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+<book name='Ecclesiastes' permalink='ecclesiastes' id='21'>
+  <chapter no='1'>
+    <verse no='1'>The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in  Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities;  all is vanity.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh  under the sun?</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh:  but the earth abideth for ever.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to  his place where he arose.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the  north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again  according to his circuits.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full;  unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye  is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and  that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new  thing under the sun.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new?  it hath been already of old time, which was before us.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall  there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that  shall come after.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom  concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail  hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and,  behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that  which is wanting cannot be numbered.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to  great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been  before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom  and knowledge.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and  folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth  knowledge increaseth sorrow.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='2'>
+    <verse no='1'>I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with  mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet  acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I  might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do  under the heaven all the days of their life.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me  vineyards:</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them  of all kind of fruits:</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that  bringeth forth trees:</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my  house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all  that were in Jerusalem before me:</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar  treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women  singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments,  and that of all sorts.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>So I was great, and increased more than all that were before  me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I  withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my  labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,  and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was  vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and  folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that  which hath been already done.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light  excelleth darkness.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in  darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them  all.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it  happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my  heart, that this also is vanity.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the  fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all  be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought  under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of  spirit.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun:  because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool?  yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and  wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all  the labour which I took under the sun.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in  knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein  shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great  evil.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of  his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea,  his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat  and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour.  This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than  I?</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom,  and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather  and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This  also is vanity and vexation of spirit.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='3'>
+    <verse no='1'>To every thing there is a season, and a time to every  purpose under the heaven:</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a  time to pluck up that which is planted;</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down,  and a time to build up;</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a  time to dance;</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones  together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a  time to cast away;</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence,  and a time to speak;</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a  time of peace.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he  laboureth?</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of  men to be exercised in it.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath  set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that  God maketh from the beginning to the end.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to  rejoice, and to do good in his life.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the  good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever:  nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth  it, that men should fear before him.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath  already been; and God requireth that which is past.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that  wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was  there.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the  wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of  men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they  themselves are beasts.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts;  even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other;  yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above  a beast: for all is vanity.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to  dust again.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the  spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that  a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who  shall bring him to see what shall be after him?</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='4'>
+    <verse no='1'>So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are  done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and  they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was  power; but they had no comforter.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more  than the living which are yet alive.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been,  who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that  for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and  vexation of spirit.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own  flesh.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands  full with travail and vexation of spirit.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath  neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour;  neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do  I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is  a sore travail.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for  their labour.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe  to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help  him up.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can  one be warm alone?</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and  a threefold cord is not quickly broken.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish  king, who will no more be admonished.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that  is born in his kingdom becometh poor.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with  the second child that shall stand up in his stead.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>There is no end of all the people, even of all that have  been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him.  Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='5'>
+    <verse no='1'>Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be  more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they  consider not that they do evil.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty  to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon  earth: therefore let thy words be few.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a  fool's voice is known by multitude of words.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he  hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou  shouldest vow and not pay.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say  thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be  angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also  divers vanities: but fear thou God.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent  perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the  matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be  higher than they.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king  himself is served by the field.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver;  nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and  what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them  with their eyes?</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little  or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun,  namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a  son, and there is nothing in his hand.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return  to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may  carry away in his hand.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came,  so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the  wind?</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much  sorrow and wrath with his sickness.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one  to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he  taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him:  for it is his portion.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and  hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to  rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because  God answereth him in the joy of his heart.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='6'>
+    <verse no='1'>There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is  common among men:</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so  that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God  giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is  vanity, and it is an evil disease.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so  that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with  good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is  better than he.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and  his name shall be covered with darkness.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this  hath more rest than the other.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he  seen no good: do not all go to one place?</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite  is not filled.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the  poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the  desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>That which hath been is named already, and it is known that  it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is  man the better?</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the  days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a  man what shall be after him under the sun?</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='7'>
