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    <book number='20' name='Proverbs' abbreviation='Prov' testament='old'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='4912'>proverbs</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'>To <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>; to <strongs hebrew='995'>perceive</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='998'>understanding</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='3'>To <strongs hebrew='3947'>receive</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7919'>wisdom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6664'>justice</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4339'>equity</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='4'>To <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='6195'>subtlety</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='6612'>simple</strongs>, to the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4209'>discretion</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>A <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>man</em> will <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='3254'>increase</strongs><strongs hebrew='3948'>learning</strongs>; and a man of <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7069'>attain</strongs>unto wise <strongs hebrew='8458'>counsels</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'>To <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4912'>proverb</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4426'>interpretation</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>, and their dark <strongs hebrew='2420'>sayings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>The <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='7225'>beginning</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>: <em>but</em> <strongs hebrew='191'>fools</strongs><strongs hebrew='936'>despise</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5203'>forsake</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> an <strongs hebrew='3880'>ornament</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2580'>grace</strongs>unto thy <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6060'>chains</strongs>about thy <strongs hebrew='1621'>neck</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='2400'>sinners</strongs><strongs hebrew='6601'>entice</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='14'>consent</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Come</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>us, let us lay <strongs hebrew='693'>wait</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>, let us lurk <strongs hebrew='6845'>privily</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='5355'>innocent</strongs>without <strongs hebrew='2600'>cause</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Let us swallow them <strongs hebrew='1104'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>alive</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='7585'>grave</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='8549'>whole</strongs>, as those that go <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='953'>pit</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='13'>We shall <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3368'>precious</strongs><strongs hebrew='1952'>substance</strongs>, we shall <strongs hebrew='4390'>fill</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7998'>spoil</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Cast <strongs hebrew='5307'>in</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1486'>lot</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>among</strongs>us; let us <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='3599'>purse</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='15'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thou in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>them; <strongs hebrew='4513'>refrain</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7272'>foot</strongs>from their <strongs hebrew='4480 5410'>path</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs><strongs hebrew='7323'>run</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, and make <strongs hebrew='4116'>haste</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8210'>shed</strongs><strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Surely</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2600'>vain</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7568'>net</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2219'>spread</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='1167 3671'>bird</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>lay <strongs hebrew='693'>wait</strongs>for their <em>own</em> <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>; they lurk <strongs hebrew='6845'>privily</strongs>for their <em>own</em> <strongs hebrew='5315'>lives</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='3651'>So</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='734'>ways</strongs>of every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs>that is <strongs hebrew='1214'>greedy</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1215'>gain</strongs>; <em>which</em> taketh <strongs hebrew='3947'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1167'>owners</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='2454'>Wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='7442'>crieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2351'>without</strongs>; she <strongs hebrew='5414'>uttereth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7339'>streets</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='21'>She <strongs hebrew='7121'>crieth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>place of <strongs hebrew='1993'>concourse</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='6607'>openings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>: in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>she <strongs hebrew='559'>uttereth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>, <em>saying</em> , </verse>
            <verse number='22'>How <strongs hebrew='5704 4970'>long</strongs>, ye simple <strongs hebrew='6612'>ones</strongs>, will ye <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs><strongs hebrew='6612'>simplicity</strongs>? and the <strongs hebrew='3887'>scorners</strongs><strongs hebrew='2530'>delight</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='3944'>scorning</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs><strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='7725'>Turn</strongs>you at my <strongs hebrew='8433'>reproof</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I will pour <strongs hebrew='5042'>out</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>unto you, I will make <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>unto you. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='3282'>Because</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>, and ye <strongs hebrew='3985'>refused</strongs>; I have stretched <strongs hebrew='5186'>out</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, and no <strongs hebrew='369'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='7181'>regarded</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='25'>But ye have set at <strongs hebrew='6544'>naught</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='14'>would</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='8433'>reproof</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='7832'>laugh</strongs>at your <strongs hebrew='343'>calamity</strongs>; I will <strongs hebrew='3932'>mock</strongs>when your <strongs hebrew='6343'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='27'>When your <strongs hebrew='6343'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='7722'>desolation</strongs>, and your <strongs hebrew='343'>destruction</strongs><strongs hebrew='857'>cometh</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='5492'>whirlwind</strongs>; when <strongs hebrew='6869'>distress</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6695'>anguish</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>you. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='227'>Then</strongs>shall they call <strongs hebrew='7121'>upon</strongs>me, but I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answer</strongs>; they shall seek me <strongs hebrew='7836'>early</strongs>, but they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs>me: </verse>
            <verse number='29'>For <strongs hebrew='8478 3588'>that</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='8130'>hated</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>, and did <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='977'>choose</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='30'>They <strongs hebrew='14'>would</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='5006'>despised</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8433'>reproof</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>Therefore shall they <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 6529'>fruit</strongs>of their own <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, and be <strongs hebrew='7646'>filled</strongs>with their own <strongs hebrew='4480 4156'>devices</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the turning <strongs hebrew='4878'>away</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6612'>simple</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='2026'>slay</strongs>them, and the <strongs hebrew='7962'>prosperity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6'>destroy</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>But whoso <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkeneth</strongs>unto me shall <strongs hebrew='7931'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='983'>safely</strongs>, and shall be <strongs hebrew='7599'>quiet</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 6343'>fear</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thou wilt <strongs hebrew='3947'>receive</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6845'>hide</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee; </verse>
            <verse number='2'>So that thou <strongs hebrew='7181'>incline</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5186'>apply</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Yea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='7121'>criest</strongs>after <strongs hebrew='998'>knowledge</strongs>, <em>and</em> liftest <strongs hebrew='5414'>up</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1245'>seekest</strongs>her as <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2664'>searchest</strongs>for her as <em>for</em> hid <strongs hebrew='4301'>treasures</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='227'>Then</strongs>shalt thou <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>: out of his <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs><em>cometh</em> <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>He layeth <strongs hebrew='6845'>up</strongs>sound <strongs hebrew='8454'>wisdom</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='3477'>righteous</strongs>: <em>he</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4043'>buckler</strongs>to them that <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='8537'>uprightly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>He <strongs hebrew='5341'>keepeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='734'>paths</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8104'>preserveth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2623'>saints</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='227'>Then</strongs>shalt thou <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6664'>righteousness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4339'>equity</strongs>; <em>yea</em> , <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='4570'>path</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3588'>When</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>entereth</strongs>into thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5276'>pleasant</strongs>unto thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='4209'>Discretion</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='8104 5921'>preserve</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5341'>keep</strongs>thee: </verse>
            <verse number='12'>To <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>thee from the <strongs hebrew='4480 1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><em>man</em> , from the <strongs hebrew='4480 376'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='1696'>speaketh</strongs>froward <strongs hebrew='8419'>things</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Who <strongs hebrew='5800'>leave</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='734'>paths</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3476'>uprightness</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2822'>darkness</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Who <strongs hebrew='8056'>rejoice</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, <em>and</em> delight <strongs hebrew='1523'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8419'>frowardness</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7451'>wicked</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='834'>Whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='734'>ways</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='6141'>crooked</strongs>, and <em>they</em> <strongs hebrew='3868'>froward</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='4570'>paths</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='16'>To <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>thee from the strange <strongs hebrew='4480 802 2114'>woman</strongs>, <em>even</em> from the <strongs hebrew='4480 5237'>stranger</strongs><em>which</em> <strongs hebrew='2505'>flattereth</strongs>with her <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Which <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaketh</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='441'>guide</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='5271'>youth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgetteth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='7743'>inclineth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>, and her <strongs hebrew='4570'>paths</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7496'>dead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='3808 3605'>None</strongs>that go <strongs hebrew='935'>unto</strongs>her return <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>take they <strongs hebrew='5381'>hold</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='734'>paths</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='4616'>That</strongs>thou mayest <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><em>men</em> , and <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='734'>paths</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3477'>upright</strongs>shall dwell <strongs hebrew='7931'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8549'>perfect</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3498'>remain</strongs>in it. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>But the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>shall be cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>earth</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='898'>transgressors</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='5255'>rooted</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>it. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7911'>forget</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>; but let thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='5341'>keep</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='753'>length</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8141'>long</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>, shall they <strongs hebrew='3254'>add</strongs>to thee. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5800'>forsake</strongs>thee: <strongs hebrew='7194'>bind</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5921'>about</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1621'>neck</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3789'>write</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3871'>table</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='4'>So shalt thou <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='2580'>favor</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='7922'>understanding</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='982'>Trust</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='8172'>lean</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thine own <strongs hebrew='998'>understanding</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>In <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>acknowledge</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3474'>direct</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='734'>paths</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='1961'>Be</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>in thine own <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7451'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>It shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7500'>health</strongs>to thy <strongs hebrew='8270'>navel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8250'>marrow</strongs>to thy <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3513'>Honor</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>with thy <strongs hebrew='4480 1952'>substance</strongs>, and with the <strongs hebrew='4480 7225'>firstfruits</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='8393'>increase</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='10'>So shall thy <strongs hebrew='618'>barns</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7647'>plenty</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='3342'>presses</strongs>shall burst <strongs hebrew='6555'>out</strongs>with new <strongs hebrew='8492'>wine</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3988'>despise</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4148'>chastening</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6973'>weary</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='8433'>correction</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3198'>correcteth</strongs>; even as a <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><em>in</em> <em>whom</em> he <strongs hebrew='7521'>delighteth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='835'>Happy</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='4672'>findeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='6329'>getteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5504'>merchandise</strongs>of it <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='4480 5505'>merchandise</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8393'>gain</strongs>thereof than fine <strongs hebrew='4480 2742'>gold</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='1931'>She</strongs><em>is</em> more <strongs hebrew='3368'>precious</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 6443'>rubies</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the things thou canst <strongs hebrew='2656'>desire</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='7737'>compared</strongs>unto her. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='753'>Length</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><em>is</em> in her right <strongs hebrew='3225'>hand</strongs>; <em>and</em> in her left <strongs hebrew='8040'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3519'>honor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Her <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5278'>pleasantness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='5410'>paths</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='1931'>She</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>to them that lay <strongs hebrew='2388'>hold</strongs>upon her: and <strongs hebrew='833'>happy</strongs><em>is</em> <em>every</em> <em>one</em> that <strongs hebrew='8551'>retaineth</strongs>her. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3245'>founded</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>; by <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>hath he <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>By his <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8415'>depths</strongs>are broken <strongs hebrew='1234'>up</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7834'>clouds</strongs>drop <strongs hebrew='7491'>down</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2919'>dew</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3868'>depart</strongs>from thine <strongs hebrew='4480 5869'>eyes</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5341'>keep</strongs>sound <strongs hebrew='8454'>wisdom</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4209'>discretion</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='22'>So shall they <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>unto thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2580'>grace</strongs>to thy <strongs hebrew='1621'>neck</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='227'>Then</strongs>shalt thou <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><strongs hebrew='983'>safely</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='7272'>foot</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5062'>stumble</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='518'>When</strongs>thou liest <strongs hebrew='7901'>down</strongs>, thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6342'>afraid</strongs>: yea, thou shalt lie <strongs hebrew='7901'>down</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='8142'>sleep</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='6149'>sweet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>Be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>afraid</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6597'>sudden</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6343'>fear</strongs>, neither of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7722'>desolation</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3689'>confidence</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7272'>foot</strongs>from being <strongs hebrew='4480 3921'>taken</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='4513'>Withhold</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>from them to whom it is <strongs hebrew='4480 1167'>due</strongs>, when it <strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='410'>power</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='559'>Say</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>unto thy <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, and come <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4279'>tomorrow</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>; when thou <strongs hebrew='3426'>hast</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='854'>by</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='2790'>Devise</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>, seeing <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='983'>securely</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>by</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='7378'>Strive</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>without <strongs hebrew='2600'>cause</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>he have <strongs hebrew='1580'>done</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>harm</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='7065'>Envy</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376 2555'>oppressor</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='977'>choose</strongs><strongs hebrew='408 3605'>none</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3868'>froward</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: but his <strongs hebrew='5475'>secret</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3477'>righteous</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>The <strongs hebrew='3994'>curse</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>: but he <strongs hebrew='1288'>blesseth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5116'>habitation</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'><strongs hebrew='518'>Surely</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='3887'>scorneth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3887'>scorners</strongs>: but he <strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2580'>grace</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='6035'>lowly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>The <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5157'>inherit</strongs><strongs hebrew='3519'>glory</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='7036'>shame</strongs>shall be the <strongs hebrew='7311'>promotion</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='4'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7181'>attend</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='998'>understanding</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='3948'>doctrine</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsake</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7390'>tender</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3173'>only</strongs><em>beloved</em> in the <strongs hebrew='6440'>sight</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>He <strongs hebrew='3384'>taught</strongs>me also, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto me, Let thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='8551'>retain</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='7069'>Get</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7069'>get</strongs><strongs hebrew='998'>understanding</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7911'>forget</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='5186'>decline</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 561'>words</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='5800'>Forsake</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>, and she shall <strongs hebrew='8104'>preserve</strongs>thee: <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>her, and she shall <strongs hebrew='5341'>keep</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='2451'>Wisdom</strongs><em>is</em> the principal <strongs hebrew='7225'>thing</strongs>; <em>therefore</em> <strongs hebrew='7069'>get</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>: and with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7075'>getting</strongs><strongs hebrew='7069'>get</strongs><strongs hebrew='998'>understanding</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='5549'>Exalt</strongs>her, and she shall <strongs hebrew='7311'>promote</strongs>thee: she shall bring thee to <strongs hebrew='3513'>honor</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>thou dost <strongs hebrew='2263'>embrace</strongs>her. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>She shall <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>to thine <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='3880'>ornament</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2580'>grace</strongs>: a <strongs hebrew='5850'>crown</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8597'>glory</strongs>shall she <strongs hebrew='4042'>deliver</strongs>to thee. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>, O my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>receive</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='561'>sayings</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7235'>many</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>I have <strongs hebrew='3384'>taught</strongs>thee in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>; I have <strongs hebrew='1869'>led</strongs>thee in <strongs hebrew='3476'>right</strongs><strongs hebrew='4570'>paths</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>When thou <strongs hebrew='1980'>goest</strongs>, thy <strongs hebrew='6806'>steps</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3334'>straitened</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='518'>when</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='7323'>runnest</strongs>, thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3782'>stumble</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Take fast <strongs hebrew='2388'>hold</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>; let <em>her</em> <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7503'>go</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5341'>keep</strongs>her; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs><em>is</em> thy <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='935'>Enter</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='734'>path</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='833'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><em>men</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='6544'>Avoid</strongs>it, <strongs hebrew='5674'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>by it, <strongs hebrew='7847'>turn</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>it, and pass <strongs hebrew='5674'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3462'>sleep</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518 3808'>except</strongs>they have done <strongs hebrew='7489'>mischief</strongs>; and their <strongs hebrew='8142'>sleep</strongs>is taken <strongs hebrew='1497'>away</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518 3808'>unless</strongs>they cause <em>some</em> to <strongs hebrew='3782'>fall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3898'>eat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7562'>wickedness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2555'>violence</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>But the <strongs hebrew='734'>path</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs><em>is</em> as the <strongs hebrew='5051'>shining</strongs><strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='215'>shineth</strongs>more and <strongs hebrew='1980'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3559'>perfect</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>The <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>is</em> as <strongs hebrew='653'>darkness</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3782'>stumble</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7181'>attend</strongs>to my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5186'>incline</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>unto my <strongs hebrew='561'>sayings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Let them <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3868'>depart</strongs>from thine <strongs hebrew='4480 5869'>eyes</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>unto those that <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='4832'>health</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='5341'>Keep</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4929'>diligence</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>it <em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='8444'>issues</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>Put <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='6143'>froward</strongs><strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3891'>perverse</strongs><strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>put <strongs hebrew='7368'>far</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>Let thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs><strongs hebrew='5027'>look</strongs>right <strongs hebrew='5227'>on</strongs>, and let thine <strongs hebrew='6079'>eyelids</strongs>look <strongs hebrew='3474'>straight</strongs><strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='6424'>Ponder</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4570'>path</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>, and let <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='5186'>Turn</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>to the right <strongs hebrew='3225'>hand</strongs>nor to the <strongs hebrew='8040'>left</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5493'>remove</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7272'>foot</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7451'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='5'>
            <verse number='1'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7181'>attend</strongs>unto my <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5186'>bow</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>to my <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='2'>That thou mayest <strongs hebrew='8104'>regard</strongs><strongs hebrew='4209'>discretion</strongs>, and <em>that</em> thy <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='5341'>keep</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>of a strange <strongs hebrew='2114'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='5197'>drop</strongs><em>as</em> a <strongs hebrew='5317'>honeycomb</strongs>, and her <strongs hebrew='2441'>mouth</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2509'>smoother</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 8081'>oil</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='4'>But her <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4751'>bitter</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='3939'>wormwood</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2299'>sharp</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='6310'>twoedged</strongs><strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Her <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>; her <strongs hebrew='6806'>steps</strongs>take <strongs hebrew='8551'>hold</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='7585'>hell</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='6435'>Lest</strongs>thou shouldest <strongs hebrew='6424'>ponder</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='734'>path</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>, her <strongs hebrew='4570'>ways</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='5128'>movable</strongs>, <em>that</em> thou canst <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><em>them</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>therefore, O ye <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 561'>words</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Remove thy way <strongs hebrew='7368 1870'>far</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>her, and come not <strongs hebrew='7126 408 413'>nigh</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6607'>door</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='6435'>Lest</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='1935'>honor</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='312'>others</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='394'>cruel</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='6435'>Lest</strongs><strongs hebrew='2114'>strangers</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7646'>filled</strongs>with thy <strongs hebrew='3581'>wealth</strongs>; and thy <strongs hebrew='6089'>labors</strongs><em>be</em> in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='5237'>stranger</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And thou <strongs hebrew='5098'>mourn</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='319'>last</strongs>, when thy <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='7607'>body</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3615'>consumed</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='8130'>hated</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='5006'>despised</strongs><strongs hebrew='8433'>reproof</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='3384'>teachers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5186'>inclined</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>to them that <strongs hebrew='3925'>instructed</strongs>me! </verse>
