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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">To know wisdom and instruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">To perceive the words of understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">To receive the instruction of wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">Justice, and judgment, and equity;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">To give subtilty to the simple,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">To the young man knowledge and discretion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> will hear, and will increase learning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">And a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">To understand a proverb, and the interpretation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the beginning of knowledge:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> fools despise wisdom and instruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">My son, hear the instruction of thy father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">And forsake not the law of thy mother:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For they </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> an ornament of grace unto thy head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">And chains about thy neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My son, if sinners entice thee,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">Consent thou not.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Let us swallow them up alive as the grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">And whole, as those that go down into the pit:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">We shall find all precious substance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">We shall fill our houses with spoil:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Cast in thy lot among us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">Let us all have one purse:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My son, walk not thou in the way with them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">Refrain thy foot from their path:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For their feet run to evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">And make haste to shed blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Surely in vain the net is spread</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">In the sight of any bird.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And they lay wait for their </span><span class="add"><span class="content">own</span></span><span class="content"> blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">They lurk privily for their </span><span class="add"><span class="content">own</span></span><span class="content"> lives.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Which</span></span><span class="content"> taketh away the life of the owners thereof.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">The Cry of Wisdom</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Wisdom crieth without;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">She uttereth her voice in the streets:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">In the city she uttereth her words, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">saying</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">And the scorners delight in their scorning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">And fools hate knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Turn you at my reproof:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">Behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">I will make known my words unto you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Because I have called, and ye refused;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But ye have set at nought all my counsel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">And would none of my reproof:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I also will laugh at your calamity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">I will mock when your fear cometh;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When your fear cometh as desolation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">And your destruction cometh as a whirlwind;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">When distress and anguish cometh upon you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">They shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">For that they hated knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">And did not choose the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They would none of my counsel:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">They despised all my reproof.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">And be filled with their own devices.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For the turning away of the simple shall slay them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="content">And shall be quiet from fear of evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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            <div class="label">2</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, if thou wilt receive my words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="content">And hide my commandments with thee;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> apply thine heart to understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Yea, if thou criest after knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> liftest up thy voice for understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">If thou seekest her as silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="content">And searchest for her as </span><span class="add"><span class="content">for</span></span><span class="content"> hid treasures;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then shalt thou understand the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"><span class="content">And find the knowledge of God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> giveth wisdom:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="content">Out of his mouth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">cometh</span></span><span class="content"> knowledge and understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">He is</span></span><span class="content"> a buckler to them that walk uprightly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He keepeth the paths of judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="content">And preserveth the way of his saints.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="content">And equity; </span><span class="add"><span class="content">yea</span></span><span class="content">, every good path.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When wisdom entereth into thine heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="content">And knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Discretion shall preserve thee,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="content">Understanding shall keep thee:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">To deliver thee from the way of the evil </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="content">From the man that speaketh froward things;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Who leave the paths of uprightness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="content">To walk in the ways of darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Who rejoice to do evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> delight in the frowardness of the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Whose ways </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> crooked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">they</span></span><span class="content"> froward in their paths:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">To deliver thee from the strange woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Even</span></span><span class="content"> from the stranger </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> flattereth with her words;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Which forsaketh the guide of her youth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="content">And forgetteth the covenant of her God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For her house inclineth unto death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="content">And her paths unto the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">None that go unto her return again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="content">Neither take they hold of the paths of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">That thou mayest walk in the way of good </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="content">And keep the paths of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For the upright shall dwell in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="content">And the perfect shall remain in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.2.22"><span class="content">And the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.</span></span></div><div 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            <div class="label">3</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, forget not my law;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.3.1"><span class="content">But let thine heart keep my commandments:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For length of days, and long life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.3.2"><span class="content">And peace, shall they add to thee.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="content">Bind them about thy neck;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="content">Write them upon the table of thine heart:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So shalt thou find favour and good understanding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.3.4"><span class="content">In the sight of God and man.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> with all thine heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.3.5"><span class="content">And lean not unto thine own understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In all thy ways acknowledge him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.3.6"><span class="content">And he shall direct thy paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Be not wise in thine own eyes:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.3.7"><span class="content">Fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, and depart from evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">It shall be health to thy navel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.3.8"><span class="content">And marrow to thy bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Honour the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> with thy substance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.3.9"><span class="content">And with the firstfruits of all thine increase:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.3.10"><span class="content">And thy presses shall burst out with new wine.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My son, despise not the chastening of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.3.11"><span class="content">Neither be weary of his correction:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For whom the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> loveth he correcteth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.3.12"><span class="content">Even as a father the son </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in whom</span></span><span class="content"> he delighteth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Happy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> findeth wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.3.13"><span class="content">And the man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> getteth understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For the merchandise of it </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> better than the merchandise of silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.3.14"><span class="content">And the gain thereof than fine gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">She </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> more precious than rubies:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.3.15"><span class="content">And all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Length of days </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in her right hand;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.3.16"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> in her left hand riches and honour.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Her ways </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> ways of pleasantness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.3.17"><span class="content">And all her paths </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">She </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.3.18"><span class="content">And happy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is every one</span></span><span class="content"> that retaineth her.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> by wisdom hath founded the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.3.19"><span class="content">By understanding hath he established the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">By his knowledge the depths are broken up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.3.20"><span class="content">And the clouds drop down the dew.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">My son, let not them depart from thine eyes:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.3.21"><span class="content">Keep sound wisdom and discretion:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.3.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So shall they be life unto thy soul,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.3.22"><span class="content">And grace to thy neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.3.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.3.23"><span class="content">And thy foot shall not stumble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.3.24"><span class="content">Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.3.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Be not afraid of sudden fear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.3.25"><span class="content">Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> shall be thy confidence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.3.26"><span class="content">And shall keep thy foot from being taken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.3.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.3.27"><span class="content">When it is in the power of thine hand to do </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.3.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.3.28"><span class="content">And to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.3.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Devise not evil against thy neighbour,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.3.29"><span class="content">Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.3.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Strive not with a man without cause,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.3.30"><span class="content">If he have done thee no harm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.3.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Envy thou not the oppressor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.3.31"><span class="content">And choose none of his ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.3.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.3.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For the froward </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> abomination to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.3.32"><span class="content">But his secret </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> with the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.3.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.3.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The curse of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in the house of the wicked:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.3.33"><span class="content">But he blesseth the habitation of the just.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.3.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.3.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Surely he scorneth the scorners:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.3.34"><span class="content">But he giveth grace unto the lowly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.3.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.3.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The wise shall inherit glory:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.3.35"><span class="content">But shame shall be the promotion of fools.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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