be destroyed. ²A good man shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: but the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time. ³He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself. ⁴Every slothful man desires, but the hands of the active are diligent. ⁵A righteous man hates an unjust word: but an ungodly man is ashamed, and will have no confidence. ⁷There are some who, having nothing, enrich themselves: and there are some who bring themselves down in the midst of much wealth. ⁸A man's own wealth is the ransom of his life: but the poor endures not threatening. ⁹The righteous always have light: but the light of the ungodly is quenched.

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