Proverbs 10

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Proverbs of Solomon

10 The proverbs^(A) of Solomon:^(B)

A wise son brings joy to his father,^(C)
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

²Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,^(D)
but righteousness delivers from death.^(E)

³The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,^(F)
but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.^(G)

⁴Lazy hands make for poverty,^(H)
but diligent hands bring wealth.^(I)

⁵He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son,
but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.^(J)

⁶Blessings crown the head of the righteous,
but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.^[a]^(K)

⁷The name of the righteous^(L) is used in blessings,^[b]
but the name of the wicked^(M) will rot.^(N)

⁸The wise in heart accept commands,
but a chattering fool comes to ruin.^(O)

⁹Whoever walks in integrity^(P) walks securely,^(Q)
but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.^(R)

¹⁰Whoever winks maliciously^(S) causes grief,
and a chattering fool comes to ruin.

¹¹The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,^(T)
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.^(U)

¹²Hatred stirs up conflict,
but love covers over all wrongs.^(V)

¹³Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,^(W)
but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.^(X)

¹⁴The wise store up knowledge,^(Y)
but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.^(Z)

¹⁵The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,^(AA)
but poverty is the ruin of the poor.^(AB)

¹⁶The wages of the righteous is life,^(AC)
but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.^(AD)

¹⁷Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,^(AE)
but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

¹⁸Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips^(AF)
and spreads slander is a fool.

¹⁹Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
but the prudent hold their tongues.^(AG)

²⁰The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

²¹The lips of the righteous nourish many,
but fools die for lack of sense.^(AH)

²²The blessing of the Lord^(AI) brings wealth,^(AJ)
without painful toil for it.^(AK)

²³A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes,^(AL)
but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

²⁴What the wicked dread^(AM) will overtake them;^(AN)
what the righteous desire will be granted.^(AO)

²⁵When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
but the righteous stand firm^(AP) forever.^(AQ)

²⁶As vinegar to the teeth and smoke^(AR) to the eyes,
so are sluggards to those who send them.^(AS)

²⁷The fear of the Lord adds length to life,^(AT)
but the years of the wicked are cut short.^(AU)

²⁸The prospect of the righteous is joy,
but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.^(AV)

²⁹The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless,
but it is the ruin of those who do evil.^(AW)

³⁰The righteous will never be uprooted,
but the wicked will not remain in the land.^(AX)

³¹From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom,^(AY)
but a perverse tongue^(AZ) will be silenced.

³²The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,^(BA)
but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.^(BB)

Footnotes

Proverbs 10:6 Or righteous, / but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence
Proverbs 10:7 See Gen. 48:20.

1 John 1-3

New International Version

The Incarnation of the Word of Life

1 That which was from the beginning,^(A) which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,^(B) which we have looked at and our hands have touched^(C)—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. ²The life appeared;^(D) we have seen it and testify to it,^(E) and we proclaim to you the eternal life,^(F) which was with the Father and has appeared to us. ³We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard,^(G) so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.^(H) ⁴We write this^(I) to make our^[a] joy complete.^(J)

Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness

⁵This is the message we have heard^(K) from him and declare to you: God is light;^(L) in him there is no darkness at all. ⁶If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,^(M) we lie and do not live out the truth.^(N) ⁷But if we walk in the light,^(O) as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all^[b] sin.^(P)

⁸If we claim to be without sin,^(Q) we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.^(R) ⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins^(S) and purify us from all unrighteousness.^(T) ¹⁰If we claim we have not sinned,^(U) we make him out to be a liar^(V) and his word is not in us.^(W)

2 My dear children,^(X) I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate^(Y) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. ²He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,^(Z) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.^(AA)

Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

³We know^(AB) that we have come to know him^(AC) if we keep his commands.^(AD) ⁴Whoever says, “I know him,”^(AE) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.^(AF) ⁵But if anyone obeys his word,^(AG) love for God^[c] is truly made complete in them.^(AH) This is how we know^(AI) we are in him: ⁶Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.^(AJ)

⁷Dear friends,^(AK) I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.^(AL) This old command is the message you have heard. ⁸Yet I am writing you a new command;^(AM) its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing^(AN) and the true light^(AO) is already shining.^(AP)