            <verse number='14'>I <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='4592'>almost</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6951'>congregation</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5712'>assembly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='8354'>Drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>out of thine own <strongs hebrew='4480 953'>cistern</strongs>, and running <strongs hebrew='5140'>waters</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480 8432'>of</strongs>thine own <strongs hebrew='875'>well</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Let thy <strongs hebrew='4599'>fountains</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6327'>dispersed</strongs><strongs hebrew='2351'>abroad</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6388'>rivers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7339'>streets</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Let them <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='905'>only</strongs>thine own, and <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2114'>strangers</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Let thy <strongs hebrew='4726'>fountain</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='4480 802'>wife</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5271'>youth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><em>Let</em> <em>her</em> <em>be</em> <em>as</em> the <strongs hebrew='158'>loving</strongs><strongs hebrew='365'>hind</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2580'>pleasant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3280'>roe</strongs>; let her <strongs hebrew='1717'>breasts</strongs><strongs hebrew='7301'>satisfy</strongs>thee at <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>times</strongs>; and be thou <strongs hebrew='7686'>ravished</strongs><strongs hebrew='8548'>always</strongs>with her <strongs hebrew='160'>love</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs>wilt thou, my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, be <strongs hebrew='7686'>ravished</strongs>with a strange <strongs hebrew='2114'>woman</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2263'>embrace</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2436'>bosom</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='5237'>stranger</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5227'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='6424'>pondereth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4570'>goings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>His own <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquities</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3920'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>himself, and he shall be <strongs hebrew='8551'>holden</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2256'>cords</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='1931'>He</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>; and in the <strongs hebrew='7230'>greatness</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='200'>folly</strongs>he shall go <strongs hebrew='7686'>astray</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='6'>
            <verse number='1'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thou be <strongs hebrew='6148'>surety</strongs>for thy <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>, <em>if</em> thou hast <strongs hebrew='8628'>stricken</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3709'>hand</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='2114'>stranger</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Thou art <strongs hebrew='3369'>snared</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, thou art <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='6213'>Do</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='645'>now</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, and deliver <strongs hebrew='5337'>thyself</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>thou art <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3709'>hand</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>, humble <strongs hebrew='7511'>thyself</strongs>, and make <strongs hebrew='7292'>sure</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8142'>sleep</strongs>to thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='8572'>slumber</strongs>to thine <strongs hebrew='6079'>eyelids</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Deliver <strongs hebrew='5337'>thyself</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='6643'>roe</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs><em>of</em> <em>the</em> <em>hunter</em> , and as a <strongs hebrew='6833'>bird</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3353'>fowler</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5244'>ant</strongs>, thou <strongs hebrew='6102'>sluggard</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='7200'>consider</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, and be <strongs hebrew='2449'>wise</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='834'>Which</strongs>having <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7101'>guide</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7860'>overseer</strongs>, or <strongs hebrew='4910'>ruler</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3559'>Provideth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3899'>meat</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7019'>summer</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='103'>gathereth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3978'>food</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>How <strongs hebrew='5704 4970'>long</strongs>wilt thou <strongs hebrew='7901'>sleep</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='6102'>sluggard</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4970'>when</strongs>wilt thou <strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>out of thy <strongs hebrew='4480 8142'>sleep</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='10'><em>Yet</em> a <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='8142'>sleep</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='8572'>slumber</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='2264'>folding</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7901'>sleep</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='11'>So shall thy <strongs hebrew='7389'>poverty</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>as one that <strongs hebrew='1980'>traveleth</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='4270'>want</strongs>as an <strongs hebrew='4043'>armed</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>A <strongs hebrew='1100'>naughty</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>person</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='205'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>walketh</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='6143'>froward</strongs><strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>He <strongs hebrew='7169'>winketh</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='4448'>speaketh</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='3384'>teacheth</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='676'>fingers</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='8419'>Frowardness</strongs><em>is</em> in his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='2790'>deviseth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>mischief</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 6256'>continually</strongs>; he <strongs hebrew='7971'>soweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4066'>discord</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>Therefore</strongs>shall his <strongs hebrew='343'>calamity</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='6597'>suddenly</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6621'>suddenly</strongs>shall he be <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='4832'>remedy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='2007'>These</strongs><strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><em>things</em> doth the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs>: yea, <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><em>are</em> an <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='5315'>him</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='17'>A <strongs hebrew='7311'>proud</strongs><strongs hebrew='5869'>look</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='8267'>lying</strongs><strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='8210'>shed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5355'>innocent</strongs><strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='18'>A <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='2790'>deviseth</strongs><strongs hebrew='205'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='4284'>imaginations</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>that be <strongs hebrew='4116'>swift</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7323'>running</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7451'>mischief</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='19'>A <strongs hebrew='8267'>false</strongs><strongs hebrew='5707'>witness</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='6315'>speaketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='3577'>lies</strongs>, and he that <strongs hebrew='7971'>soweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4090'>discord</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>among</strongs><strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5341'>keep</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandment</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5203'>forsake</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='7194'>Bind</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='8548'>continually</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6029'>tie</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5921'>about</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1621'>neck</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>When thou <strongs hebrew='1980'>goest</strongs>, it shall <strongs hebrew='5148'>lead</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'>thee</strongs>; when thou <strongs hebrew='7901'>sleepest</strongs>, it shall <strongs hebrew='8104 5921'>keep</strongs>thee; and <em>when</em> thou <strongs hebrew='6974'>awakest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7878'>talk</strongs>with thee. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandment</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='5216'>lamp</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='8433'>reproofs</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='24'>To <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>thee from the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 802'>woman</strongs>, from the <strongs hebrew='4480 2513'>flattery</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>of a strange <strongs hebrew='5237'>woman</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='2530'>Lust</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>after her <strongs hebrew='3308'>beauty</strongs>in thine <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs>let her <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>thee with her <strongs hebrew='6079'>eyelids</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='1157'>means</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='2181'>whorish</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><em>a</em> <em>man</em> <em>is</em> <em>brought</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3603'>piece</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='802 376'>adulteress</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6679'>hunt</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='3368'>precious</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Can a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='2846'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='2436'>bosom</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='899'>clothes</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='8313'>burned</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='518'>Can</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>hot <strongs hebrew='1513'>coals</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3554'>burned</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='3651'>So</strongs>he that goeth <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3605'>whosoever</strongs><strongs hebrew='5060'>toucheth</strongs>her shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5352'>innocent</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><em>Men</em> do <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='936'>despise</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1590'>thief</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1589'>steal</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4390'>satisfy</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>he is <strongs hebrew='7456'>hungry</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='31'>But <em>if</em> he be <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>, he shall <strongs hebrew='7999'>restore</strongs><strongs hebrew='7659'>sevenfold</strongs>; he shall <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1952'>substance</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><em>But</em> whoso committeth <strongs hebrew='5003'>adultery</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='2638'>lacketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>understanding</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='6213'>doeth</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroyeth</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>A <strongs hebrew='5061'>wound</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7036'>dishonor</strongs>shall he <strongs hebrew='4672'>get</strongs>; and his <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be wiped <strongs hebrew='4229'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='7068'>jealousy</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='2534'>rage</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs>: therefore he will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2550'>spare</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5359'>vengeance</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>He will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440 5375'>regard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='3724'>ransom</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>will he rest <strongs hebrew='14'>content</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>though</strongs>thou givest <strongs hebrew='7235'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='7810'>gifts</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='7'>
            <verse number='1'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>, and lay <strongs hebrew='6845'>up</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='8104'>Keep</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>; and my <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='380'>apple</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='7194'>Bind</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='676'>fingers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3789'>write</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3871'>table</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='559'>Say</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs><em>art</em> my <strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs><strongs hebrew='998'>understanding</strongs><em>thy</em> <strongs hebrew='4129'>kinswoman</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'>That they may <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>thee from the <strongs hebrew='2114'>strange</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 802'>woman</strongs>, from the <strongs hebrew='4480 5237'>stranger</strongs><em>which</em> <strongs hebrew='2505'>flattereth</strongs>with her <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='2474'>window</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='8259'>looked</strongs><strongs hebrew='1157'>through</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='822'>casement</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='7200'>beheld</strongs>among the simple <strongs hebrew='6612'>ones</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='995'>discerned</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1121'>youths</strongs>, a young <strongs hebrew='5288'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='2638'>void</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3820'>understanding</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='5674'>Passing</strongs>through the <strongs hebrew='7784'>street</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>near</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='6438'>corner</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='6805'>went</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>to her <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='9'>In the <strongs hebrew='5399'>twilight</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='6153 3117'>evening</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='380'>black</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='653'>dark</strongs><strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, there <strongs hebrew='7125'>met</strongs>him a <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><em>with</em> the <strongs hebrew='7897'>attire</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='2181'>harlot</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5341'>subtle</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>( <strongs hebrew='1931'>She</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1993'>loud</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5637'>stubborn</strongs>; her <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs><strongs hebrew='7931'>abide</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in her <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='6471'>Now</strongs><em>is</em> <em>she</em> <strongs hebrew='2351'>without</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6471'>now</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7339'>streets</strongs>, and lieth in <strongs hebrew='693'>wait</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>at</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='6438'>corner</strongs>.) </verse>
            <verse number='13'>So she <strongs hebrew='2388'>caught</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='5401'>kissed</strongs>him, <em>and</em> with an <strongs hebrew='5810'>impudent</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, </verse>
            <verse number='14'><em>I</em> <em>have</em> peace <strongs hebrew='2077 8002'>offerings</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>with</strongs>me; this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='7999'>paid</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5088'>vows</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>Therefore</strongs>came I <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7125'>meet</strongs>thee, diligently to <strongs hebrew='7836'>seek</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>, and I have <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>I have <strongs hebrew='7234'>decked</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6210'>bed</strongs>with coverings of <strongs hebrew='4765'>tapestry</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='2405'>carved</strongs><em>works</em> , with fine <strongs hebrew='330'>linen</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>I have <strongs hebrew='5130'>perfumed</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4904'>bed</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='4753'>myrrh</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='174'>aloes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7076'>cinnamon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Come</strongs>, let us take our <strongs hebrew='7301'>fill</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1730'>love</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>: let us solace <strongs hebrew='5965'>ourselves</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='159'>loves</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>goodman</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1004'>home</strongs>, he is <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4480 7350'>long</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>journey</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='20'>He hath <strongs hebrew='3947'>taken</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6872'>bag</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3701'>money</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>with</strongs>him, <em>and</em> will <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>home</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='3677'>appointed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>With her <strongs hebrew='7230'>much</strongs>fair <strongs hebrew='3948'>speech</strongs>she caused him to <strongs hebrew='5186'>yield</strongs>, with the <strongs hebrew='2506'>flattering</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>she <strongs hebrew='5080'>forced</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>He <strongs hebrew='1980'>goeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='6597'>straightway</strongs>, as an <strongs hebrew='7794'>ox</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>goeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2874'>slaughter</strongs>, or as a <strongs hebrew='191'>fool</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4148'>correction</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5914'>stocks</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='5704'>Till</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2671'>dart</strongs>strike <strongs hebrew='6398'>through</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3516'>liver</strongs>; as a <strongs hebrew='6833'>bird</strongs><strongs hebrew='4116'>hasteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6341'>snare</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> for his <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hearken</strongs>unto me <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>therefore, O ye <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7181'>attend</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>Let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='7847'>decline</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, go not <strongs hebrew='8582 408'>astray</strongs>in her <strongs hebrew='5410'>paths</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>she hath cast <strongs hebrew='5307'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='2491'>wounded</strongs>: yea, <strongs hebrew='3605'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='6099'>strong</strongs><em>men</em> have been <strongs hebrew='2026'>slain</strongs>by her. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Her <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7585'>hell</strongs>, going <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2315'>chambers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='8'>
            <verse number='1'>Doth <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>cry</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>put <strongs hebrew='5414'>forth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='2'>She <strongs hebrew='5324'>standeth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of high <strongs hebrew='4791'>places</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>places</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5410'>paths</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>She <strongs hebrew='7442'>crieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>at</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>, at the <strongs hebrew='6310'>entry</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7176'>city</strongs>, at the <strongs hebrew='3996'>coming</strongs>in at the <strongs hebrew='6607'>doors</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='413'>Unto</strongs>you, O <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>; and my <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>O ye <strongs hebrew='6612'>simple</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6195'>wisdom</strongs>: and, ye <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>, be ye of an <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>of excellent <strongs hebrew='5057'>things</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='4669'>opening</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> right <strongs hebrew='4339'>things</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2441'>mouth</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1897'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='7562'>wickedness</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>to my <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><em>are</em> in <strongs hebrew='6664'>righteousness</strongs>; <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>nothing</strongs><strongs hebrew='6617'>froward</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='6141'>perverse</strongs>in them. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>They <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5228'>plain</strongs>to him that <strongs hebrew='995'>understandeth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs>to them that <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3947'>Receive</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>rather than choice <strongs hebrew='4480 977 2742'>gold</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 6443'>rubies</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the things that may be <strongs hebrew='2656'>desired</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='7737'>compared</strongs>to it. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='7931'>dwell</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='6195'>prudence</strongs>, and find <strongs hebrew='4672'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>of witty <strongs hebrew='4209'>inventions</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>The <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> to <strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1344'>pride</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1347'>arrogance</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8419'>froward</strongs><strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, do I <strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='6098'>Counsel</strongs><em>is</em> mine, and sound <strongs hebrew='8454'>wisdom</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='998'>understanding</strongs>; I have <strongs hebrew='1369'>strength</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>By me <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7336'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='2710'>decree</strongs><strongs hebrew='6664'>justice</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>By me <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='8323'>rule</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5081'>nobles</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8199'>judges</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>them that <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>me; and those that seek me <strongs hebrew='7836'>early</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='6239'>Riches</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3519'>honor</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>me; <em>yea</em> , <strongs hebrew='6276'>durable</strongs><strongs hebrew='1952'>riches</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>My <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 2742'>gold</strongs>, yea, than fine <strongs hebrew='4480 6337'>gold</strongs>; and my <strongs hebrew='8393'>revenue</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='977'>choice</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 3701'>silver</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>I <strongs hebrew='1980'>lead</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='734'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5410'>paths</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='21'>That I may cause those that <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>me to <strongs hebrew='5157'>inherit</strongs><strongs hebrew='3426'>substance</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='4390'>fill</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='214'>treasures</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7069'>possessed</strongs>me in the <strongs hebrew='7225'>beginning</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6924'>before</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4659'>works</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 227'>old</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>I was set <strongs hebrew='5258'>up</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 5769'>everlasting</strongs>, from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7218'>beginning</strongs>, or <strongs hebrew='4480 6924'>ever</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>was. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>When <em>there</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='8415'>depths</strongs>, I was brought <strongs hebrew='2342'>forth</strongs>; when <em>there</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4599'>fountains</strongs><strongs hebrew='3513'>abounding</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='2962'>Before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='2883'>settled</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1389'>hills</strongs>was I brought <strongs hebrew='2343'>forth</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='26'>While as <strongs hebrew='5704'>yet</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, nor the <strongs hebrew='2351'>fields</strongs>, nor the highest <strongs hebrew='7218'>part</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6083'>dust</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8398'>world</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>When he <strongs hebrew='3559'>prepared</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>: when he <strongs hebrew='2710'>set</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2329'>compass</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8415'>depth</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='28'>When he <strongs hebrew='553'>established</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7834'>clouds</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>above</strongs>: when he <strongs hebrew='5810'>strengthened</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5869'>fountains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8415'>deep</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='29'>When he <strongs hebrew='7760'>gave</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2706'>decree</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>pass</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6310'>commandment</strongs>: when he <strongs hebrew='2710'>appointed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4146'>foundations</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='30'>Then I <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs>him, <em>as</em> one brought <strongs hebrew='525'>up</strongs><em>with</em> <em>him</em> : and I <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117 3117'>daily</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='8191'>delight</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7832'>rejoicing</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 6256'>always</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him; </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='7832'>Rejoicing</strongs>in the habitable <strongs hebrew='8398'>part</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>; and my <strongs hebrew='8191'>delights</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs>unto me, O ye <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>: for <strongs hebrew='835'>blessed</strongs><em>are</em> <em>they</em> <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>, and be <strongs hebrew='2449'>wise</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6544'>refuse</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'><strongs hebrew='835'>Blessed</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='8085'>heareth</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='8245'>watching</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117 3117'>daily</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1817'>gates</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8104'>waiting</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='4201'>posts</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='6607'>doors</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>whoso <strongs hebrew='4672'>findeth</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='4672'>findeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='6329'>obtain</strongs><strongs hebrew='7522'>favor</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>But he that sinneth <strongs hebrew='2398'>against</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='2554'>wrongeth</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>they that <strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs><strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='9'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='2454'>Wisdom</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, she hath hewn <strongs hebrew='2672'>out</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='2'>She hath <strongs hebrew='2873'>killed</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2874'>beasts</strongs>; she hath <strongs hebrew='4537'>mingled</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>; she hath <strongs hebrew='637'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='6186'>furnished</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>She hath sent <strongs hebrew='7971'>forth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='5291'>maidens</strongs>: she <strongs hebrew='7121'>crieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the highest <strongs hebrew='1610 4791'>places</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7176'>city</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='4310'>Whoso</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6612'>simple</strongs>, let him <strongs hebrew='5493'>turn</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2008'>hither</strongs>: <em>as</em> <em>for</em> him that <strongs hebrew='2638'>wanteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>understanding</strongs>, she <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>to him, </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3898'>eat</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs><em>which</em> I have <strongs hebrew='4537'>mingled</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='5800'>Forsake</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6612'>foolish</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='833'>go</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='998'>understanding</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>He that <strongs hebrew='3256'>reproveth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3887'>scorner</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>getteth</strongs>to himself <strongs hebrew='7036'>shame</strongs>: and he that <strongs hebrew='3198'>rebuketh</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>man</em> <em>getteth</em> himself a <strongs hebrew='3971'>blot</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3198'>Reprove</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3887'>scorner</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs>thee: <strongs hebrew='3198'>rebuke</strongs>a wise <strongs hebrew='2450'>man</strongs>, and he will <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs><em>instruction</em> to a <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>man</em> , and he will be <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='2449'>wiser</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3045'>teach</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs><em>man</em> , and he will <strongs hebrew='3254'>increase</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3948'>learning</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>The <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='8462'>beginning</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6918'>holy</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='998'>understanding</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>by me thy <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7235'>multiplied</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3254'>increased</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thou