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19-PSA/119.usfm

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-\v 35
+\v 35 Guide me in the path of your commandments,
-Guide me in the path of your commandments,
 \q for I delight to walk in it.
 \q
 \v 36 Direct my heart toward your covenant decrees

20-PRO/06.usfm

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 \v 9 How long will you sleep, you lazy person?
 \q When will you rise from your sleep?
 \q
-\v 10 "A little more sleep, a little more slumber,
+\v 10 "A little sleep, a little slumber,
-\q a little more folding of the hands to rest"—
+\q a little folding of the hands to rest"—
 \q
-\v 11 and your poverty will come to you like a robber
+\v 11 and your poverty will come like a robber
 \q and your needs like an armed soldier.
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 \v 12 A worthless person—a wicked man—

20-PRO/07.usfm

@@ -56,51 +56,51 @@
 \q I paid my vows,
 \q
 \v 15 so came I out to meet you,
-\q to eagerly seek your face and I have found you.
+\q to eagerly seek your face, and I have found you.
 
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 \v 16 I have spread coverings on my bed,
 \q colored linens from Egypt.
 \q
-\v 17 I have perfumed my bed
+\v 17 I have sprinkled my bed
 \q with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
 \q
-\v 18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning;
+\v 18 Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
-\q let us take great pleasure in different acts of love-making.
+\q let us take great pleasure in acts of love.
 
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-\v 19 My husband is not at home;
+\v 19 For my husband is not at his house;
-\q he is away on a long journey.
+\q he has gone on a long journey.
 \q
 \v 20 He took a bag of money with him;
 \q he will return on the day of the full moon."
 \q
-\v 21 With her seductive talk she persuaded him,
+\v 21 With much talk she turned him;
-\q and with her smooth talk she compelled him.
+\q with her smooth lips she mislead him.
 
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-\v 22 He walked after her
+\v 22 He went after her suddenly
-\q like an ox going to the slaughter,
+\q like an ox going to slaughter,
-\q or like a deer caught in a trap
+\q like a deer tightly caught,
 \q
-\v 23 until an arrow pierces through its liver—
+\v 23 until an arrow pierces through its liver.
-\q or like bird rushing into a snare,
+\q He was like a bird rushing into a snare.
-\q not knowing it would cost him his life.
+\q He did not know that it would cost his life.
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 \v 24 And now, my sons, listen to me;
-\q pay attention to what I say.
+\q pay attention to the words of my mouth.
 \q
-\v 25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways;
+\v 25 May your heart not turn aside onto her paths;
-\q do not go astray into her paths.
+\q do not be led astray onto her paths.
 
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-\v 26 She has brought down many victims;
+\v 26 She has caused many people to fall down pierced;
-\q they cannot be counted.
+\q her killed people are very many.
 \q
 \v 27 Her house is on the road to Sheol;
 \q it goes down to the rooms of death.

20-PRO/21.usfm

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 \v 24 The proud and haughty person—"Mocker" is his name—
 \q acts with arrogant pride.
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 \v 25 The desire of the lazy kills him,
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 \v 28 A false witness will perish,
 \q but the one who listens will speak for all time.
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 \v 29 A wicked man makes his face hard,
 \q but an upright person is certain about his ways.
 \f + \ft Some modern versions have \fqa but an upright person thinks about his way \fqb . \f*
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 \v 30 There is no wisdom, there is no understanding, and there is no advice

20-PRO/22.usfm

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 \v 16 The one who oppresses poor people to increase his wealth,
 \q or gives to rich people, will come to poverty.
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 \v 17 Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise

20-PRO/23.usfm

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 \q It will be gone,
 \q for it will surely take up wings like an eagle
 \q and fly off to the sky.
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 \v 6 Do not eat the food of one with an evil eye—
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 \v 8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten
 \q and you will have wasted your compliments.
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 \v 9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
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 \v 11 for their Redeemer is strong
 \q and he will plead their case against you.
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 \v 12 Apply your heart to instruction
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
 \v 13 Do not withhold discipline from a child,
 \q for if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
 \q
-\v 14 If you beat him with the rod,
+\v 14 It is you who must beat him with the rod
-\q you will save his soul from Sheol.
+\q and save his soul from Sheol.
 
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-\v 19 Hear, my son, and be wise
+\v 19 Hear—you!—my son, and be wise
 \q and direct your heart in the way.
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 \v 20 Do not associate with drunkards,
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-\v 24 The father of the one who does right will greatly rejoice
+\v 24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
-\q and he that begets a wise child will be glad in him.
+\q and he who begets a wise child will be glad in him.
 \q
 \v 25 Let your father and your mother be glad
-\q and let her that bore you rejoice.
+\q and let her who bore you rejoice.
 
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@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@
 \q and let your eyes observe my ways.
 \q
 \v 27 For a prostitute is a deep pit,
-\q and another man's wife is a narrow pit.
+\q and another man's wife is a narrow well.
 \q
 \v 28 She lies in wait like a robber
-\q and she increases the number of traitors among humanity.
+\q and she increases the number of the treacherous among humanity.
 
