Acts 17:10-15

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Paul and Silas in Berea

¹⁰^(A)The brothers^[a] immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they ^(B)went into the Jewish synagogue. ¹¹Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, ^(C)examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. ¹²^(D)Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek ^(E)women of high standing as well as men. ¹³But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, ^(F)agitating and stirring up the crowds. ¹⁴Then the brothers ^(G)immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and ^(H)Timothy remained there. ¹⁵^(I)Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as ^(J)Athens, and after receiving a command ^(K)for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

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Acts 17:10 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 14

Proverbs 21:1-8

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21 The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he ^(A)turns it wherever he will.
²^(B)Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
    but the Lord ^(C)weighs the heart.
³^(D)To do righteousness and justice
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
⁴^(E)Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
    ^(F)the lamp^[a] of the wicked, are sin.
⁵The plans of ^(G)the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is ^(H)hasty comes ^(I)only to poverty.
⁶^(J)The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
    is a ^(K)fleeting ^(L)vapor and a ^(M)snare of death.^[b]
⁷The violence of the wicked will ^(N)sweep them away,
    because they refuse to do what is just.
⁸The way of the guilty ^(O)is crooked,
    but the conduct of the pure is upright.