be <strongs hebrew='2449'>wise</strongs>, thou shalt be <strongs hebrew='2449'>wise</strongs>for thyself: but <em>if</em> thou <strongs hebrew='3887'>scornest</strongs>, thou <strongs hebrew='905'>alone</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='5375'>bear</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='13'>A <strongs hebrew='3687'>foolish</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1993'>clamorous</strongs>: <em>she</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6615'>simple</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1077 4100'>nothing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>For she <strongs hebrew='3427'>sitteth</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='6607'>door</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3678'>seat</strongs>in the high <strongs hebrew='4791'>places</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7176'>city</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='15'>To <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674 1870'>passengers</strongs>who go <strongs hebrew='3474'>right</strongs>on their <strongs hebrew='734'>ways</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='4310'>Whoso</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6612'>simple</strongs>, let him <strongs hebrew='5493'>turn</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2008'>hither</strongs>: and <em>as</em> <em>for</em> him that <strongs hebrew='2638'>wanteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>understanding</strongs>, she <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>to him, </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='1589'>Stolen</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='4985'>sweet</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs><em>eaten</em> in <strongs hebrew='5643'>secret</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5276'>pleasant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>But he <strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7496'>dead</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>; <em>and</em> <em>that</em> her <strongs hebrew='7121'>guests</strongs><em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='6011'>depths</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7585'>hell</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='10'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='4912'>proverbs</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>. A <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>maketh a <strongs hebrew='8055'>glad</strongs><strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='3684'>foolish</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='8424'>heaviness</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='214'>Treasures</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7562'>wickedness</strongs><strongs hebrew='3276'>profit</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>nothing</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs><strongs hebrew='5337'>delivereth</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>suffer the <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7456'>famish</strongs>: but he casteth <strongs hebrew='1920'>away</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1942'>substance</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>He becometh <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6213'>dealeth</strongs><em>with</em> a <strongs hebrew='7423'>slack</strongs><strongs hebrew='3709'>hand</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2742'>diligent</strongs>maketh <strongs hebrew='6238'>rich</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>He that <strongs hebrew='103'>gathereth</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7019'>summer</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='7919'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>: <em>but</em> he that <strongs hebrew='7290'>sleepeth</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>that causeth <strongs hebrew='954'>shame</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='1293'>Blessings</strongs><em>are</em> upon the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='2555'>violence</strongs><strongs hebrew='3680'>covereth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>The <strongs hebrew='2143'>memory</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1293'>blessed</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7537'>rot</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3947'>receive</strongs><strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='8193'>prating</strongs><strongs hebrew='191'>fool</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3832'>fall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>He that <strongs hebrew='1980'>walketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='8537'>uprightly</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='983'>surely</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='6140'>perverteth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>He that <strongs hebrew='7169'>winketh</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>causeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6094'>sorrow</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='8193'>prating</strongs><strongs hebrew='191'>fool</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3832'>fall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>The <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><em>man</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4726'>well</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='2555'>violence</strongs><strongs hebrew='3680'>covereth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='8135'>Hatred</strongs>stirreth <strongs hebrew='5782'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='4090'>strifes</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='160'>love</strongs><strongs hebrew='3680 5921'>covereth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='6588'>sins</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>In the <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>of him that hath <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='7626'>rod</strongs><em>is</em> for the <strongs hebrew='1460'>back</strongs>of him that is <strongs hebrew='2638'>void</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3820'>understanding</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='2450'>Wise</strongs><em>men</em> lay <strongs hebrew='6845'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='191'>foolish</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7138'>near</strongs><strongs hebrew='4288'>destruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>The rich <strongs hebrew='6223'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1952'>wealth</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='5797'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='7151'>city</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='4288'>destruction</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs><em>is</em> their <strongs hebrew='7389'>poverty</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>The <strongs hebrew='6468'>labor</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><em>tendeth</em> to <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='8393'>fruit</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>He <em>is</em> <em>in</em> the <strongs hebrew='734'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='8104'>keepeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='5800'>refuseth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8433'>reproof</strongs><strongs hebrew='8582'>erreth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>He that <strongs hebrew='3680'>hideth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8135'>hatred</strongs><em>with</em> <strongs hebrew='8267'>lying</strongs><strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>, and he that <strongs hebrew='3318'>uttereth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1681'>slander</strongs>, <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>In the <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='2308'>wanteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6588'>sin</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='2820'>refraineth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7919'>wise</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>The <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs><em>is</em> <em>as</em> <strongs hebrew='977'>choice</strongs><strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>is</em> little <strongs hebrew='4592'>worth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>The <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><strongs hebrew='7462'>feed</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='191'>fools</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2638'>want</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3820'>wisdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>The <strongs hebrew='1293'>blessing</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs>maketh <strongs hebrew='6238'>rich</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='3254'>addeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='6089'>sorrow</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> as <strongs hebrew='7814'>sport</strongs>to a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='2154'>mischief</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>The <strongs hebrew='4034'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs>shall come <strongs hebrew='935'>upon</strongs>him: but the <strongs hebrew='8378'>desire</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='5414'>granted</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>As the <strongs hebrew='5492'>whirlwind</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>passeth</strongs>, so <em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><em>more</em> : but the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='5769'>everlasting</strongs><strongs hebrew='3247'>foundation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>As <strongs hebrew='2558'>vinegar</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='8127'>teeth</strongs>, and as <strongs hebrew='6227'>smoke</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='6102'>sluggard</strongs>to them that <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>The <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>prolongeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7114'>shortened</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>The <strongs hebrew='8431'>hope</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='8057'>gladness</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='8615'>expectation</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>The <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4581'>strength</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='8537'>upright</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='4288'>destruction</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> to the <strongs hebrew='6466'>workers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='205'>iniquity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>The <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5769 1077'>never</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4131'>removed</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7931'>inhabit</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>The <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs>bringeth <strongs hebrew='5107'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='8419'>froward</strongs><strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>shall be cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>out</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>The <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>what is <strongs hebrew='7522'>acceptable</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>speaketh</em> <strongs hebrew='8419'>frowardness</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='11'>
            <verse number='1'>A <strongs hebrew='4820'>false</strongs><strongs hebrew='3976'>balance</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='8003'>just</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>weight</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='7522'>delight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><em>When</em> <strongs hebrew='2087'>pride</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>, then <strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs><strongs hebrew='7036'>shame</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6800'>lowly</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>The <strongs hebrew='8538'>integrity</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3477'>upright</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5148'>guide</strongs>them: but the <strongs hebrew='5558'>perverseness</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='898'>transgressors</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7703'>destroy</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='1952'>Riches</strongs><strongs hebrew='3276'>profit</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5678'>wrath</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs><strongs hebrew='5337'>delivereth</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>The <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8549'>perfect</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3474'>direct</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>by his own <strongs hebrew='7564'>wickedness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>The <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3477'>upright</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>them: but <strongs hebrew='898'>transgressors</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>in <em>their</em> <em>own</em> <strongs hebrew='1942'>naughtiness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>When a <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='4194'>dieth</strongs>, <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='8615'>expectation</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='8431'>hope</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='205'>unjust</strongs><em>men</em> <strongs hebrew='6'>perisheth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2502'>delivered</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 6869'>trouble</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>A <strongs hebrew='2611'>hypocrite</strongs>with <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7843'>destroyeth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>: but through <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2502'>delivered</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>When it goeth <strongs hebrew='2898'>well</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7151'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='5970'>rejoiceth</strongs>: and when the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>, <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7440'>shouting</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>By the <strongs hebrew='1293'>blessing</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3477'>upright</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7176'>city</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7311'>exalted</strongs>: but it is <strongs hebrew='2040'>overthrown</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>He that is <strongs hebrew='2638'>void</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3820'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='936'>despiseth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>holdeth his <strongs hebrew='2790'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>A <strongs hebrew='1980 7400'>talebearer</strongs><strongs hebrew='1540'>revealeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5475'>secrets</strongs>: but he that is of a <strongs hebrew='539'>faithful</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs><strongs hebrew='3680'>concealeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>matter</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Where <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='8458'>counsel</strongs><em>is</em> , the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>: but in the <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3289'>counselors</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8668'>safety</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>He that is <strongs hebrew='6148'>surety</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='2114'>stranger</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7451 7489'>smart</strongs><em>for</em> <em>it</em> : and he that <strongs hebrew='8130'>hateth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8628'>suretiship</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='982'>sure</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>A <strongs hebrew='2580'>gracious</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='8551'>retaineth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3519'>honor</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='6184'>strong</strongs><em>men</em> <strongs hebrew='8551'>retain</strongs><strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>The <strongs hebrew='2617'>merciful</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>doeth <strongs hebrew='1580'>good</strongs>to his own <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>: but <em>he</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='394'>cruel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5916'>troubleth</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='7607'>flesh</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>The <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>worketh</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8267'>deceitful</strongs><strongs hebrew='6468'>work</strongs>: but to him that <strongs hebrew='2232'>soweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> a <strongs hebrew='571'>sure</strongs><strongs hebrew='7938'>reward</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='3651'>As</strongs><strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs><em>tendeth</em> to <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>: so he that <strongs hebrew='7291'>pursueth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><em>pursueth</em> <em>it</em> to his own <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>They that are of a <strongs hebrew='6141'>froward</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: but <em>such</em> <em>as</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='8549'>upright</strongs>in <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><em>are</em> his <strongs hebrew='7522'>delight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><em>Though</em> <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><em>join</em> in <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7451'>wicked</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5352'>unpunished</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='4422'>delivered</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><em>As</em> a <strongs hebrew='5141'>jewel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='2386'>swine</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='639'>snout</strongs>, <em>so</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='3303'>fair</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>which is <strongs hebrew='5493'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='2940'>discretion</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>The <strongs hebrew='8378'>desire</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='389'>only</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>: <em>but</em> the <strongs hebrew='8615'>expectation</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5678'>wrath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>There <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6340'>scattereth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>increaseth</strongs>; and <em>there</em> <em>is</em> that <strongs hebrew='2820'>withholdeth</strongs>more than is <strongs hebrew='4480 3476'>meet</strongs>, but <em>it</em> <em>tendeth</em> to <strongs hebrew='4270'>poverty</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>The <strongs hebrew='1293'>liberal</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>shall be made <strongs hebrew='1878'>fat</strongs>: and he that <strongs hebrew='7301'>watereth</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3384'>watered</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>himself</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>He that <strongs hebrew='4513'>withholdeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1250'>corn</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3816'>people</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6895'>curse</strongs>him: but <strongs hebrew='1293'>blessing</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> upon the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>of him that <strongs hebrew='7666'>selleth</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='27'>He that diligently <strongs hebrew='7836'>seeketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>procureth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7522'>favor</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='1875'>seeketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>mischief</strongs>, it shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>unto him. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='1931'>He</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='982'>trusteth</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6524'>flourish</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='5929'>branch</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>He that <strongs hebrew='5916'>troubleth</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5157'>inherit</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='191'>fool</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>The <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>; and he that <strongs hebrew='3947'>winneth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>souls</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='2005'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7999'>recompensed</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>: much <strongs hebrew='637 3588'>more</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinner</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='12'>
            <verse number='1'>Whoso <strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='8130'>hateth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8433'>reproof</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1198'>brutish</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>A <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='6329'>obtaineth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7522'>favor</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3068'>LORD</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of wicked <strongs hebrew='4209'>devices</strongs>will he <strongs hebrew='7561'>condemn</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>A <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='7562'>wickedness</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='8328'>root</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1077'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4131'>moved</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>A <strongs hebrew='2428'>virtuous</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='5850'>crown</strongs>to her <strongs hebrew='1167'>husband</strongs>: but she that maketh <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs><em>is</em> as <strongs hebrew='7538'>rottenness</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>The <strongs hebrew='4284'>thoughts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='4941'>right</strongs>: <em>but</em> the <strongs hebrew='8458'>counsels</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='4820'>deceit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>are</em> to lie in <strongs hebrew='693'>wait</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3477'>upright</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>The <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='2015'>overthrown</strongs>, and <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>A <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='1984'>commended</strongs><strongs hebrew='6310'>according</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='7922'>wisdom</strongs>: but he that is of a <strongs hebrew='5753'>perverse</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='937'>despised</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><em>He</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7034'>despised</strongs>, and hath a <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than he that honoreth <strongs hebrew='4480 3513'>himself</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2638'>lacketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>A <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='3045'>regardeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs>: but the tender <strongs hebrew='7356'>mercies</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='394'>cruel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>He that <strongs hebrew='5647'>tilleth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7646'>satisfied</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='7291'>followeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7386'>vain</strongs><em>persons</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2638'>void</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3820'>understanding</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>The <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='2530'>desireth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4685'>net</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><em>men</em> : but the <strongs hebrew='8328'>root</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>yieldeth</strongs><em>fruit</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='13'>The <strongs hebrew='7451'>wicked</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4170'>snared</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgression</strongs>of <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs>shall come <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 6869'>trouble</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>A <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7646'>satisfied</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='4480 6529'>fruit</strongs>of <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='1576'>recompense</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7725'>rendered</strongs>unto him. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>The <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='191'>fool</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs>in his own <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkeneth</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>A <strongs hebrew='191'>fool</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3708'>wrath</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3117'>presently</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='6175'>prudent</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='3680'>covereth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7036'>shame</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><em>He</em> <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='6315'>speaketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='530'>truth</strongs>showeth <strongs hebrew='5046'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6664'>righteousness</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='8267'>false</strongs><strongs hebrew='5707'>witness</strongs><strongs hebrew='4820'>deceit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>There <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='981'>speaketh</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='4094'>piercings</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4832'>health</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>The <strongs hebrew='8193'>lip</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs><strongs hebrew='5703'>forever</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5704'>but</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8267'>lying</strongs><strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs><em>is</em> but for a <strongs hebrew='7280'>moment</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='4820'>Deceit</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of them that <strongs hebrew='2790'>imagine</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>: but to the <strongs hebrew='3289'>counselors</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8057'>joy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>There shall <strongs hebrew='3808 3605'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='205'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='579'>happen</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7451'>mischief</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='8267'>Lying</strongs><strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: but they that <strongs hebrew='6213'>deal</strongs><strongs hebrew='530'>truly</strongs><em>are</em> his <strongs hebrew='7522'>delight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>A <strongs hebrew='6175'>prudent</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3680'>concealeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>proclaimeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='200'>foolishness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>The <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2742'>diligent</strongs>shall bear <strongs hebrew='4910'>rule</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='7423'>slothful</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>under <strongs hebrew='4522'>tribute</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='1674'>Heaviness</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>maketh it <strongs hebrew='7812'>stoop</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>maketh it <strongs hebrew='8055'>glad</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>The <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><em>is</em> more <strongs hebrew='8446'>excellent</strongs>than his <strongs hebrew='4480 7453'>neighbor</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='8582'>seduceth</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>The <strongs hebrew='7423'>slothful</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='2760'>roasteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>that which he took in <strongs hebrew='6718'>hunting</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='1952'>substance</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='2742'>diligent</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3368'>precious</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>In the <strongs hebrew='734'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>; and <em>in</em> the <strongs hebrew='1870 5410'>pathway</strongs><em>thereof</em> <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='13'>
            <verse number='1'>A <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><em>heareth</em> his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='3887'>scorner</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heareth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1606'>rebuke</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>A <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='4480 6529'>fruit</strongs>of <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='898'>transgressors</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>eat</em> <strongs hebrew='2555'>violence</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>He that <strongs hebrew='5341'>keepeth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>keepeth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>: <em>but</em> he that openeth <strongs hebrew='6589'>wide</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>shall have <strongs hebrew='4288'>destruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>The <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6102'>sluggard</strongs><strongs hebrew='183'>desireth</strongs>, and <em>hath</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>nothing</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2742'>diligent</strongs>shall be made <strongs hebrew='1878'>fat</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>A <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='8130'>hateth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697 8267'>lying</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>man</em> is <strongs hebrew='887'>loathsome</strongs>, and cometh to <strongs hebrew='2659'>shame</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='6666'>Righteousness</strongs><strongs hebrew='5341'>keepeth</strongs><em>him</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8537'>upright</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='7564'>wickedness</strongs><strongs hebrew='5557'>overthroweth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2403'>sinner</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>There <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>that maketh himself <strongs hebrew='6238'>rich</strongs>, yet <em>hath</em> <strongs hebrew='369 3605'>nothing</strongs>: <em>there</em> <em>is</em> that maketh himself <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs>, yet <em>hath</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1952'>riches</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='3724'>ransom</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs><em>are</em> his <strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heareth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1606'>rebuke</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>The <strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoiceth</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='5216'>lamp</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>shall be put <strongs hebrew='1846'>out</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='7535'>Only</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='2087'>pride</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>cometh</strongs><strongs hebrew='4683'>contention</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the well <strongs hebrew='3289'>advised</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='1952'>Wealth</strongs><em>gotten</em> by <strongs hebrew='4480 1892'>vanity</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='4591'>diminished</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='6908'>gathereth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>labor</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7235'>increase</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='8431'>Hope</strongs><strongs hebrew='4900'>deferred</strongs>maketh the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='2470'>sick</strongs>: but <em>when</em> the <strongs hebrew='8378'>desire</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>, <em>it</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Whoso <strongs hebrew='936'>despiseth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='2254'>destroyed</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3373'>feareth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandment</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7999'>rewarded</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4726'>fountain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 4170'>snares</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='2896'>Good</strongs><strongs hebrew='7922'>understanding</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2580'>favor</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='898'>transgressors</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='386'>hard</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3605'>Every</strongs><strongs hebrew='6175'>prudent</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='6213'>dealeth</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>layeth <strongs hebrew='6566'>open</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='200'>folly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>A <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='4397'>messenger</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>falleth</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7451'>mischief</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='529'>faithful</strongs><strongs hebrew='6735'>ambassador</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4832'>health</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='7389'>Poverty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7036'>shame</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <em>to</em> him that <strongs hebrew='6544'>refuseth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='8104'>regardeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8433'>reproof</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3513'>honored</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>The <strongs hebrew='8378'>desire</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>accomplished</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6149'>sweet</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>: but <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7451'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>He that <strongs hebrew='1980'>walketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> shall be <strongs hebrew='2449'>wise</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='7462'>companion</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7321'>destroyed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='7451'>Evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='7291'>pursueth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2400'>sinners</strongs>: but to the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7999'>repaid</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>A <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><em>man</em> leaveth an <strongs hebrew='5157'>inheritance</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='2428'>wealth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinner</strongs><em>is</em> laid <strongs hebrew='6845'>up</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='7230'>Much</strongs><strongs hebrew='400'>food</strongs><em>is</em> <em>in</em> the <strongs hebrew='5215'>tillage</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs>: but there <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5595'>destroyed</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3808'>want</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>He that <strongs hebrew='2820'>spareth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7626'>rod</strongs><strongs hebrew='8130'>hateth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='4148'>chasteneth</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='7836'>quickly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>The <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eateth</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='7648'>satisfying</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='990'>belly</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='2637'>want</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='14'>