+    <verse no='1'>A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of  death than the day of one's birth.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to  the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living  will lay it to his heart.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the  countenance the heart is made better.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the  heart of fools is in the house of mirth.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man  to hear the song of fools.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the  laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift  destroyeth the heart.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and  the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in  the bosom of fools.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were  better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is  profit to them that see the sun.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the  excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have  it.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight,  which he hath made crooked?</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of  adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other,  to the end that man should find nothing after him.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a  just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man  that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise:  why shouldest thou destroy thyself?</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why  shouldest thou die before thy time?</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also  from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come  forth of them all.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which  are in the city.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and  sinneth not.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou  hear thy servant curse thee:</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou  thyself likewise hast cursed others.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise;  but it was far from me.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it  out?</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out  wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly,  even of foolishness and madness:</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is  snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall  escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one  by one, to find out the account:</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a  thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright;  but they have sought out many inventions.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='8'>
+    <verse no='1'>Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation  of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness  of his face shall be changed.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in  regard of the oath of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil  thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say  unto him, What doest thou?</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and  a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>Because to every purpose there is time and judgment,  therefore the misery of man is great upon him.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him  when it shall be?</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain  the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no  discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are  given to it.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work  that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over  another to his own hurt.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from  the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they  had so done: this is also vanity.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>Because sentence against an evil work is not executed  speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them  to do evil.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be  prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear  God, which fear before him:</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he  prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before  God.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there  be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the  wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to  the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing  under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that  shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God  giveth him under the sun.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the  business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither  day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find  out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to  seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man  think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='9'>
+    <verse no='1'>For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all  this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the  hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before  them.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>All things come alike to all: there is one event to the  righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the  unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as  is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth  an oath.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>This is an evil among all things that are done under the  sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons  of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live,  and after that they go to the dead.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope:  for a living dog is better than a dead lion.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know  not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of  them is forgotten.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now  perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing  that is done under the sun.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with  a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no  ointment.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of  the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the  days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy  labour which thou takest under the sun.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for  there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave,  whither thou goest.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to  the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise,  nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill;  but time and chance happeneth to them all.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are  taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so  are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly  upon them.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed  great unto me:</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>There was a little city, and few men within it; and there  came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks  against it:</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his  wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless  the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry  of him that ruleth among fools.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner  destroyeth much good.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='10'>
+    <verse no='1'>Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send  forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in  reputation for wisdom and honour.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart  at his left.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his  wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not  thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an  error which proceedeth from the ruler:</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low  place.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as  servants upon the earth.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh  an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that  cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must  he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a  babbler is no better.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips  of a fool will swallow up himself.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and  the end of his talk is mischievous madness.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall  be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them,  because he knoweth not how to go to the city.</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy  princes eat in the morning!</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of  nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for  drunkenness!</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through  idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but  money answereth all things.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the  rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice,  and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='11'>
+    <verse no='1'>Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after  many days.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest  not what evil shall be upon the earth.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon  the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north,  in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that  regardeth the clouds shall not reap.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how  the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou  knowest not the works of God who maketh all.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not  thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or  that, or whether they both shall be alike good.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the  eyes to behold the sun:</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet  let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that  cometh is vanity.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer  thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and  in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things  God will bring thee into judgment.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil  from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='12'>
+    <verse no='1'>Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the  evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I  have no pleasure in them;</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be  not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and  the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because  they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound  of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird,  and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and  fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the  grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth  to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be  broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken  at the cistern.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the  spirit shall return unto God who gave it.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught  the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set  in order many proverbs.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that  which was written was upright, even words of truth.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by  the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many  books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God,  and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every  secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+</book>

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+<book name='Ephesians' permalink='ephesians' id='49'>
+  <chapter no='1'>
+    <verse no='1'>Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the  saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from  the Lord Jesus Christ.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who  hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in  Christ:</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation  of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in  love:</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by  Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath  made us accepted in the beloved.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>In whom we have redemption through his blood, the  forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and  prudence;</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according  to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might  gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven,  and which are on earth; even in him:</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being  predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things  after the counsel of his own will:</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first  trusted in Christ.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of  truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye  believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption  of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord  Jesus, and love unto all the saints,</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in  my prayers;</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,  may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge  of him:</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye  may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the  glory of his inheritance in the saints,</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward  who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the  dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>Far above all principality, and power, and might, and  dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but  also in that which is to come:</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be  the head over all things to the church,</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in  all.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='2'>