⁹Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister^[d]^(AQ) is still in the darkness.^(AR) ¹⁰Anyone who loves their brother and sister^[e] lives in the light,^(AS) and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.^(AT) ¹¹But anyone who hates a brother or sister^(AU) is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness.^(AV) They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.^(AW)

Reasons for Writing

¹²I am writing to you, dear children,^(AX)
    because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.^(AY)
¹³I am writing to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.^(AZ)
I am writing to you, young men,
    because you have overcome^(BA) the evil one.^(BB)

¹⁴I write to you, dear children,^(BC)
    because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.^(BD)
I write to you, young men,
    because you are strong,^(BE)
    and the word of God^(BF) lives in you,^(BG)
    and you have overcome the evil one.^(BH)

On Not Loving the World

¹⁵Do not love the world or anything in the world.^(BI) If anyone loves the world, love for the Father^[f] is not in them.^(BJ) ¹⁶For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,^(BK) the lust of the eyes,^(BL) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. ¹⁷The world and its desires pass away,^(BM) but whoever does the will of God^(BN) lives forever.

Warnings Against Denying the Son

¹⁸Dear children, this is the last hour;^(BO) and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming,^(BP) even now many antichrists have come.^(BQ) This is how we know it is the last hour. ¹⁹They went out from us,^(BR) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.^(BS)

²⁰But you have an anointing^(BT) from the Holy One,^(BU) and all of you know the truth.^[g]^(BV) ²¹I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it^(BW) and because no lie comes from the truth. ²²Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.^(BX) ²³No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.^(BY)

²⁴As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning^(BZ) remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.^(CA) ²⁵And this is what he promised us—eternal life.^(CB)

²⁶I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.^(CC) ²⁷As for you, the anointing^(CD) you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things^(CE) and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.^(CF)

God’s Children and Sin

²⁸And now, dear children,^(CG) continue in him, so that when he appears^(CH) we may be confident^(CI) and unashamed before him at his coming.^(CJ)

²⁹If you know that he is righteous,^(CK) you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.^(CL)

3 See what great love^(CM) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!^(CN) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.^(CO) ²Dear friends,^(CP) now we are children of God,^(CQ) and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,^[h]^(CR) we shall be like him,^(CS) for we shall see him as he is.^(CT) ³All who have this hope in him purify themselves,^(CU) just as he is pure.^(CV)

⁴Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.^(CW) ⁵But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins.^(CX) And in him is no sin.^(CY) ⁶No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.^(CZ) No one who continues to sin has either seen him^(DA) or known him.^(DB)

⁷Dear children,^(DC) do not let anyone lead you astray.^(DD) The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.^(DE) ⁸The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,^(DF) because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God^(DG) appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.^(DH) ⁹No one who is born of God^(DI) will continue to sin,^(DJ) because God’s seed^(DK) remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. ¹⁰This is how we know who the children of God^(DL) are and who the children of the devil^(DM) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love^(DN) their brother and sister.^(DO)

More on Love and Hatred

¹¹For this is the message you heard^(DP) from the beginning:^(DQ) We should love one another.^(DR) ¹²Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one^(DS) and murdered his brother.^(DT) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.^(DU) ¹³Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,^[i] if the world hates you.^(DV) ¹⁴We know that we have passed from death to life,^(DW) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.^(DX) ¹⁵Anyone who hates a brother or sister^(DY) is a murderer,^(DZ) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.^(EA)

¹⁶This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.^(EB) And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.^(EC) ¹⁷If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,^(ED) how can the love of God be in that person?^(EE) ¹⁸Dear children,^(EF) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.^(EG)

¹⁹This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: ²⁰If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. ²¹Dear friends,^(EH) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God^(EI) ²²and receive from him anything we ask,^(EJ) because we keep his commands^(EK) and do what pleases him.^(EL) ²³And this is his command: to believe^(EM) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,^(EN) and to love one another as he commanded us.^(EO) ²⁴The one who keeps God’s commands^(EP) lives in him,^(EQ) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.^(ER)

Footnotes

1 John 1:4 Some manuscripts your
1 John 1:7 Or every
1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love
1 John 2:9 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.
1 John 2:10 The Greek word for brother and sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.
1 John 2:15 Or world, the Father’s love
1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts and you know all things
1 John 3:2 Or when it is made known
1 John 3:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16.