            <verse number='1'>Every <strongs hebrew='2454'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>buildeth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='200'>foolish</strongs>plucketh it <strongs hebrew='2040'>down</strongs>with her <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>He that <strongs hebrew='1980'>walketh</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3476'>uprightness</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>feareth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: but <em>he</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3868'>perverse</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs><strongs hebrew='959'>despiseth</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>In the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='191'>foolish</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='2415'>rod</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1346'>pride</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='8104'>preserve</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Where <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='504'>oxen</strongs><em>are</em> , the <strongs hebrew='18'>crib</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1249'>clean</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='7230'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='8393'>increase</strongs><em>is</em> by the <strongs hebrew='3581'>strength</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7794'>ox</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>A <strongs hebrew='529'>faithful</strongs><strongs hebrew='5707'>witness</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3576'>lie</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='8267'>false</strongs><strongs hebrew='5707'>witness</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6315'>utter</strongs><strongs hebrew='3577'>lies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>A <strongs hebrew='3887'>scorner</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>seeketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, and <em>findeth</em> <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7043'>easy</strongs>unto him that <strongs hebrew='995'>understandeth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 5048'>presence</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3684'>foolish</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, when thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>perceivest</strongs><strongs hebrew='1077'>not</strongs><em>in</em> <em>him</em> the <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6175'>prudent</strongs><em>is</em> to <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='200'>folly</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4820'>deceit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='191'>Fools</strongs>make a <strongs hebrew='3887'>mock</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='817'>sin</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='996'>among</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3477'>righteous</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7522'>favor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>The <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>own</strongs><strongs hebrew='4787'>bitterness</strongs>; and a <strongs hebrew='2114'>stranger</strongs>doth <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6148'>intermeddle</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='8057'>joy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>The <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='8045'>overthrown</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='168'>tabernacle</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3477'>upright</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6524'>flourish</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>There <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>which seemeth <strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>unto</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, but the <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>thereof <em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Even</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7814'>laughter</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3510'>sorrowful</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>of that <strongs hebrew='8057'>mirth</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8424'>heaviness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The <strongs hebrew='5472'>backslider</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7646'>filled</strongs>with his own <strongs hebrew='4480 1870'>ways</strongs>: and a <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <em>satisfied</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>himself. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>The <strongs hebrew='6612'>simple</strongs><strongs hebrew='539'>believeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6175'>prudent</strongs><em>man</em> looketh <strongs hebrew='995'>well</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='838'>going</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>A <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='3373'>feareth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5493'>departeth</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7451'>evil</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>rageth</strongs>, and is <strongs hebrew='982'>confident</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><em>He</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7116'>soon</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>angry</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>dealeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='200'>foolishly</strongs>: and a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of wicked <strongs hebrew='4209'>devices</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='8130'>hated</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>The <strongs hebrew='6612'>simple</strongs><strongs hebrew='5157'>inherit</strongs><strongs hebrew='200'>folly</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6175'>prudent</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3803'>crowned</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>The <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='7817'>bow</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>The <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='8130'>hated</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs>of his own <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6223'>rich</strongs><em>hath</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>friends</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>He that <strongs hebrew='936'>despiseth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs><strongs hebrew='2398'>sinneth</strongs>: but he that hath mercy <strongs hebrew='2603'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6035'>poor</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='835'>happy</strongs><em>is</em> he. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Do they <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8582'>err</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='2790'>devise</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>? but <strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> to them that <strongs hebrew='2790'>devise</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>In <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='6089'>labor</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='4195'>profit</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='1697'>talk</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs><em>tendeth</em> <strongs hebrew='389'>only</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4270'>penury</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>The <strongs hebrew='5850'>crown</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>is</em> their <strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>: <em>but</em> the <strongs hebrew='200'>foolishness</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='200'>folly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>A <strongs hebrew='571'>true</strongs><strongs hebrew='5707'>witness</strongs><strongs hebrew='5337'>delivereth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>souls</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='4820'>deceitful</strongs><em>witness</em> <strongs hebrew='6315'>speaketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='3577'>lies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>In the <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5797'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='4009'>confidence</strongs>: and his <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs>a place of <strongs hebrew='4268'>refuge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>The <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4726'>fountain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 4170'>snares</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>In the <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1927'>honor</strongs>: but in the <strongs hebrew='657'>want</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3816'>people</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4288'>destruction</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7333'>prince</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><em>He</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='750'>slow</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='639'>wrath</strongs><em>is</em> of <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>: but <em>he</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7116'>hasty</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs><strongs hebrew='7311'>exalteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='200'>folly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>A <strongs hebrew='4832'>sound</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='7068'>envy</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7538'>rottenness</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>He that <strongs hebrew='6231'>oppresseth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='2778'>reproacheth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6213'>Maker</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='3513'>honoreth</strongs>him hath <strongs hebrew='2603'>mercy</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='34'>poor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>The <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>is driven <strongs hebrew='1760'>away</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='2620'>hope</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='2451'>Wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5117'>resteth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of him that hath <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs>: but <em>that</em> <em>which</em> <em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>is made <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'><strongs hebrew='6666'>Righteousness</strongs><strongs hebrew='7311'>exalteth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='2617'>reproach</strongs>to any <strongs hebrew='3816'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>The <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='7522'>favor</strongs><em>is</em> toward a <strongs hebrew='7919'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>: but his <strongs hebrew='5678'>wrath</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs><em>against</em> him that causeth <strongs hebrew='954'>shame</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='15'>
            <verse number='1'>A <strongs hebrew='7390'>soft</strongs><strongs hebrew='4617'>answer</strongs>turneth <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='2534'>wrath</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='6089'>grievous</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>stir <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>The <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>useth <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs><strongs hebrew='3190'>aright</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>poureth <strongs hebrew='5042'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='200'>foolishness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>The <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>are</em> in <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6822'>beholding</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>A <strongs hebrew='4832'>wholesome</strongs><strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='5558'>perverseness</strongs>therein <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='7667'>breach</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>A <strongs hebrew='191'>fool</strongs><strongs hebrew='5006'>despiseth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='8104'>regardeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8433'>reproof</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6191'>prudent</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>In the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='2633'>treasure</strongs>: but in the <strongs hebrew='8393'>revenues</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5916'>trouble</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>The <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='2219'>disperse</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3684'>foolish</strongs><em>doeth</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3477'>upright</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='7522'>delight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>The <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: but he <strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs>him that followeth <strongs hebrew='7291'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='4148'>Correction</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7451'>grievous</strongs>unto him that <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaketh</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='734'>way</strongs>: <em>and</em> he that <strongs hebrew='8130'>hateth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8433'>reproof</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='7585'>Hell</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='11'>destruction</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: how much more <strongs hebrew='637 3588'>then</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3826'>hearts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='12'>A <strongs hebrew='3887'>scorner</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>one that <strongs hebrew='3198'>reproveth</strongs>him: <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>will he <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>A <strongs hebrew='8056'>merry</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>maketh a <strongs hebrew='3190'>cheerful</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>countenance</strongs>: but by <strongs hebrew='6094'>sorrow</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5218'>broken</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of him that hath <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>seeketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>feedeth <strongs hebrew='7462'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='200'>foolishness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6041'>afflicted</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>: but he that is of a <strongs hebrew='2896'>merry</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>hath</em> a <strongs hebrew='8548'>continual</strongs><strongs hebrew='4960'>feast</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='2896'>Better</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 214'>treasure</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4103'>trouble</strongs>therewith. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='2896'>Better</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='737'>dinner</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3419'>herbs</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>where</strongs><strongs hebrew='160'>love</strongs>is, than a <strongs hebrew='75'>stalled</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 7794'>ox</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8135'>hatred</strongs>therewith. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>A <strongs hebrew='2534'>wrathful</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>stirreth <strongs hebrew='1624'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='4066'>strife</strongs>: but <em>he</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='750'>slow</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs><strongs hebrew='8252'>appeaseth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7379'>strife</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>The <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6102'>slothful</strongs><em>man</em> <em>is</em> as a <strongs hebrew='4881'>hedge</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2312'>thorns</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='734'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3477'>righteous</strongs><em>is</em> made <strongs hebrew='5549'>plain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>A <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>maketh a <strongs hebrew='8055'>glad</strongs><strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='3684'>foolish</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='959'>despiseth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='200'>Folly</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8057'>joy</strongs>to <em>him</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2638'>destitute</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3820'>wisdom</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='3474'>uprightly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='369'>Without</strongs><strongs hebrew='5475'>counsel</strongs><strongs hebrew='4284'>purposes</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='6565'>disappointed</strongs>: but in the <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3289'>counselors</strongs>they are <strongs hebrew='6965'>established</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>A <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='8057'>joy</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='4617'>answer</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>: and a <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><em>spoken</em> in due <strongs hebrew='6256'>season</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>how</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><em>is</em> <em>it</em> ! </verse>
            <verse number='24'>The <strongs hebrew='734'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4605'>above</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='7919'>wise</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>he may <strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7585'>hell</strongs><strongs hebrew='4295'>beneath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='5255'>destroy</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1343'>proud</strongs>: but he will <strongs hebrew='5324'>establish</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1366'>border</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='490'>widow</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>The <strongs hebrew='4284'>thoughts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7451'>wicked</strongs><em>are</em> an <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: but <em>the</em> <em>words</em> of the <strongs hebrew='2889'>pure</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5278'>pleasant</strongs><strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>He that is <strongs hebrew='1214'>greedy</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1215'>gain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5916'>troubleth</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; but he that <strongs hebrew='8130'>hateth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4979'>gifts</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>The <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><strongs hebrew='1897'>studieth</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6030'>answer</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>poureth <strongs hebrew='5042'>out</strongs>evil <strongs hebrew='7451'>things</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7350'>far</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7563'>wicked</strongs>: but he <strongs hebrew='8085'>heareth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>The <strongs hebrew='3974'>light</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs><strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoiceth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>: <em>and</em> a <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='8052'>report</strongs>maketh the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs><strongs hebrew='1878'>fat</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>The <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='8085'>heareth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8433'>reproof</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs><strongs hebrew='3885'>abideth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7130'>among</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>He that <strongs hebrew='6544'>refuseth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs><strongs hebrew='3988'>despiseth</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='8085'>heareth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8433'>reproof</strongs><strongs hebrew='7069'>getteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>understanding</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>The <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='3519'>honor</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6038'>humility</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='16'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='4633'>preparations</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4617'>answer</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>, <em>is</em> from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='2134'>clean</strongs>in his own <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='8505'>weigheth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirits</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='1556'>Commit</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='4284'>thoughts</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6466'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>things</em> for <strongs hebrew='4617'>himself</strongs>: yea, <strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1362'>proud</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <em>though</em> <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><em>join</em> in <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, he shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5352'>unpunished</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>By <strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3722'>purged</strongs>: and by the <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>men</em> <strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7451'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>When a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs><strongs hebrew='7521'>please</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, he maketh <strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>to be at <strongs hebrew='7999'>peace</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='2896'>Better</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 7230'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='8393'>revenues</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>right</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>A <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='2803'>deviseth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='3559'>directeth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6806'>steps</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>A divine <strongs hebrew='7081'>sentence</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4603'>transgresseth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>A <strongs hebrew='4941'>just</strongs><strongs hebrew='6425'>weight</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3976'>balance</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s: <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='68'>weights</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3599'>bag</strongs><em>are</em> his <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>commit</strongs><strongs hebrew='7562'>wickedness</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='6664'>Righteous</strongs><strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='7522'>delight</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>him that <strongs hebrew='1696'>speaketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The <strongs hebrew='2534'>wrath</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><em>is</em> <em>as</em> <strongs hebrew='4397'>messengers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3722'>pacify</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>In the <strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6440'>countenance</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>; and his <strongs hebrew='7522'>favor</strongs><em>is</em> as a <strongs hebrew='5645'>cloud</strongs>of the latter <strongs hebrew='4456'>rain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>How <strongs hebrew='4100'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs><em>is</em> <em>it</em> to <strongs hebrew='7069'>get</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 2742'>gold</strongs>! and to <strongs hebrew='7069'>get</strongs><strongs hebrew='998'>understanding</strongs>rather to be <strongs hebrew='977'>chosen</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 3701'>silver</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='17'>The <strongs hebrew='4546'>highway</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3477'>upright</strongs><em>is</em> to <strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7451'>evil</strongs>: he that <strongs hebrew='5341'>keepeth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>preserveth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='1347'>Pride</strongs><em>goeth</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='7667'>destruction</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='1363'>haughty</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3783'>fall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='2896'>Better</strongs><em>it</em> <em>is</em> <em>to</em> <em>be</em> of a <strongs hebrew='8217'>humble</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6035'>lowly</strongs>, than to <strongs hebrew='4480 2505'>divide</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7998'>spoil</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1343'>proud</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>He that handleth a matter <strongs hebrew='7919 5921 1697'>wisely</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>: and whoso <strongs hebrew='982'>trusteth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='835'>happy</strongs><em>is</em> he. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>The <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='995'>prudent</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4986'>sweetness</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>increaseth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3948'>learning</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='7922'>Understanding</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4726'>wellspring</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>unto him that <strongs hebrew='1167'>hath</strongs>it: but the <strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='191'>fools</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='200'>folly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>The <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='7919'>teacheth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3254'>addeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3948'>learning</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='5278'>Pleasant</strongs><strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs><em>are</em> <em>as</em> a <strongs hebrew='6688 1706'>honeycomb</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4966'>sweet</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4832'>health</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>There <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6440'>seemeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs>unto a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, but the <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>thereof <em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='5315'>He</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6001'>laboreth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5998'>laboreth</strongs>for himself; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><strongs hebrew='404'>craveth</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>An <strongs hebrew='1100'>ungodly</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>diggeth <strongs hebrew='3738'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> as a <strongs hebrew='6867'>burning</strongs><strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>A <strongs hebrew='8419'>froward</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>soweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4066'>strife</strongs>: and a <strongs hebrew='5372'>whisperer</strongs><strongs hebrew='6504'>separateth</strongs>chief <strongs hebrew='441'>friends</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>A <strongs hebrew='2555'>violent</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='6601'>enticeth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>leadeth</strongs>him into the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>He <strongs hebrew='6095'>shutteth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2803'>devise</strongs>froward <strongs hebrew='8419'>things</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7169'>moving</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>he bringeth evil to <strongs hebrew='3615 7451'>pass</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>The <strongs hebrew='7872'>hoary</strongs>head <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='5850'>crown</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8597'>glory</strongs>, <em>if</em> it be <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><em>He</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='750'>slow</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='4480 1368'>mighty</strongs>; and he that <strongs hebrew='4910'>ruleth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>than he that <strongs hebrew='4480 3920'>taketh</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>The <strongs hebrew='1486'>lot</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2904'>cast</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='2436'>lap</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>disposing</strongs>thereof <em>is</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='17'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='2896'>Better</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='2720'>dry</strongs><strongs hebrew='6595'>morsel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7962'>quietness</strongs>therewith, than a <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='4392'>full</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifices</strongs><em>with</em> <strongs hebrew='7379'>strife</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>A <strongs hebrew='7919'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>shall have <strongs hebrew='4910'>rule</strongs>over a <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>that causeth <strongs hebrew='954'>shame</strongs>, and shall have <strongs hebrew='2505'>part</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>among</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>The refining <strongs hebrew='4715'>pot</strongs><em>is</em> for <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3564'>furnace</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='974'>trieth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3826'>hearts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>A wicked <strongs hebrew='7489'>doer</strongs>giveth <strongs hebrew='7181'>heed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='205'>false</strongs><strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>; <em>and</em> a <strongs hebrew='8267'>liar</strongs>giveth <strongs hebrew='238'>ear</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1942'>naughty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Whoso <strongs hebrew='3932'>mocketh</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='2778'>reproacheth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6213'>Maker</strongs>: <em>and</em> he that is <strongs hebrew='8056'>glad</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='343'>calamities</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5352'>unpunished</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='1121'>Children</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='5850'>crown</strongs>of old <strongs hebrew='2205'>men</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='8597'>glory</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs><em>are</em> their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3499'>Excellent</strongs><strongs hebrew='8193'>speech</strongs><strongs hebrew='5000'>becometh</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5036'>fool</strongs>: much <strongs hebrew='637 3588'>less</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='8267'>lying</strongs><strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5081'>prince</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>A <strongs hebrew='7810'>gift</strongs><em>is</em> <em>as</em> a <strongs hebrew='2580'>precious</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of him that <strongs hebrew='1167'>hath</strongs>it: <strongs hebrew='413 3605 834'>whithersoever</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='6437'>turneth</strongs>, it <strongs hebrew='7919'>prospereth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>He that <strongs hebrew='3680'>covereth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgression</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>seeketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='160'>love</strongs>; but he that <strongs hebrew='8138'>repeateth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1697'>matter</strongs><strongs hebrew='6504'>separateth</strongs><em>very</em> <strongs hebrew='441'>friends</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>A <strongs hebrew='1606'>reproof</strongs>entereth <strongs hebrew='5181'>more</strongs>into a <strongs hebrew='995'>wise</strongs>man than a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5221'>stripes</strongs>into a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>An <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='1245'>seeketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='389'>only</strongs><strongs hebrew='4805'>rebellion</strongs>: therefore a <strongs hebrew='394'>cruel</strongs><strongs hebrew='4397'>messenger</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>against him. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Let a <strongs hebrew='1677'>bear</strongs><strongs hebrew='7909'>robbed</strongs>of her whelps <strongs hebrew='6298'>meet</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>rather</strongs>than a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='200'>folly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Whoso <strongs hebrew='7725'>rewardeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4185'>depart</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The <strongs hebrew='7225'>beginning</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4066'>strife</strongs><em>is</em> <em>as</em> when one letteth <strongs hebrew='6362'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>: therefore leave <strongs hebrew='5203'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='7379'>contention</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>it be meddled <strongs hebrew='1566'>with</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>He that <strongs hebrew='6663'>justifieth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>, and he that <strongs hebrew='7561'>condemneth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='8147'>both</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='4100 2088'>Wherefore</strongs><em>is</em> <em>there</em> a <strongs hebrew='4242'>price</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7069'>get</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, seeing <em>he</em> <em>hath</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>to</em> <em>it</em> ? </verse>