+    <verse no='1'>And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and  sins;</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of  this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit  that now worketh in the children of disobedience:</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in  the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the  mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith  he loved us,</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together  with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in  heavenly places in Christ Jesus:</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches  of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of  yourselves: it is the gift of God:</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>Not of works, lest any man should boast.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto  good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in  the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the  Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from  the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of  promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are  made nigh by the blood of Christ.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken  down the middle wall of partition between us;</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of  commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain  one new man, so making peace;</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the  cross, having slain the enmity thereby:</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and  to them that were nigh.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the  Father.</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but  fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and  prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto  an holy temple in the Lord:</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of  God through the Spirit.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='3'>
+    <verse no='1'>For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you  Gentiles,</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God  which is given me to you-ward:</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery;  (as I wrote afore in few words,</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the  mystery of Christ)</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men,  as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the  Spirit;</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same  body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the  grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this  grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable  riches of Christ;</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the  mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God,  who created all things by Jesus Christ:</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in  heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of  God,</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ  Jesus our Lord:</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the  faith of him.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for  you, which is your glory.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord  Jesus Christ,</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>That he would grant you, according to the riches of his  glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye,  being rooted and grounded in love,</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the  breadth, and length, and depth, and height;</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge,  that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above  all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout  all ages, world without end. Amen.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='4'>
+    <verse no='1'>I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye  walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering,  forbearing one another in love;</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of  peace.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in  one hope of your calling;</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>One Lord, one faith, one baptism,</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through  all, and in you all.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>But unto every one of us is given grace according to the  measure of the gift of Christ.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led  captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended  first into the lower parts of the earth?</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>He that descended is the same also that ascended up far  above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,  evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the  ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the  knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of  the stature of the fulness of Christ:</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro,  and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men,  and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all  things, which is the head, even Christ:</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted  by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working  in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the  edifying of itself in love.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye  henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their  mind,</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the  life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the  blindness of their heart:</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto  lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>But ye have not so learned Christ;</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by  him, as the truth is in Jesus:</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old  man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created  in righteousness and true holiness.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his  neighbour: for we are members one of another.</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your  wrath:</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>Neither give place to the devil.</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour,  working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to  give to him that needeth.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but  that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace  unto the hearers.</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed  unto the day of redemption.</verse>
+    <verse no='31'>Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and  evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:</verse>
+    <verse no='32'>And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one  another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='5'>
+    <verse no='1'>Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath  given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a  sweetsmelling savour.</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let  it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which  are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person,  nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the  kingdom of Christ and of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these  things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>Be not ye therefore partakers with them.</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the  Lord: walk as children of light:</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and  righteousness and truth;)</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of  darkness, but rather reprove them.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are  done of them in secret.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the  light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from  the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as  wise,</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will  of the Lord is.</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled  with the Spirit;</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual  songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father  in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the  Lord.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is  the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the  wives be to their own husbands in every thing.</verse>
+    <verse no='25'>Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the  church, and gave himself for it;</verse>
+    <verse no='26'>That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of  water by the word,</verse>
+    <verse no='27'>That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not  having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy  and without blemish.</verse>
+    <verse no='28'>So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He  that loveth his wife loveth himself.</verse>
+    <verse no='29'>For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and  cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:</verse>
+    <verse no='30'>For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his  bones.</verse>
+    <verse no='31'>For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and  shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.</verse>
+    <verse no='32'>This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and  the church.</verse>
+    <verse no='33'>Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his  wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+  <chapter no='6'>
+    <verse no='1'>Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.</verse>
+    <verse no='2'>Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment  with promise;</verse>
+    <verse no='3'>That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on  the earth.</verse>
+    <verse no='4'>And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but  bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.</verse>
+    <verse no='5'>Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters  according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your  heart, as unto Christ;</verse>
+    <verse no='6'>Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of  Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;</verse>
+    <verse no='7'>With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to  men:</verse>
+    <verse no='8'>Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same  shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.</verse>
+    <verse no='9'>And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing  threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is  there respect of persons with him.</verse>
+    <verse no='10'>Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the  power of his might.</verse>
+    <verse no='11'>Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand  against the wiles of the devil.</verse>
+    <verse no='12'>For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against  principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of  this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.</verse>
+    <verse no='13'>Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may  be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.</verse>
+    <verse no='14'>Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth,  and having on the breastplate of righteousness;</verse>
+    <verse no='15'>And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of  peace;</verse>
+    <verse no='16'>Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be  able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.</verse>
+    <verse no='17'>And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the  Spirit, which is the word of God:</verse>
+    <verse no='18'>Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the  Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication  for all saints;</verse>
+    <verse no='19'>And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may  open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,</verse>
+    <verse no='20'>For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may  speak boldly, as I ought to speak.</verse>
+    <verse no='21'>But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do,  Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall  make known to you all things:</verse>
+    <verse no='22'>Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye  might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.</verse>
+    <verse no='23'>Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the  Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</verse>
+    <verse no='24'>Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in  sincerity. Amen.</verse>
+  </chapter>
+</book>