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 \v 34 You will be as one who sleeps on the high seas
-\q or lies on the top of a rigging.
+\q or lies on the top of a mast.
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-\v 35 "They hit me!" you will say, "but I was not hurt.
+\v 35 "They hit me," you will say, "but I was not hurt.
 \q They beat me, but I did not feel it.
 \q When will I wake up? I will seek another drink."
 

20-PRO/24.usfm

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-\v 5 A wise man proves to be strong
+\v 5 A warrior of wisdom is strong,
-\q and a person who has knowledge is better than one who is strong;
+\q and a man of knowledge increases his strength;
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-\v 6 for by wise directions you can wage your war
+\v 6 for by wise direction you can wage your war
 \q and with many advisors there is victory.
 
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-\v 10 If you show your cowardice in the day of trouble,
+\v 10 If you become weak with fear in the day of trouble,
 \q then your strength is small.
 
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 \v 11 Rescue those who are being taken away to death
 \q and hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter.
 \q
-\v 12 If you say, "There! We knew nothing about this."
+\v 12 If you say, "Behold, we knew nothing about this,"
-\q Does not the One who weighs the heart understand what you are saying?
+\q does not the one who weighs the heart understand what you are saying?
-\q And the One who guards your life, does he not know it?
+\q And the one who guards your life, does he not know it?
 \q And will God not give to each one what he deserves?
 
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 \v 13 My son, eat honey because it is good,
-\q because the drippings of honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
+\q because the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
 \q
 \v 14 Such is wisdom for your soul—
 \q if you find it, there will be a future
 \q and your hope will not be cut off.
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-\v 15 Do not lie in wait like wicked people
+\v 15 Do not lie in wait like the wicked
-\q who attack the house of those who do right.
+\q who attack the house of the righteous.
 \q Do not destroy his home!
 \q
-\v 16 For if a man who does right falls down seven times,
+\v 16 For the righteous falls down seven times and rises again,
-\q he will rise up again,
+\q but the wicked are brought down by calamity.
-\q but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
 
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 \v 18 or Yahweh will see and disapprove
 \q and turn away his wrath from him.
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-\v 19 Do not worry because of those who do evil things
+\v 19 Do not worry because of evildoers,
 \q and do not envy wicked people,
 \q
 \v 20 for the evil person has no future
-\q and the lamp of the wicked will go out.
+\q and the lamp of wicked people will go out.
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 \v 21 Fear Yahweh, and fear the king, my son;
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 \v 31 Thorns had grown up everywhere,
 \q the ground was covered with nettles,
 \q and its stone wall was broken down.
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 \v 32 Then I saw and considered it;
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 \v 33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
 \q a little folding of the hands to rest—
 \q
-\v 34 and poverty comes upon you like a robber
+\v 34 and poverty comes marching upon you,
-\q and your needs will come to you like an armed soldier.
+\q and your needs like an armed soldier.
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23-ISA/19.usfm

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 \v 20 It will be as a sign and a witness to Yahweh of hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, he will send them a savior and a defender, and he will deliver them.
 
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-\v 21 Yahweh will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know Yahweh in that day. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings, and will make vows to Yahweh and fulfill them.
+\v 21 Yahweh will become known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will acknowledge Yahweh on that day. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings, and will make vows to Yahweh and fulfill them.
 \v 22 Yahweh will afflict Egypt, afflicting and healing. They will return to Yahweh; he will hear their prayer and will heal them.
 
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23-ISA/54.usfm

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 \v 17 No weapon that is formed against you will succeed;
 \q1 and you will condemn everyone who accuses you.
-\q1 This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their vindication from me—this Yahweh's declaration."
+\q1 This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their vindication from me—this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
 
 

27-DAN/04.usfm

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 \v 1 King Nebuchadnezzar sent this decree to all peoples, nations, and languages who lived on the earth: "May your peace increase.
 \v 2 It has seemed good to me to tell you about the signs and wonders that the Most High has done for me.
-\v 3
+\q
-\q How great are his signs,
+\v 3 How great are his signs,
 \q and how mighty are his wonders!
 \q His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
 \q and his dominion lasts from generation to generation."

47-1CO/02.usfm

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 \v 14 The unspiritual person does not receive the things that belong to the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. He cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned.
 \v 15 The one who is spiritual judges all things, but he is not subject to the judgment of others.
-\v 16
+\q
-\q "For who can know the mind of the Lord, that he can instruct him?"
+\v 16 "For who can know the mind of the Lord, that he can instruct him?"
 \m But we have the mind of Christ.

49-GAL/02.usfm

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 \v 3 But not even Titus, who was with me and who was a Greek, was forced to be circumcised.
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 \v 4 The false brothers came in secretly to spy on the liberty we have in Christ Jesus. They desired to bring us into slavery,
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+\v 4 The false brothers came in secretly to spy on the liberty we have in Christ Jesus. They desired to reduce us to slavery,
+>>>>>>> origin/master
 \v 5 but we did not yield in submission to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
 
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