            <verse number='17'>A <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>times</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='6869'>adversity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>A <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='2638'>void</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3820'>understanding</strongs><strongs hebrew='8628'>striketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='3709'>hands</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6148'>becometh</strongs><strongs hebrew='6161'>surety</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6440'>presence</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>He <strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6588'>transgression</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4683'>strife</strongs>: <em>and</em> he that <strongs hebrew='1361'>exalteth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6607'>gate</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>seeketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='7667'>destruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>He that hath a <strongs hebrew='6141'>froward</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>findeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>: and he that hath a <strongs hebrew='2015'>perverse</strongs><strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>falleth</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7451'>mischief</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>He that <strongs hebrew='3205'>begetteth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs><em>doeth</em> <em>it</em> to his <strongs hebrew='8424'>sorrow</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='5036'>fool</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='8055'>joy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>A <strongs hebrew='8056'>merry</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>doeth <strongs hebrew='3190'>good</strongs><em>like</em> a <strongs hebrew='1456'>medicine</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='5218'>broken</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs><strongs hebrew='3001'>drieth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1634'>bones</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>A <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='3947'>taketh</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7810'>gift</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 2436'>bosom</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5186'>pervert</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='734'>ways</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='2451'>Wisdom</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='854 6440'>before</strongs>him that hath <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs><em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='7097'>ends</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>A <strongs hebrew='3684'>foolish</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='3708'>grief</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4470'>bitterness</strongs>to her that <strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Also</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6064'>punish</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>, <em>nor</em> to <strongs hebrew='5221'>strike</strongs><strongs hebrew='5081'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3476'>equity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>He that hath <strongs hebrew='3045 1847'>knowledge</strongs><strongs hebrew='2820'>spareth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>: <em>and</em> a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>is of an <strongs hebrew='3368'>excellent</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Even</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='191'>fool</strongs>, when he holdeth his <strongs hebrew='2790'>peace</strongs>, is <strongs hebrew='2803'>counted</strongs><strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>: <em>and</em> he that <strongs hebrew='331'>shutteth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs><em>is</em> <em>esteemed</em> a man of <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='18'>
            <verse number='1'>Through <strongs hebrew='8378'>desire</strongs>a man, having separated <strongs hebrew='6504'>himself</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1245'>seeketh</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='1566'>intermeddleth</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='8454'>wisdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>A <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2654'>delight</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs>that his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>may discover <strongs hebrew='1540'>itself</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>When the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>, <em>then</em> <strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='937'>contempt</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='7036'>ignominy</strongs><strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><em>are</em> <em>as</em> <strongs hebrew='6013'>deep</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='4726'>wellspring</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><em>as</em> a <strongs hebrew='5042'>flowing</strongs><strongs hebrew='5158'>brook</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5375'>accept</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>person</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5186'>overthrow</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>A <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7379'>contention</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>calleth</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4112'>strokes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>A <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='4288'>destruction</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='4170'>snare</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='5372'>talebearer</strongs><em>are</em> as <strongs hebrew='3859'>wounds</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>into the innermost <strongs hebrew='2315'>parts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='990'>belly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='1931'>He</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>that is <strongs hebrew='7503'>slothful</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>to him that is a <strongs hebrew='1167'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4889'>waster</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>The <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='5797'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='4026'>tower</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><strongs hebrew='7323'>runneth</strongs>into it, and is <strongs hebrew='7682'>safe</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>The rich <strongs hebrew='6223'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1952'>wealth</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='5797'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='7151'>city</strongs>, and as a <strongs hebrew='7682'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>in his own <strongs hebrew='4906'>conceit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='6440'>Before</strongs><strongs hebrew='7667'>destruction</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='1361'>haughty</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='3519'>honor</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6038'>humility</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>He that <strongs hebrew='7725'>answereth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1697'>matter</strongs><strongs hebrew='2962'>before</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='8085'>heareth</strongs><em>it</em> , <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='200'>folly</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3639'>shame</strongs>unto him. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3557'>sustain</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4245'>infirmity</strongs>; but a <strongs hebrew='5218'>wounded</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='5375'>bear</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='15'>The <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='995'>prudent</strongs><strongs hebrew='7069'>getteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>seeketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>A <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4976'>gift</strongs>maketh <strongs hebrew='7337'>room</strongs>for him, and <strongs hebrew='5148'>bringeth</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>men. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><em>He</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs>in his own <strongs hebrew='7379'>cause</strongs><em>seemeth</em> <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs>; but his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2713'>searcheth</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>The <strongs hebrew='1486'>lot</strongs>causeth <strongs hebrew='4079'>contentions</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7673'>cease</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6504'>parteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6099'>mighty</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>A <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='6586'>offended</strongs><em>is</em> <em>harder</em> <em>to</em> <em>be</em> <em>won</em> than a <strongs hebrew='5797'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 7151'>city</strongs>: and <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='4079'>contentions</strongs><em>are</em> like the <strongs hebrew='1280'>bars</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='759'>castle</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>A <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='990'>belly</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7646'>satisfied</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='4480 6529'>fruit</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>; <em>and</em> with the <strongs hebrew='8393'>increase</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>shall he be <strongs hebrew='7646'>filled</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='4194'>Death</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs><em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='3027'>power</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>: and they that <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>it shall <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><em>Whoso</em> <strongs hebrew='4672'>findeth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>findeth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><em>thing</em> , and <strongs hebrew='6329'>obtaineth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7522'>favor</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>The <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>useth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8469'>entreaties</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='6223'>rich</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answereth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5794'>roughly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>A <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>that</em> <em>hath</em> <strongs hebrew='7453'>friends</strongs>must show himself <strongs hebrew='7489'>friendly</strongs>: and there <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='157'>friend</strongs><em>that</em> sticketh <strongs hebrew='1695'>closer</strongs>than a <strongs hebrew='4480 251'>brother</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='19'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='2896'>Better</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='1980'>walketh</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8537'>integrity</strongs>, than <em>he that is</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 6141'>perverse</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>, and is a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Also</strongs>, <em>that</em> the <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>, <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>; and he that <strongs hebrew='213'>hasteth</strongs>with <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs><strongs hebrew='2398'>sinneth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>The <strongs hebrew='200'>foolishness</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5557'>perverteth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>: and his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='2196'>fretteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='1952'>Wealth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>maketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='7453'>friends</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6504'>separated</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='4480 7453'>neighbor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>A <strongs hebrew='8267'>false</strongs><strongs hebrew='5707'>witness</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5352'>unpunished</strongs>, and <em>he</em> <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='6315'>speaketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='3577'>lies</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>escape</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='7227'>Many</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='2470'>entreat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>favor</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5081'>prince</strongs>: and every <strongs hebrew='3605'>man</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>to him that giveth <strongs hebrew='376 4976'>gifts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs>him: how much <strongs hebrew='637 3588'>more</strongs>do his <strongs hebrew='4828'>friends</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='7368'>far</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>him? he <strongs hebrew='7291'>pursueth</strongs><em>them</em> <em>with</em> <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>, <em>yet</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>wanting</strongs><em>to</em> <em>him</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='8'>He that <strongs hebrew='7069'>getteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>: he that <strongs hebrew='8104'>keepeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>A <strongs hebrew='8267'>false</strongs><strongs hebrew='5707'>witness</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5352'>unpunished</strongs>, and <em>he</em> <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='6315'>speaketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='3577'>lies</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='8588'>Delight</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5000'>seemly</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>; much <strongs hebrew='637'>less</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>to have <strongs hebrew='4910'>rule</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>The <strongs hebrew='7922'>discretion</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='748'>deferreth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>; and <em>it</em> <em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='8597'>glory</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5674'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgression</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>The <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2197'>wrath</strongs><em>is</em> as the <strongs hebrew='5099'>roaring</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3715'>lion</strongs>; but his <strongs hebrew='7522'>favor</strongs><em>is</em> as <strongs hebrew='2919'>dew</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6212'>grass</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>A <strongs hebrew='3684'>foolish</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='1942'>calamity</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4079'>contentions</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs><em>are</em> a <strongs hebrew='2956'>continual</strongs><strongs hebrew='1812'>dropping</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='1004'>House</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1952'>riches</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>: and a <strongs hebrew='7919'>prudent</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs><em>is</em> from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='6103'>Slothfulness</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>casteth</strongs>into a deep <strongs hebrew='8639'>sleep</strongs>; and an <strongs hebrew='7423'>idle</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>shall suffer <strongs hebrew='7456'>hunger</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>He that <strongs hebrew='8104'>keepeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandment</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>keepeth</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>; <em>but</em> he that <strongs hebrew='959'>despiseth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>He that hath <strongs hebrew='2603'>pity</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='3867'>lendeth</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; and that which he hath <strongs hebrew='1576'>given</strongs>will he pay him <strongs hebrew='7999'>again</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3256'>Chasten</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>while</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='8615'>hope</strongs>, and let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs><strongs hebrew='5375'>spare</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4191'>crying</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>A man of <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2534'>wrath</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5375'>suffer</strongs><strongs hebrew='6066'>punishment</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs><em>him</em> , <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>thou must do it <strongs hebrew='3254'>again</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6901'>receive</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>thou mayest be <strongs hebrew='2449'>wise</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='319'>latter</strongs>end. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><em>There</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='4284'>devices</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>; nevertheless the <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6965'>stand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>The <strongs hebrew='8378'>desire</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs>: and a <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 376'>man</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than a <strongs hebrew='3577'>liar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>The <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>tendeth</em> to <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>: and <em>he</em> <em>that</em> <em>hath</em> <em>it</em> shall <strongs hebrew='3885'>abide</strongs><strongs hebrew='7649'>satisfied</strongs>; he shall <strongs hebrew='1077'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6485'>visited</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>A <strongs hebrew='6102'>slothful</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='2934'>hideth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>in <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='6747'>bosom</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>so <strongs hebrew='1571'>much</strongs>as bring it to his mouth <strongs hebrew='413 6310 7725'>again</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='5221'>Smite</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3887'>scorner</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6612'>simple</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6191'>beware</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3198'>reprove</strongs>one that hath <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs>, <em>and</em> he will <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>He that <strongs hebrew='7703'>wasteth</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, <em>and</em> chaseth <strongs hebrew='1272'>away</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>, <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>that causeth <strongs hebrew='954'>shame</strongs>, and bringeth <strongs hebrew='2659'>reproach</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='2308'>Cease</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs><em>that</em> <em>causeth</em> to <strongs hebrew='7686'>err</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 561'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>An <strongs hebrew='1100'>ungodly</strongs><strongs hebrew='5707'>witness</strongs><strongs hebrew='3887'>scorneth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='1104'>devoureth</strongs><strongs hebrew='205'>iniquity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='8201'>Judgments</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3559'>prepared</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3887'>scorners</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4112'>stripes</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='1460'>back</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='20'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='3196'>Wine</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='3887'>mocker</strongs>, strong <strongs hebrew='7941'>drink</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1993'>raging</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3605'>whosoever</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7686'>deceived</strongs>thereby is <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2449'>wise</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>The <strongs hebrew='367'>fear</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><em>is</em> as the <strongs hebrew='5099'>roaring</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3715'>lion</strongs>: <em>whoso</em> provoketh him to <strongs hebrew='5674'>anger</strongs><strongs hebrew='2398'>sinneth</strongs><em>against</em> his own <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='3519'>honor</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7674'>cease</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7379'>strife</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='191'>fool</strongs>will be <strongs hebrew='1566'>meddling</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>The <strongs hebrew='6102'>sluggard</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2790'>plow</strongs>by reason of the <strongs hebrew='4480 2779'>cold</strongs>; <em>therefore</em> shall he <strongs hebrew='7592'>beg</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>, and <em>have</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>nothing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='6098'>Counsel</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>is</em> <em>like</em> <strongs hebrew='6013'>deep</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>; but a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>will draw it <strongs hebrew='1802'>out</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='7230'>Most</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='7121'>proclaim</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='2617'>goodness</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='529'>faithful</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='7'>The <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='1980'>walketh</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8537'>integrity</strongs>: his <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='835'>blessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>A <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>sitteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1779'>judgment</strongs>scattereth <strongs hebrew='2219'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, I have made my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='2135'>clean</strongs>, I am <strongs hebrew='2891'>pure</strongs>from my <strongs hebrew='4480 2403'>sin</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Divers <strongs hebrew='68 68'>weights</strongs>, <em>and</em> divers <strongs hebrew='374 374'>measures</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8147'>both</strongs>of them <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1571'>alike</strongs><strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Even</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5288'>child</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5234'>known</strongs>by his <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>whether</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6467'>work</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='2134'>pure</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='518'>whether</strongs><em>it</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>The <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearing</strongs><strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7200'>seeing</strongs><strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>both</strongs>of them. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='157'>Love</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8142'>sleep</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>thou come to <strongs hebrew='3423'>poverty</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6491'>open</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, <em>and</em> thou shalt be <strongs hebrew='7646'>satisfied</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7451'>naught</strongs>, <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7451'>naught</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7069'>buyer</strongs>: but when he is gone his <strongs hebrew='235'>way</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1984'>boasteth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>There <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6443'>rubies</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs><em>are</em> a <strongs hebrew='3366'>precious</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>jewel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='899'>garment</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6148'>surety</strongs><em>for</em> a <strongs hebrew='2114'>stranger</strongs>: and take a <strongs hebrew='2254'>pledge</strongs>of him <strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs>a strange <strongs hebrew='5237'>woman</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3899'>Bread</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8267'>deceit</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6156'>sweet</strongs>to a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>; but <strongs hebrew='310'>afterwards</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2687'>gravel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><em>Every</em> <strongs hebrew='4284'>purpose</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>: and with good <strongs hebrew='8458'>advice</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>He that goeth <strongs hebrew='1980'>about</strongs><em>as</em> a <strongs hebrew='7400'>talebearer</strongs><strongs hebrew='1540'>revealeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5475'>secrets</strongs>: therefore <strongs hebrew='6148'>meddle</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>with him that <strongs hebrew='6601'>flattereth</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Whoso <strongs hebrew='7043'>curseth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>or his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='5216'>lamp</strongs>shall be put <strongs hebrew='1846'>out</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='380'>obscure</strongs><strongs hebrew='2822'>darkness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>An <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs><em>may</em> <em>be</em> gotten <strongs hebrew='926'>hastily</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='7223'>beginning</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>thereof shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='559'>Say</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thou, I will <strongs hebrew='7999'>recompense</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>; <em>but</em> <strongs hebrew='6960'>wait</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and he shall <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Divers <strongs hebrew='68 68'>weights</strongs><em>are</em> an <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; and a <strongs hebrew='4820'>false</strongs><strongs hebrew='3976'>balance</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='1397'>Man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4703'>goings</strongs><em>are</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='4100'>how</strongs>can a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>then <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='25'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4170'>snare</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><em>who</em> <strongs hebrew='3216'>devoureth</strongs><em>that</em> <em>which</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='5088'>vows</strongs>to make <strongs hebrew='1239'>inquiry</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>A <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='2219'>scattereth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7725'>bringeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='212'>wheel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>The <strongs hebrew='5397'>spirit</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='5216'>candle</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2664'>searching</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the inward <strongs hebrew='2315'>parts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='990'>belly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='2617'>Mercy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5341'>preserve</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: and his <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5582'>upheld</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>The <strongs hebrew='8597'>glory</strongs>of young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs><em>is</em> their <strongs hebrew='3581'>strength</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='1926'>beauty</strongs>of old <strongs hebrew='2205'>men</strongs><em>is</em> the gray <strongs hebrew='7872'>head</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>The <strongs hebrew='2250'>blueness</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='6482'>wound</strongs>cleanseth <strongs hebrew='8562'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>: so <em>do</em> <strongs hebrew='4347'>stripes</strongs>the inward <strongs hebrew='2315'>parts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='990'>belly</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='21'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>as</em> the <strongs hebrew='6388'>rivers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='5186'>turneth</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5921 3605 834'>whithersoever</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='2654'>will</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3605'>Every</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs>in his own <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='8505'>pondereth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3826'>hearts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>To <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='6666'>justice</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs><em>is</em> more <strongs hebrew='977'>acceptable</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 2077'>sacrifice</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>A <strongs hebrew='7312'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='5869'>look</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='7342'>proud</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='5215'>plowing</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>, <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>The <strongs hebrew='4284'>thoughts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2742'>diligent</strongs><em>tend</em> <strongs hebrew='389'>only</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4195'>plenteousness</strongs>; but of every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='213'>hasty</strongs><strongs hebrew='389'>only</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4270'>want</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>The <strongs hebrew='6467'>getting</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='214'>treasures</strongs>by a <strongs hebrew='8267'>lying</strongs><strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>tossed to and <strongs hebrew='5086'>fro</strongs>of them that <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>The <strongs hebrew='7701'>robbery</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1641'>destroy</strongs>them; <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3985'>refuse</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2019'>froward</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2054'>strange</strongs>: but <em>as</em> <em>for</em> the <strongs hebrew='2134'>pure</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='6467'>work</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6438'>corner</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1406'>housetop</strongs>, than with a <strongs hebrew='4079'>brawling</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 802'>woman</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='2267'>wide</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>The <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='183'>desireth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>: his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>findeth <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2603'>favor</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>When the <strongs hebrew='3887'>scorner</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6064'>punished</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6612'>simple</strongs>is made <strongs hebrew='2449'>wise</strongs>: and when the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7919'>instructed</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='3947'>receiveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>The <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><em>man</em> wisely <strongs hebrew='7919'>considereth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>: <em>but</em> <em>God</em> <strongs hebrew='5557'>overthroweth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>for <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Whoso <strongs hebrew='331'>stoppeth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='4480 2201'>cry</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7121'>cry</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>himself</strongs>, but shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6030'>heard</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>A <strongs hebrew='4976'>gift</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='5643'>secret</strongs><strongs hebrew='3711'>pacifieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>: and a <strongs hebrew='7810'>reward</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2436'>bosom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5794'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='2534'>wrath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8057'>joy</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='4288'>destruction</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> to the <strongs hebrew='6466'>workers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='205'>iniquity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>The <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='8582'>wandereth</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7919'>understanding</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5117'>remain</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6951'>congregation</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7496'>dead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>He that <strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8057'>pleasure</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> a <strongs hebrew='4270'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>: he that <strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8081'>oil</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6238'>rich</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>The <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> a <strongs hebrew='3724'>ransom</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='898'>transgressor</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3477'>upright</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776 4057'>wilderness</strongs>, than with a <strongs hebrew='4079'>contentious</strongs>and an <strongs hebrew='3708'>angry</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 802'>woman</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><em>There</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='214'>treasure</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='2530'>desired</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8081'>oil</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5116'>dwelling</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>; but a <strongs hebrew='3684'>foolish</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>spendeth it <strongs hebrew='1104'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>He that <strongs hebrew='7291'>followeth</strongs>after <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>findeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3519'>honor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>A <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='5927'>scaleth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs>, and casteth <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5797'>strength</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4009'>confidence</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Whoso <strongs hebrew='8104'>keepeth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>keepeth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 6869'>troubles</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='2086'>Proud</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3093'>haughty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3887'>scorner</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, who <strongs hebrew='6213'>dealeth</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2087'>proud</strongs><strongs hebrew='5678'>wrath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>The <strongs hebrew='8378'>desire</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6102'>slothful</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>killeth</strongs>him; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs><strongs hebrew='3985'>refuse</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>labor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>He <strongs hebrew='183'>coveteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8378'>greedily</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>long: but the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2820'>spareth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>The <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>: how much <strongs hebrew='637 3588'>more</strongs>, <em>when</em> he <strongs hebrew='935'>bringeth</strongs>it with a wicked <strongs hebrew='2154'>mind</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='28'>A <strongs hebrew='3577'>false</strongs><strongs hebrew='5707'>witness</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='8085'>heareth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speaketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='5331'>constantly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>A <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5810'>hardeneth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>: but <em>as</em> <em>for</em> the <strongs hebrew='3477'>upright</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='995'>directeth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><em>There</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5048'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>The <strongs hebrew='5483'>horse</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3559'>prepared</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='8668'>safety</strongs><em>is</em> of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='22'>
            <verse number='1'>A <em>good</em> <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>is</em> rather to be <strongs hebrew='977'>chosen</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6239'>riches</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>loving</strongs><strongs hebrew='2580'>favor</strongs>rather than <strongs hebrew='4480 3701'>silver</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4480 2091'>gold</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>The <strongs hebrew='6223'>rich</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs>meet <strongs hebrew='6298'>together</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='6213'>maker</strongs>of them <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>A <strongs hebrew='6175'>prudent</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='7200'>foreseeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, and hideth <strongs hebrew='5641'>himself</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6612'>simple</strongs>pass <strongs hebrew='5674'>on</strongs>, and are <strongs hebrew='6064'>punished</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='6118'>By</strongs><strongs hebrew='6038'>humility</strongs><em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3519'>honor</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='6791'>Thorns</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6341'>snares</strongs><em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6141'>froward</strongs>: he that doth <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7368'>far</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Train <strongs hebrew='2596'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5288'>child</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>he should <strongs hebrew='6310'>go</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1571'>and</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>he is <strongs hebrew='2204'>old</strongs>, he will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>The <strongs hebrew='6223'>rich</strongs><strongs hebrew='4910'>ruleth</strongs>over the <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3867'>borrower</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='376 3867'>lender</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>He that <strongs hebrew='2232'>soweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5766'>iniquity</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7114'>reap</strongs><strongs hebrew='205'>vanity</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='7626'>rod</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5678'>anger</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3615'>fail</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='1931'>He</strongs>that hath a <strongs hebrew='2896'>bountiful</strongs><strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4480 3899'>bread</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Cast <strongs hebrew='1644'>out</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3887'>scorner</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4066'>contention</strongs>shall go <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>; yea, <strongs hebrew='1779'>strife</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7036'>reproach</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7673'>cease</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>He that <strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2890'>pureness</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, <em>for</em> the <strongs hebrew='2580'>grace</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> his <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>The <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5341'>preserve</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='5557'>overthroweth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='898'>transgressor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>The <strongs hebrew='6102'>slothful</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>, <em>There</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs><strongs hebrew='2351'>without</strongs>, I shall be <strongs hebrew='7523'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7339'>streets</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of strange <strongs hebrew='2114'>women</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='6013'>deep</strongs><strongs hebrew='7745'>pit</strongs>: he that is <strongs hebrew='2194'>abhorred</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>therein</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='200'>Foolishness</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7194'>bound</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='5288'>child</strongs>; <em>but</em> the <strongs hebrew='7626'>rod</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4148'>correction</strongs>shall drive it <strongs hebrew='7368'>far</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>He that <strongs hebrew='6231'>oppresseth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7235'>increase</strongs>his <em>riches,</em> <em>and</em> he that <strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='6223'>rich</strongs>, <em>shall</em> <strongs hebrew='389'>surely</strongs><em>come</em> to <strongs hebrew='4270'>want</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Bow <strongs hebrew='5186'>down</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7896'>apply</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>unto my <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><em>it</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='5273'>pleasant</strongs>thing <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='990'>within</strongs>thee; they shall <strongs hebrew='3162'>withal</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3559'>fitted</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>That thy <strongs hebrew='4009'>trust</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, I have made <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>to thee this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='637'>even</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='859'>thee</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>to thee excellent <strongs hebrew='7991'>things</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4156'>counsels</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='21'>That I might make thee <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7189'>certainty</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>; that thou mightest <strongs hebrew='7725'>answer</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>to them that <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>unto thee? </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='1497'>Rob</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1792'>oppress</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6041'>afflicted</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='7378'>plead</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7379'>cause</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6906'>spoil</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>those that <strongs hebrew='6906'>spoiled</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>Make <strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7462'>friendship</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='639'>angry</strongs><strongs hebrew='1167'>man</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2534'>furious</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='6435'>Lest</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='502'>learn</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='734'>ways</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>get</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4170'>snare</strongs>to thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='1961'>Be</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thou <em>one</em> of them that <strongs hebrew='8628'>strike</strongs><strongs hebrew='3709'>hands</strongs>, <em>or</em> of them that are <strongs hebrew='6148'>sureties</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4859'>debts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='369'>nothing</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7999'>pay</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs>should he take <strongs hebrew='3947'>away</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4904'>bed</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8478'>under</strongs>thee? </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='5253'>Remove</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5769'>ancient</strongs><strongs hebrew='1366'>landmark</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6213'>set</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='2372'>Seest</strongs>thou a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='4106'>diligent</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='4399'>business</strongs>? he shall <strongs hebrew='3320'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>; he shall <strongs hebrew='1077'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3320'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='2823'>mean</strongs><em>men</em> . </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='23'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='3588'>When</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3427'>sittest</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3898'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4910'>ruler</strongs>, consider <strongs hebrew='995 995'>diligently</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee: </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7915'>knife</strongs>to thy <strongs hebrew='3930'>throat</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>be</em> a <strongs hebrew='1167'>man</strongs>given to <strongs hebrew='5315'>appetite</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='183'>desirous</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4303'>dainties</strongs>: for <strongs hebrew='1931'>they</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3577'>deceitful</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>meat</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3021'>Labor</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='6238'>rich</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2308'>cease</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>thine own <strongs hebrew='998'>wisdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Wilt thou <strongs hebrew='5774'>set</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>upon that which is <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>riches</em> certainly <strongs hebrew='6213 6213'>make</strongs>themselves <strongs hebrew='3671'>wings</strongs>; they fly <strongs hebrew='5774'>away</strongs>as an <strongs hebrew='5404'>eagle</strongs>toward <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3898'>Eat</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>of <em>him</em> <em>that</em> <em>hath</em> an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='183'>desire</strongs>thou his dainty <strongs hebrew='4303'>meats</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3644'>as</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='8176'>thinketh</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='5315'>heart</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='398'>Eat</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>he to thee; but his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1077'>not</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='5973'>thee</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='6595'>morsel</strongs><em>which</em> thou hast <strongs hebrew='398'>eaten</strongs>shalt thou vomit <strongs hebrew='6958'>up</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7843'>lose</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5273'>sweet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='1696'>Speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he will <strongs hebrew='936'>despise</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7922'>wisdom</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='4405'>words</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='5253'>Remove</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5769'>old</strongs><strongs hebrew='1366'>landmark</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3490'>fatherless</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1350'>redeemer</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2389'>mighty</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7378'>plead</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7379'>cause</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='935'>Apply</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>, and thine <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='4513'>Withhold</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>correction</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 5288'>child</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>if</em> thou <strongs hebrew='5221'>beatest</strongs>him with the <strongs hebrew='7626'>rod</strongs>, he shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='5221'>beat</strongs>him with the <strongs hebrew='7626'>rod</strongs>, and shalt <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7585'>hell</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2449'>wise</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>mine</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Yea, my <strongs hebrew='3629'>reins</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5937'>rejoice</strongs>, when thy <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>right <strongs hebrew='4339'>things</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='7065'>envy</strongs><strongs hebrew='2400'>sinners</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs><em>be</em> <em>thou</em> in the <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>long. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>surely</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>; and thine <strongs hebrew='8615'>expectation</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, and be <strongs hebrew='2449'>wise</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='833'>guide</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='1961'>Be</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='5433 3196'>winebibbers</strongs>; among riotous <strongs hebrew='2151'>eaters</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5433'>drunkard</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='2151'>glutton</strongs>shall come to <strongs hebrew='3423'>poverty</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='5124'>drowsiness</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3847'>clothe</strongs><em>a</em> <em>man</em> with <strongs hebrew='7168'>rags</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hearken</strongs>unto thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='936'>despise</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>she is <strongs hebrew='2204'>old</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='7069'>Buy</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4376'>sell</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>; <em>also</em> <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='998'>understanding</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>The <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>shall greatly <strongs hebrew='1523 1523'>rejoice</strongs>: and he that <strongs hebrew='3205'>begetteth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>child</em> shall have <strongs hebrew='8055'>joy</strongs>of him. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>Thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='8055'>glad</strongs>, and she that <strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>thee shall <strongs hebrew='1523'>rejoice</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>me thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, and let thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs><strongs hebrew='5341'>observe</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2181'>whore</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='6013'>deep</strongs><strongs hebrew='7745'>ditch</strongs>; and a <strongs hebrew='5237'>strange</strongs>woman <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='6862'>narrow</strongs><strongs hebrew='875'>pit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='1931'>She</strongs><strongs hebrew='637'>also</strongs>lieth in <strongs hebrew='693'>wait</strongs>as <em>for</em> a <strongs hebrew='2863'>prey</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3254'>increaseth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='898'>transgressors</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='188'>woe</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='17'>sorrow</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='4079'>contentions</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7879'>babbling</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6482'>wounds</strongs>without <strongs hebrew='2600'>cause</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='2448'>redness</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='30'>They that tarry <strongs hebrew='309'>long</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>; they that <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2713'>seek</strongs>mixed <strongs hebrew='4469'>wine</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='7200'>Look</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thou upon the <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>it is <strongs hebrew='119'>red</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5869'>color</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3563'>cup</strongs>, <em>when</em> it moveth <strongs hebrew='1980'>itself</strongs><strongs hebrew='4339'>aright</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>At the <strongs hebrew='319'>last</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5391'>biteth</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='5175'>serpent</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6567'>stingeth</strongs>like an <strongs hebrew='6848'>adder</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>Thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs>strange <strongs hebrew='2114'>women</strongs>, and thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1696'>utter</strongs>perverse <strongs hebrew='8419'>things</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>Yea, thou shalt <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as he that lieth <strongs hebrew='7901'>down</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3820'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, or as he that <strongs hebrew='7901'>lieth</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='2260'>mast</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>They have <strongs hebrew='5221'>stricken</strongs>me, <em>shalt</em> <em>thou</em> <em>say,</em> <em>and</em> I was <strongs hebrew='1077'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2470'>sick</strongs>; they have <strongs hebrew='1986'>beaten</strongs>me, <em>and</em> I <strongs hebrew='3045'>felt</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='1077'>not</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4970'>when</strongs>shall I <strongs hebrew='6974'>awake</strongs>? I will <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='3254'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>again</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='24'>
            <verse number='1'>Be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='7065'>envious</strongs>against <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='183'>desire</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='1897'>studieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7701'>destruction</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>talk</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5999'>mischief</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Through <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>is a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>; and by <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>it is <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And by <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='2315'>chambers</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3368'>precious</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5273'>pleasant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1952'>riches</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>A <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5797'>strong</strongs>; yea, a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs><strongs hebrew='553'>increaseth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3581'>strength</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>by wise <strongs hebrew='8458'>counsel</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>: and in <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3289'>counselors</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8668'>safety</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='2454'>Wisdom</strongs><em>is</em> too <strongs hebrew='7311'>high</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='191'>fool</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='6605'>openeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>He that <strongs hebrew='2803'>deviseth</strongs>to do <strongs hebrew='7489'>evil</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4209'>mischievous</strongs><strongs hebrew='1167'>person</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>The <strongs hebrew='2154'>thought</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='200'>foolishness</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='3887'>scorner</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><em>If</em> thou <strongs hebrew='7503'>faint</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6869'>adversity</strongs>, thy <strongs hebrew='3581'>strength</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6862'>small</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='2820'>forbear</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs><em>them</em> <em>that</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3947'>drawn</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>, and <em>those</em> <em>that</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='4131'>ready</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='2027'>slain</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3588'>If</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='559'>sayest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2005'>Behold</strongs>, we <strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>it</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>; doth <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>he that <strongs hebrew='8505'>pondereth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='995'>consider</strongs><em>it</em> ? and he that <strongs hebrew='5341'>keepeth</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>, doth <em>not</em> <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><em>it</em> ? and shall <em>not</em> he <strongs hebrew='7725'>render</strongs>to <em>every</em> <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>according to his <strongs hebrew='6467'>works</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='13'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1706'>honey</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='5317'>honeycomb</strongs>, <em>which</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4966'>sweet</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2441'>taste</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3651'>So</strongs><em>shall</em> the <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowledge</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><em>be</em> unto thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='518'>when</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><em>it</em> , then there shall <strongs hebrew='3426'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='319'>reward</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='8615'>expectation</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Lay not <strongs hebrew='408 693'>wait</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>man</em> , against the <strongs hebrew='5116'>dwelling</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoil</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>his resting <strongs hebrew='7258'>place</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='5307'>falleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs>times, and riseth up <strongs hebrew='6965'>again</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3782'>fall</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7451'>mischief</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='8055'>Rejoice</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>when thine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>falleth</strongs>, and let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='1523'>glad</strongs>when he <strongs hebrew='3782'>stumbleth</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='6435'>Lest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><em>it</em> , and it <strongs hebrew='7489 5869'>displease</strongs>him, and he turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='639'>wrath</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>Fret not <strongs hebrew='408 2734'>thyself</strongs>because of <strongs hebrew='7489'>evil</strongs><em>men</em> , <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs>be thou <strongs hebrew='7065'>envious</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>there shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='319'>reward</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><em>man</em> ; the <strongs hebrew='5216'>candle</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>shall be put <strongs hebrew='1846'>out</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6148'>meddle</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>them that are given to <strongs hebrew='8138'>change</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='343'>calamity</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6965'>rise</strongs><strongs hebrew='6597'>suddenly</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6365'>ruin</strongs>of them <strongs hebrew='8147'>both</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='428'>These</strongs><em>things</em> <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>belong</em> to the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>. <em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1077'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>to have <strongs hebrew='5234'>respect</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6440'>persons</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>He that <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>; him shall the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='5344'>curse</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3816'>nations</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='2194'>abhor</strongs>him: </verse>
            <verse number='25'>But to them that <strongs hebrew='3198'>rebuke</strongs><em>him</em> shall be <strongs hebrew='5276'>delight</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='1293'>blessing</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><em>Every</em> <em>man</em> shall <strongs hebrew='5401'>kiss</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7725'>giveth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5228'>right</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>answer</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='3559'>Prepare</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs><strongs hebrew='2351'>without</strongs>, and make it <strongs hebrew='6257'>fit</strongs>for thyself in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='310'>afterwards</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='1961'>Be</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5707'>witness</strongs>against thy <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>without <strongs hebrew='2600'>cause</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='6601'>deceive</strongs><em>not</em> with thy <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='559'>Say</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>to him <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>to me: I will <strongs hebrew='7725'>render</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>according to his <strongs hebrew='6467'>work</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>I <strongs hebrew='5674'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6102 376'>slothful</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyard</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='2638'>void</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3820'>understanding</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, it was <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>grown <strongs hebrew='5927'>over</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7063'>thorns</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='2738'>nettles</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='3680'>covered</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>thereof, and the <strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs><strongs hebrew='1444'>wall</strongs>thereof was broken <strongs hebrew='2040'>down</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>Then <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='2372'>saw</strongs>, <em>and</em> considered <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='7896 3820'>well</strongs>: I <strongs hebrew='7200'>looked</strongs>upon <em>it,</em> <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3947'>received</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'><em>Yet</em> a <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='8142'>sleep</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='8572'>slumber</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='2264'>folding</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7901'>sleep</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='34'>So shall thy <strongs hebrew='7389'>poverty</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><em>as</em> one that <strongs hebrew='1980'>traveleth</strongs>; and thy <strongs hebrew='4270'>want</strongs>as an <strongs hebrew='4043'>armed</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='25'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='428'>These</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='4912'>proverbs</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2396'>Hezekiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>copied <strongs hebrew='6275'>out</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='3519'>glory</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5641'>conceal</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='3519'>honor</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs><em>is</em> to search <strongs hebrew='2713'>out</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1697'>matter</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>The <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7312'>height</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='6011'>depth</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369 2714'>unsearchable</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Take <strongs hebrew='1898'>away</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5509'>dross</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3701'>silver</strongs>, and there shall come <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessel</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='6884'>refiner</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Take <strongs hebrew='1898'>away</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>from</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6664'>righteousness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Put not forth <strongs hebrew='408 1921'>thyself</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6440'>presence</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><em>men</em> : </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs><em>it</em> <em>is</em> that it be <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto thee, Come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>hither</strongs>; than that thou shouldest be put <strongs hebrew='4480 8213'>lower</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6440'>presence</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5081'>prince</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Go not <strongs hebrew='3318 408'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4118'>hastily</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7378'>strive</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs><em>thou</em> <em>know</em> <em>not</em> <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>thereof, when thy <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>hath put thee to <strongs hebrew='3637 *853'>shame</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='7378'>Debate</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7379'>cause</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs><em>himself</em> ; and <strongs hebrew='1540'>discover</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5475'>secret</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='312'>another</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='6435'>Lest</strongs>he that <strongs hebrew='8085'>heareth</strongs><em>it</em> put thee to <strongs hebrew='2616'>shame</strongs>, and thine <strongs hebrew='1681'>infamy</strongs>turn not <strongs hebrew='3808 7725'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>A <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 655'>fitly</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><em>is</em> <em>like</em> <strongs hebrew='8598'>apples</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4906'>pictures</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><em>As</em> an <strongs hebrew='5141'>earring</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and an <strongs hebrew='2481'>ornament</strongs>of fine <strongs hebrew='3800'>gold</strongs>, <em>so</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='3198'>reprover</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='8085'>obedient</strongs><strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>As the <strongs hebrew='6793'>cold</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7950'>snow</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>time</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>, <em>so</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='539'>faithful</strongs><strongs hebrew='6735'>messenger</strongs>to them that <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>him: for he <strongs hebrew='7725'>refresheth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='113'>masters</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='376'>Whoso</strongs>boasteth <strongs hebrew='1984'>himself</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='8267'>false</strongs><strongs hebrew='4991'>gift</strongs><em>is</em> <em>like</em> <strongs hebrew='5387'>clouds</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='1653'>rain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>By <strongs hebrew='753'>long</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>forbearing</strongs>is a <strongs hebrew='7101'>prince</strongs><strongs hebrew='6601'>persuaded</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='7390'>soft</strongs><strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs><strongs hebrew='7665'>breaketh</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1634'>bone</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Hast thou <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='1706'>honey</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>so much as is <strongs hebrew='1767'>sufficient</strongs>for thee, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>thou be <strongs hebrew='7646'>filled</strongs>therewith, and <strongs hebrew='6958'>vomit</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3365'>Withdraw</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7272'>foot</strongs>from thy <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>he be <strongs hebrew='7646'>weary</strongs>of thee, and <em>so</em> <strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>A <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6030'>beareth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>false</strongs><strongs hebrew='5707'>witness</strongs>against his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4650'>maul</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='8150'>sharp</strongs><strongs hebrew='2671'>arrow</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='4009'>Confidence</strongs>in an unfaithful <strongs hebrew='898'>man</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3117'>time</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6869'>trouble</strongs><em>is</em> <em>like</em> a <strongs hebrew='7465'>broken</strongs><strongs hebrew='8127'>tooth</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='7272'>foot</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4154'>joint</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><em>As</em> he that taketh <strongs hebrew='5710'>away</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='899'>garment</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7135'>cold</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>weather</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>as</em> <strongs hebrew='2558'>vinegar</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5427'>niter</strongs>, so <em>is</em> he that <strongs hebrew='7891'>singeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7892'>songs</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7451'>heavy</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='8130'>enemy</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7457'>hungry</strongs>, give him <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>he be <strongs hebrew='6771'>thirsty</strongs>, give him <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8248'>drink</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='2846'>heap</strongs>coals of <strongs hebrew='1513'>fire</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7999'>reward</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>The <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>driveth <strongs hebrew='2342'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='1653'>rain</strongs>: so <em>doth</em> an <strongs hebrew='2194'>angry</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>countenance</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5643'>backbiting</strongs><strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6438'>corner</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1406'>housetop</strongs>, than with a brawling <strongs hebrew='4480 802 4079'>woman</strongs>and in a <strongs hebrew='2267'>wide</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><em>As</em> <strongs hebrew='7119'>cold</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5889'>thirsty</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>, so <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='8052'>news</strongs>from a far <strongs hebrew='4480 776 4801'>country</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>A <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>man falling <strongs hebrew='4131'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>is</em> <em>as</em> a <strongs hebrew='7515'>troubled</strongs><strongs hebrew='4599'>fountain</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='7843'>corrupt</strongs><strongs hebrew='4726'>spring</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='1706'>honey</strongs>: so <em>for</em> <em>men</em> to <strongs hebrew='2714'>search</strongs>their own <strongs hebrew='3519'>glory</strongs><em>is</em> <em>not</em> <strongs hebrew='3519'>glory</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='376'>He</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>hath</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs>rule <strongs hebrew='4623'>over</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs><em>is</em> <em>like</em> a <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> broken <strongs hebrew='6555'>down</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='2346'>walls</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='26'>
            <verse number='1'>As <strongs hebrew='7950'>snow</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7019'>summer</strongs>, and as <strongs hebrew='4306'>rain</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><strongs hebrew='3519'>honor</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5000'>seemly</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>As the <strongs hebrew='6833'>bird</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='5110'>wandering</strongs>, as the <strongs hebrew='1866'>swallow</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='5774'>flying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7045'>curse</strongs><strongs hebrew='2600'>causeless</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>A <strongs hebrew='7752'>whip</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='5483'>horse</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='4964'>bridle</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='2543'>ass</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='7626'>rod</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1460'>back</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='6030'>Answer</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>according to his <strongs hebrew='200'>folly</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7737'>like</strongs>unto him. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='6030'>Answer</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>according to his <strongs hebrew='200'>folly</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>in his own <strongs hebrew='5869'>conceit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>He that <strongs hebrew='7971'>sendeth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1697'>message</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>cutteth <strongs hebrew='7096'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='8354'>drinketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='2555'>damage</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>The <strongs hebrew='7785'>legs</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 6455'>lame</strongs>are not <strongs hebrew='1809'>equal</strongs>: so <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4912'>parable</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>As he that <strongs hebrew='6887'>bindeth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='4773'>sling</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><em>is</em> he that <strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3519'>honor</strongs>to a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><em>As</em> a <strongs hebrew='2336'>thorn</strongs>goeth <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='7910'>drunkard</strongs>, so <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4912'>parable</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>The <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><em>God</em> that <strongs hebrew='2342'>formed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>things</em> both <strongs hebrew='7936'>rewardeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7936'>rewardeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>transgressors</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>As a <strongs hebrew='3611'>dog</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returneth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6892'>vomit</strongs>, <em>so</em> a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs><strongs hebrew='8138'>returneth</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='200'>folly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='7200'>Seest</strongs>thou a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>in his own <strongs hebrew='5869'>conceit</strongs>? <em>there</em> <em>is</em> more <strongs hebrew='8615'>hope</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>The <strongs hebrew='6102'>slothful</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>, <em>There</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='7826'>lion</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>; a <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='996'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7339'>streets</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><em>As</em> the <strongs hebrew='1817'>door</strongs><strongs hebrew='5437'>turneth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6735'>hinges</strongs>, so <em>doth</em> the <strongs hebrew='6102'>slothful</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4296'>bed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>The <strongs hebrew='6102'>slothful</strongs><strongs hebrew='2934'>hideth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>in <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='6747'>bosom</strongs>; it <strongs hebrew='3811'>grieveth</strongs>him to bring it <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>The <strongs hebrew='6102'>sluggard</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2450'>wiser</strongs>in his own <strongs hebrew='5869'>conceit</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 7651'>seven</strongs>men that can <strongs hebrew='7725'>render</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2940'>reason</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>He that passeth <strongs hebrew='5674'>by</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5674'>meddleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='7379'>strife</strongs><em>belonging</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>to him, <em>is</em> <em>like</em> one that <strongs hebrew='2388'>taketh</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3611'>dog</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>As a <strongs hebrew='3856'>mad</strongs><em>man</em> who <strongs hebrew='3384'>casteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2131'>firebrands</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2671'>arrows</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='3651'>So</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='7411'>deceiveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>, Am <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7832'>sport</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Where <strongs hebrew='657'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>is, <em>there</em> the <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>goeth <strongs hebrew='3518'>out</strongs>: so where <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5372'>talebearer</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4066'>strife</strongs><strongs hebrew='8367'>ceaseth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><em>As</em> <strongs hebrew='6352'>coals</strongs><em>are</em> to burning <strongs hebrew='1513'>coals</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>; so <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4079'>contentious</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2787'>kindle</strongs><strongs hebrew='7379'>strife</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='5372'>talebearer</strongs><em>are</em> as <strongs hebrew='3859'>wounds</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>into the innermost <strongs hebrew='2315'>parts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='990'>belly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='1814'>Burning</strongs><strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='7451'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>are</em> <em>like</em> a <strongs hebrew='2789'>potsherd</strongs><strongs hebrew='6823'>covered</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs><strongs hebrew='5509'>dross</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>He that <strongs hebrew='8130'>hateth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5234'>dissembleth</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>, and layeth <strongs hebrew='7896'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='4820'>deceit</strongs><strongs hebrew='7130'>within</strongs>him; </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='3588'>When</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6963'>speaketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='2603'>fair</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='539'>believe</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>there</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='8441'>abominations</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><em>Whose</em> <strongs hebrew='8135'>hatred</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3680'>covered</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='4860'>deceit</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='1540'>showed</strongs>before the <em>whole</em> <strongs hebrew='6951'>congregation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Whoso <strongs hebrew='3738'>diggeth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7845'>pit</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>therein: and he that <strongs hebrew='1556'>rolleth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs>, it will <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>A <strongs hebrew='8267'>lying</strongs><strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs><strongs hebrew='8130'>hateth</strongs><em>those</em> <em>that</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1790'>afflicted</strongs>by it; and a <strongs hebrew='2509'>flattering</strongs><strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>worketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='4072'>ruin</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='27'>
            <verse number='1'>Boast not <strongs hebrew='408 1984'>thyself</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3117 4279'>tomorrow</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>may bring <strongs hebrew='3205'>forth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Let another <strongs hebrew='2114'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1984'>praise</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>thine own <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>; a <strongs hebrew='5237'>stranger</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thine own <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>A <strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3514'>heavy</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2344'>sand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5192'>weighty</strongs>; but a <strongs hebrew='191'>fool</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3708'>wrath</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3515'>heavier</strongs>than them <strongs hebrew='4480 8147'>both</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='2534'>Wrath</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='395'>cruel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7858'>outrageous</strongs>; but <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><em>is</em> able to <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='7068'>envy</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='1540'>Open</strongs><strongs hebrew='8433'>rebuke</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='5641'>secret</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 160'>love</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='539'>Faithful</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='6482'>wounds</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='157'>friend</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='5390'>kisses</strongs>of an <strongs hebrew='8130'>enemy</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='6280'>deceitful</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>The <strongs hebrew='7649'>full</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs><strongs hebrew='947'>loatheth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5317'>honeycomb</strongs>; but to the <strongs hebrew='7457'>hungry</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs>bitter <strongs hebrew='4751'>thing</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4966'>sweet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>As a <strongs hebrew='6833'>bird</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5074'>wandereth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='7064'>nest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5074'>wandereth</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='4480 4725'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='8081'>Ointment</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7004'>perfume</strongs><strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>: so <em>doth</em> the <strongs hebrew='4986'>sweetness</strongs>of a man's <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>by hearty <strongs hebrew='4480 6098 5315'>counsel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Thine own <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsake</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs>into thy <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='343'>calamity</strongs>: <em>for</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='7934'>neighbor</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7138'>near</strongs>than a <strongs hebrew='4480 251'>brother</strongs>far <strongs hebrew='7350'>off</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>My <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, be <strongs hebrew='2449'>wise</strongs>, and make my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='8055'>glad</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='7725 1697'>answer</strongs>him that <strongs hebrew='2778'>reproacheth</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>A <strongs hebrew='6175'>prudent</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='7200'>foreseeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, <em>and</em> hideth <strongs hebrew='5641'>himself</strongs>; <em>but</em> the <strongs hebrew='6612'>simple</strongs>pass <strongs hebrew='5674'>on</strongs>, <em>and</em> are <strongs hebrew='6064'>punished</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='899'>garment</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6148'>surety</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='2114'>stranger</strongs>, and take a <strongs hebrew='2254'>pledge</strongs>of him <strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs>a strange <strongs hebrew='5237'>woman</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>He that <strongs hebrew='1288'>blesseth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='1419'>loud</strongs><strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, rising <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>, it shall be <strongs hebrew='2803'>counted</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7045'>curse</strongs>to him. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>A <strongs hebrew='2956'>continual</strongs><strongs hebrew='1812'>dropping</strongs>in a very <strongs hebrew='5464'>rainy</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='4079'>contentious</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='7737'>alike</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Whosoever <strongs hebrew='6845'>hideth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='6845'>hideth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8081'>ointment</strongs>of his right <strongs hebrew='3225'>hand</strongs>, <em>which</em> <strongs hebrew='7121'>betrayeth</strongs><em>itself</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='1270'>Iron</strongs><strongs hebrew='2300'>sharpeneth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs>; so a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='2300'>sharpeneth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>countenance</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Whoso <strongs hebrew='5341'>keepeth</strongs>the fig <strongs hebrew='8384'>tree</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>thereof: so he that <strongs hebrew='8104'>waiteth</strongs>on his <strongs hebrew='113'>master</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3513'>honored</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>As in <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs><em>answereth</em> to <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='7585'>Hell</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='10'>destruction</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3808'>never</strongs><strongs hebrew='7646'>full</strongs>; so the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3808'>never</strongs><strongs hebrew='7646'>satisfied</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><em>As</em> the refining <strongs hebrew='4715'>pot</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3564'>furnace</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>; so <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='6310'>to</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='4110'>praise</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='518'>Though</strongs>thou shouldest <strongs hebrew='3806'>bray</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='191'>fool</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='4388'>mortar</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>among</strongs><strongs hebrew='7383'>wheat</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='5940'>pestle</strongs>, <em>yet</em> will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='200'>foolishness</strongs><strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Be thou diligent to <strongs hebrew='3045 3045'>know</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>state</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='6629'>flocks</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='7896 3820'>look</strongs>well to thy <strongs hebrew='5739'>herds</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='2633'>riches</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='518'>doth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5145'>crown</strongs><em>endure</em> to every <strongs hebrew='1755 1755'>generation</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='25'>The <strongs hebrew='2682'>hay</strongs><strongs hebrew='1540'>appeareth</strongs>, and the tender <strongs hebrew='1877'>grass</strongs>showeth <strongs hebrew='7200'>itself</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6212'>herbs</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='622'>gathered</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>The <strongs hebrew='3532'>lambs</strongs><em>are</em> for thy <strongs hebrew='3830'>clothing</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6260'>goats</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='4242'>price</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And <em>thou</em> <em>shalt</em> <em>have</em> <strongs hebrew='5795'>goats</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='2461'>milk</strongs><strongs hebrew='1767'>enough</strongs>for thy <strongs hebrew='3899'>food</strongs>, for the <strongs hebrew='3899'>food</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs>, and <em>for</em> the <strongs hebrew='2416'>maintenance</strongs>for thy <strongs hebrew='5291'>maidens</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='28'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='5127'>flee</strongs>when <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs>man <strongs hebrew='7291'>pursueth</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='982'>bold</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='3715'>lion</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>For the <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgression</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>thereof: but by a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowledge</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3651'>state</strongs><em>thereof</em> shall be <strongs hebrew='748'>prolonged</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>A <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6231'>oppresseth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs><em>is</em> <em>like</em> a <strongs hebrew='5502'>sweeping</strongs><strongs hebrew='4306'>rain</strongs>which leaveth <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>food</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>They that <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsake</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs><strongs hebrew='1984'>praise</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>: but such as <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs><strongs hebrew='1624'>contend</strongs>with them. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='7451'>Evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>: but they that <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>things</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='2896'>Better</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='1980'>walketh</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8537'>uprightness</strongs>, than <em>he that is</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 6141'>perverse</strongs><em>in</em> <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, though <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='6223'>rich</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Whoso <strongs hebrew='5341'>keepeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='995'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>: but he that is a <strongs hebrew='7462'>companion</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2151'>riotous</strongs><em>men</em> <strongs hebrew='3637'>shameth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>He that by <strongs hebrew='5392'>usury</strongs>and unjust <strongs hebrew='8636'>gain</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>increaseth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1952'>substance</strongs>, he shall <strongs hebrew='6908'>gather</strongs>it for him that will <strongs hebrew='2603'>pity</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>He that turneth <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8085'>hearing</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Whoso causeth the <strongs hebrew='3477'>righteous</strongs>to go <strongs hebrew='7686'>astray</strongs>in an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, he shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>himself</strongs>into his own <strongs hebrew='7816'>pit</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='8549'>upright</strongs>shall have <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><em>things</em> in <strongs hebrew='5157'>possession</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>The <strongs hebrew='6223'>rich</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>in his own <strongs hebrew='5869'>conceit</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs>that hath <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs>searcheth him <strongs hebrew='2713'>out</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>When <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><em>men</em> do <strongs hebrew='5970'>rejoice</strongs>, <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='8597'>glory</strongs>: but when the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>rise</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2664'>hidden</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>He that <strongs hebrew='3680'>covereth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6588'>sins</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6743'>prosper</strongs>: but whoso <strongs hebrew='3034'>confesseth</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaketh</strongs><em>them</em> shall have <strongs hebrew='7355'>mercy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='835'>Happy</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6342'>feareth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8548'>always</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='7185'>hardeneth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7451'>mischief</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><em>As</em> a <strongs hebrew='5098'>roaring</strongs><strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='8264'>ranging</strongs><strongs hebrew='1677'>bear</strongs>; <em>so</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='4910'>ruler</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>The <strongs hebrew='5057'>prince</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='2638'>wanteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs><em>is</em> also a <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4642'>oppressor</strongs>: <em>but</em> he that <strongs hebrew='8130'>hateth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1215'>covetousness</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='748'>prolong</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>A <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>that doeth <strongs hebrew='6231'>violence</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>of <em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='5315'>person</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5127'>flee</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='953'>pit</strongs>; let <strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs>man <strongs hebrew='8551'>stay</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Whoso <strongs hebrew='1980'>walketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='8549'>uprightly</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3467'>saved</strongs>: but <em>he</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6140'>perverse</strongs><em>in</em> <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='259'>once</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>He that <strongs hebrew='5647'>tilleth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>shall have <strongs hebrew='7646'>plenty</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='7291'>followeth</strongs>after <strongs hebrew='7386'>vain</strongs><em>persons</em> shall have <strongs hebrew='7389'>poverty</strongs><strongs hebrew='7646'>enough</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>A <strongs hebrew='530'>faithful</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7227'>abound</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1293'>blessings</strongs>: but he that maketh <strongs hebrew='213'>haste</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='6238'>rich</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5352'>innocent</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>To have <strongs hebrew='5234'>respect</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6440'>persons</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>: for <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6595'>piece</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6586'>transgress</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='376'>He</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='926'>hasteth</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='1952'>rich</strongs><em>hath</em> an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3045'>considereth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='2639'>poverty</strongs>shall come <strongs hebrew='935'>upon</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>He that <strongs hebrew='3198'>rebuketh</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>afterwards</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs>more <strongs hebrew='2580'>favor</strongs>than he that <strongs hebrew='4480 2505'>flattereth</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>Whoso <strongs hebrew='1497'>robbeth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>or his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>, <em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='6588'>transgression</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='1931'>same</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='2270'>companion</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='376 7843'>destroyer</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>He that is of a <strongs hebrew='7342'>proud</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>heart</strongs>stirreth <strongs hebrew='1624'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='4066'>strife</strongs>: but he that putteth his <strongs hebrew='982'>trust</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall be made <strongs hebrew='1878'>fat</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='1931'>He</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='982'>trusteth</strongs>in his own <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>is a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>: but whoso <strongs hebrew='1980'>walketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisely</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='4422'>delivered</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>He that <strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4270'>lack</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='5956'>hideth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>shall have <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3994'>curse</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>When the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>rise</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>hide <strongs hebrew='5641'>themselves</strongs>: but when they <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>increase</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='29'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='376'>He</strongs>, that being often <strongs hebrew='8433'>reproved</strongs><strongs hebrew='7185'>hardeneth</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='6203'>neck</strongs>, shall <strongs hebrew='6621'>suddenly</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7665'>destroyed</strongs>, and that <strongs hebrew='369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='4832'>remedy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>When the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>are in <strongs hebrew='7235'>authority</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs>: but when the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>beareth <strongs hebrew='4910'>rule</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='584'>mourn</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='376'>Whoso</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoiceth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>: but he that keepeth <strongs hebrew='7462'>company</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2181'>harlots</strongs><strongs hebrew='6'>spendeth</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='1952'>substance</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>The <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>establisheth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='376'>he</strongs>that receiveth <strongs hebrew='8641'>gifts</strongs><strongs hebrew='2040'>overthroweth</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>A <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='2505 5921'>flattereth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs><strongs hebrew='6566'>spreadeth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7568'>net</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6471'>feet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>In the <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgression</strongs>of an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4170'>snare</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>doth <strongs hebrew='7442'>sing</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>The <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>considereth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1779'>cause</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs>: <em>but</em> the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='995'>regardeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1847'>know</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3944'>Scornful</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>bring a city into a <strongs hebrew='6315 7151'>snare</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>wrath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><em>If</em> a <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='8199'>contendeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='191'>foolish</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, whether he <strongs hebrew='7264'>rage</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='7832'>laugh</strongs>, <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5183'>rest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>The <strongs hebrew='376 1818'>bloodthirsty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8535'>upright</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='3477'>just</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>A <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs><strongs hebrew='3318'>uttereth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7307'>mind</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='7623'>keepeth</strongs>it in till <strongs hebrew='268'>afterwards</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>If a <strongs hebrew='4910'>ruler</strongs><strongs hebrew='7181'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697 8267'>lies</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8334'>servants</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>The <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='8501'>deceitful</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>meet <strongs hebrew='6298'>together</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='215'>lighteneth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>both</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='571'>faithfully</strongs><strongs hebrew='8199'>judgeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs><strongs hebrew='5703'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>The <strongs hebrew='7626'>rod</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8433'>reproof</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='5288'>child</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>left</strongs><em>to</em> <em>himself</em> bringeth his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='954'>shame</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>When the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='7235'>multiplied</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgression</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>increaseth</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4658'>fall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3256'>Correct</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, and he shall give thee <strongs hebrew='5117'>rest</strongs>; yea, he shall <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='4574'>delight</strongs>unto thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Where <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2377'>vision</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='6544'>perish</strongs>: but he that <strongs hebrew='8104'>keepeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='835'>happy</strongs><em>is</em> he. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>A <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3256'>corrected</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>: for <strongs hebrew='3588'>though</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs>he will <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4617'>answer</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='2372'>Seest</strongs>thou a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='213'>hasty</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>? <em>there</em> <em>is</em> more <strongs hebrew='8615'>hope</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>He that delicately bringeth <strongs hebrew='6445'>up</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>from a <strongs hebrew='4480 5290'>child</strongs>shall have him <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='4497'>son</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='319'>length</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>An <strongs hebrew='639'>angry</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>stirreth <strongs hebrew='1624'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='4066'>strife</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='2534'>furious</strongs><strongs hebrew='1167'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>aboundeth</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgression</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>A <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1346'>pride</strongs>shall bring him <strongs hebrew='8213'>low</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='3519'>honor</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='8551'>uphold</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8217'>humble</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>Whoso is <strongs hebrew='2505'>partner</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1590'>thief</strongs><strongs hebrew='8130'>hateth</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='8085'>heareth</strongs><strongs hebrew='423'>cursing</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5046'>betrayeth</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>The <strongs hebrew='2731'>fear</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>bringeth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4170'>snare</strongs>: but whoso putteth his <strongs hebrew='982'>trust</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7682'>safe</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='7227'>Many</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4910'>ruler</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6440'>favor</strongs>; but <em>every</em> <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs><em>cometh</em> from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>An <strongs hebrew='5766'>unjust</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs>: and <em>he</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3477'>upright</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='30'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='94'>Agur</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3348'>Jakeh</strongs>, <em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='4853'>prophecy</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5002'>spoke</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='384'>Ithiel</strongs>, even unto <strongs hebrew='384'>Ithiel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='401'>Ucal</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Surely</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> more <strongs hebrew='1198'>brutish</strongs>than <em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 376'>man</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='998'>understanding</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>I <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='3925'>learned</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='3045'>have</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6918'>holy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs>hath ascended <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, or <strongs hebrew='3381'>descended</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='622'>gathered</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='2651'>fists</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6887'>bound</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='8071'>garment</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6965'>established</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='657'>ends</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs>if thou canst <strongs hebrew='3045'>tell</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='3605'>Every</strongs><strongs hebrew='565'>word</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='433'>God</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6884'>pure</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4043'>shield</strongs>unto them that put their <strongs hebrew='2620'>trust</strongs>in him. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3254'>Add</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3198'>reprove</strongs>thee, and thou be found a <strongs hebrew='3576'>liar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='8147'>Two</strongs><em>things</em> have I <strongs hebrew='7592'>required</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>of</strongs>thee; <strongs hebrew='4513 4480'>deny</strongs>me <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2962'>before</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Remove <strongs hebrew='7368'>far</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='7723'>vanity</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1697 3577'>lies</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='7389'>poverty</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2963'>feed</strongs>me with <strongs hebrew='3899'>food</strongs><strongs hebrew='2706'>convenient</strongs>for me: </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='6435'>Lest</strongs>I be <strongs hebrew='7646'>full</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3584'>deny</strongs><em>thee</em> , and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>? or <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>I be <strongs hebrew='3423'>poor</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1589'>steal</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8610'>take</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><em>in</em> <em>vain</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3960'>Accuse</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='113'>master</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='7043'>curse</strongs>thee, and thou be found <strongs hebrew='816'>guilty</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><em>There</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='1755'>generation</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='7043'>curseth</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, and doth <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1288'>bless</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><em>There</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='1755'>generation</strongs><em>that</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='2889'>pure</strongs>in their own <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, and <em>yet</em> is <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7364'>washed</strongs>from their <strongs hebrew='4480 6675'>filthiness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><em>There</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='1755'>generation</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4100'>how</strongs><strongs hebrew='7311'>lofty</strongs>are their <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>! and their <strongs hebrew='6079'>eyelids</strongs>are lifted <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><em>There</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='1755'>generation</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='8127'>teeth</strongs><em>are</em> <em>as</em> <strongs hebrew='2719'>swords</strongs>, and their jaw <strongs hebrew='4973'>teeth</strongs><em>as</em> <strongs hebrew='3979'>knives</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6041'>poor</strongs>from off the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>earth</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='34'>needy</strongs>from <em>among</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 120'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>The <strongs hebrew='5936'>horseleach</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>, <em>crying</em> , <strongs hebrew='3051'>Give</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3051'>give</strongs>. There are <strongs hebrew='7969 2007'>three</strongs><em>things</em> <em>that</em> are <strongs hebrew='3808'>never</strongs><strongs hebrew='7646'>satisfied</strongs>, <em>yea</em> , <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><em>things</em> <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1952'>enough</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='16'>The <strongs hebrew='7585'>grave</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='6115'>barren</strongs><strongs hebrew='7356'>womb</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs><em>that</em> is <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7646'>filled</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1952'>enough</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>The <strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='3932'>mocketh</strongs>at <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='936'>despiseth</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3349'>obey</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6158'>ravens</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5158'>valley</strongs>shall pick it <strongs hebrew='5365'>out</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>young</strongs><strongs hebrew='5404'>eagles</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>There be <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><em>things</em> <em>which</em> are too <strongs hebrew='6381'>wonderful</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>for</strongs>me, yea, <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>which I <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='19'>The <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of an <strongs hebrew='5404'>eagle</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8064'>air</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='5175'>serpent</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6697'>rock</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='591'>ship</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3820'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='5959'>maid</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Such</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of an <strongs hebrew='5003'>adulterous</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>; she <strongs hebrew='398'>eateth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4229'>wipeth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='6466'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='205'>wickedness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='8478'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><em>things</em> the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7264'>disquieted</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><em>which</em> it <strongs hebrew='3808 3201'>cannot</strongs><strongs hebrew='5375'>bear</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='8478'>For</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigneth</strongs>; and a <strongs hebrew='5036'>fool</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>he is <strongs hebrew='7646'>filled</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3899'>meat</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='8478'>For</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='8130'>odious</strongs><em>woman</em> <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>she is <strongs hebrew='1166'>married</strongs>; and a <strongs hebrew='8198'>handmaid</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3423'>heir</strongs>to her <strongs hebrew='1404'>mistress</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>There be <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><em>things</em> <em>which</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='6996'>little</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>are</em> exceeding <strongs hebrew='2449 2450'>wise</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='25'>The <strongs hebrew='5244'>ants</strongs><em>are</em> a <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5794'>strong</strongs>, yet they <strongs hebrew='3559'>prepare</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3899'>meat</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7019'>summer</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='26'>The <strongs hebrew='8227'>conies</strongs><em>are</em> <em>but</em> a <strongs hebrew='3808 6099'>feeble</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>folk</strongs>, yet <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs>they their <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5553'>rocks</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='27'>The <strongs hebrew='697'>locusts</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, yet go they <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>of them by <strongs hebrew='2686'>bands</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='28'>The <strongs hebrew='8079'>spider</strongs>taketh <strongs hebrew='8610'>hold</strongs>with her <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>, and is in <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='1964'>palaces</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>There be <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><em>things</em> which <strongs hebrew='6806'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='3190'>well</strongs>, yea, <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3190'>comely</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1980'>going</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='30'>A <strongs hebrew='3918'>lion</strongs><em>which</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1368'>strongest</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='929'>beasts</strongs>, and turneth not <strongs hebrew='3808 7725'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='31'>A <strongs hebrew='2223 4975'>greyhound</strongs>; a he <strongs hebrew='8495'>goat</strongs><strongs hebrew='176'>also</strongs>; and a <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5973'>against</strongs>whom <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs>rising <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thou hast done <strongs hebrew='5034'>foolishly</strongs>in lifting up <strongs hebrew='5375'>thyself</strongs>, or <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thou hast thought <strongs hebrew='2161'>evil</strongs>, <em>lay</em> thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>upon thy <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Surely</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4330'>churning</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2461'>milk</strongs>bringeth <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2529'>butter</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4330'>wringing</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='639'>nose</strongs>bringeth <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>: so the <strongs hebrew='4330'>forcing</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='639'>wrath</strongs>bringeth <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7379'>strife</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='31'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3927'>Lemuel</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4853'>prophecy</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs><strongs hebrew='3256'>taught</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1248'>son</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1248'>son</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='990'>womb</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1248'>son</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5088'>vows</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2428'>strength</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>, nor thy <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>to that which <strongs hebrew='4229'>destroyeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3927'>Lemuel</strongs>, <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='176'>nor</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7336'>princes</strongs>strong <strongs hebrew='7941'>drink</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='6435'>Lest</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7911'>forget</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2710'>law</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8138'>pervert</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1779'>judgment</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121 6040'>afflicted</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs>strong <strongs hebrew='7941'>drink</strongs>unto him that is ready to <strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>unto those that be of <strongs hebrew='4751'>heavy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5315'>hearts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Let him <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7911'>forget</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7389'>poverty</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5999'>misery</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='6605'>Open</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='483'>dumb</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1779'>cause</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>such as are <strongs hebrew='1121'>appointed</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2475'>destruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='6605'>Open</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8199'>judge</strongs><strongs hebrew='6664'>righteously</strongs>, and plead the <strongs hebrew='1777'>cause</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6041'>poor</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='34'>needy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2428'>virtuous</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>? for her <strongs hebrew='4377'>price</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7350'>far</strongs>above <strongs hebrew='4480 6443'>rubies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>The <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='1167'>husband</strongs>doth safely <strongs hebrew='982'>trust</strongs>in her, so that he shall have <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2637'>need</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7998'>spoil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>She will <strongs hebrew='1580'>do</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>She <strongs hebrew='1875'>seeketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='6785'>wool</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6593'>flax</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>worketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='2656'>willingly</strongs>with her <strongs hebrew='3709'>hands</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>She <strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='5503'>merchants</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='591'>ships</strongs>; she <strongs hebrew='935'>bringeth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3899'>food</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 4801'>afar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>She <strongs hebrew='6965'>riseth</strongs>also while it is <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2964'>meat</strongs>to her <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='2706'>portion</strongs>to her <strongs hebrew='5291'>maidens</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>She <strongs hebrew='2161'>considereth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>buyeth</strongs>it: with the <strongs hebrew='4480 6529'>fruit</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='3709'>hands</strongs>she <strongs hebrew='5193'>planteth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyard</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>She <strongs hebrew='2296'>girdeth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='4975'>loins</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='5797'>strength</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='553'>strengtheneth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2220'>arms</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>She <strongs hebrew='2938'>perceiveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='5504'>merchandise</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>: her <strongs hebrew='5216'>candle</strongs>goeth not <strongs hebrew='3808 3518'>out</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>She <strongs hebrew='7971'>layeth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3601'>spindle</strongs>, and her <strongs hebrew='3709'>hands</strongs><strongs hebrew='8551'>hold</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6418'>distaff</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>She stretcheth <strongs hebrew='6566'>out</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3709'>hand</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='6041'>poor</strongs>; yea, she reacheth <strongs hebrew='7971'>forth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='34'>needy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>She is <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>afraid</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7950'>snow</strongs>for her <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3847'>clothed</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='8144'>scarlet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>She <strongs hebrew='6213'>maketh</strongs>herself coverings of <strongs hebrew='4765'>tapestry</strongs>; her <strongs hebrew='3830'>clothing</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8336'>silk</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='713'>purple</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Her <strongs hebrew='1167'>husband</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>, when he <strongs hebrew='3427'>sitteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>among</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>She <strongs hebrew='6213'>maketh</strongs>fine <strongs hebrew='5466'>linen</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4376'>selleth</strongs><em>it</em> ; and <strongs hebrew='5414'>delivereth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2289'>girdles</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3669'>merchant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='5797'>Strength</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1926'>honor</strongs><em>are</em> her <strongs hebrew='3830'>clothing</strongs>; and she shall <strongs hebrew='7832'>rejoice</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3117'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='314'>come</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>She <strongs hebrew='6605'>openeth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>She looketh <strongs hebrew='6822'>well</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1979'>ways</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='398'>eateth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6104'>idleness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>Her <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>arise <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>, and call her <strongs hebrew='833'>blessed</strongs>; her <strongs hebrew='1167'>husband</strongs><em>also</em> , and he <strongs hebrew='1984'>praiseth</strongs>her. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='7227'>Many</strongs><strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='2428'>virtuously</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927 5921'>excellest</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='2580'>Favor</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8267'>deceitful</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3308'>beauty</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vain</strongs>: <em>but</em> a <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='3373'>feareth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='1984'>praised</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs>her of the <strongs hebrew='4480 6529'>fruit</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>; and let her own <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs><strongs hebrew='1984'>praise</strongs>her in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>. </verse>
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