Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 6

Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 7

Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 8

Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 9

Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 10

Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 11

Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 12

Jesus Revealed Pt. 8 - What Do You See?

Jesus Revealed Pt. 11 - I AM The Resurrection And The Life

Jesus Revealed Pt. 13 - No Greater Love

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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="content">And apply thine heart unto my knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="content">They shall withal be fitted in thy lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">That thy trust may be in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="content">I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Have not I written to thee excellent things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="content">In counsels and knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">That thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Rob not the poor, because he </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> poor:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="content">Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> will plead their cause,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="content">And spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Make no friendship with an angry man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="content">And with a furious man thou shalt not go:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Lest thou learn his ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="content">And get a snare to thy soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Be not thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">one</span></span><span class="content"> of them that strike hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Or</span></span><span class="content"> of them that are sureties for debts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">If thou hast nothing to pay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="content">Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Remove not the ancient landmark,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="content">Which thy fathers have set.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="content">He shall not stand before mean </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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The Listener’s Bible®: KJV Edition

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            <div class="label">23</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.23.1"><span class="content">Consider diligently what </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> before thee:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.23.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And put a knife to thy throat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.23.2"><span class="content">If thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> a man given to appetite.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Be not desirous of his dainties:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.23.3"><span class="content">For they </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> deceitful meat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Labour not to be rich:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.23.4"><span class="content">Cease from thine own wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="content">For </span><span class="add"><span class="content">riches</span></span><span class="content"> certainly make themselves wings;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="content">They fly away as an eagle toward heaven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Eat thou not the bread of </span><span class="add"><span class="content">him that hath</span></span><span class="content"> an evil eye,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.23.6"><span class="content">Neither desire thou his dainty meats:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.23.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For as he thinketh in his heart, so </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> he:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">Eat and drink, saith he to thee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">But his heart </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> not with thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The morsel </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.23.8"><span class="content">And lose thy sweet words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.23.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Speak not in the ears of a fool:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.23.9"><span class="content">For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.23.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Remove not the old landmark;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.23.10"><span class="content">And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.23.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For their redeemer </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> mighty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.23.11"><span class="content">He shall plead their cause with thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.23.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Apply thine heart unto instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.23.12"><span class="content">And thine ears to the words of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.23.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Withhold not correction from the child:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.23.13"><span class="content">For </span><span class="add"><span class="content">if</span></span><span class="content"> thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.23.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Thou shalt beat him with the rod,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.23.14"><span class="content">And shalt deliver his soul from hell.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.23.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My son, if thine heart be wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.23.15"><span class="content">My heart shall rejoice, even mine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.23.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Yea, my reins shall rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.23.16"><span class="content">When thy lips speak right things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.23.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let not thine heart envy sinners:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.23.17"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be thou</span></span><span class="content"> in the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> all the day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.23.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For surely there is an end;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.23.18"><span class="content">And thine expectation shall not be cut off.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.23.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Hear thou, my son, and be wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.23.19"><span class="content">And guide thine heart in the way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.23.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Be not among winebibbers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.23.20"><span class="content">Among riotous eaters of flesh:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.23.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.23.21"><span class="content">And drowsiness shall clothe </span><span class="add"><span class="content">a man</span></span><span class="content"> with rags.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.23.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Hearken unto thy father that begat thee,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.23.22"><span class="content">And despise not thy mother when she is old.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.23.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Buy the truth, and sell </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> not;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.23.23"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Also</span></span><span class="content"> wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.23.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.23.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.23.24"><span class="content">And he that begetteth a wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">child</span></span><span class="content"> shall have joy of him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.23.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Thy father and thy mother shall be glad,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.23.25"><span class="content">And she that bare thee shall rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.23.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">My son, give me thine heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.23.26"><span class="content">And let thine eyes observe my ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.23.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">For a whore </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a deep ditch;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.23.27"><span class="content">And a strange woman </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a narrow pit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.23.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">She also lieth in wait as </span><span class="add"><span class="content">for</span></span><span class="content"> a prey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.23.28"><span class="content">And increaseth the transgressors among men.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.23.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">Who hath wounds without cause?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">Who hath redness of eyes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.23.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They that tarry long at the wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.23.30"><span class="content">They that go to seek mixed wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.23.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="content">When it giveth his colour in the cup,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">When</span></span><span class="content"> it moveth itself aright.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.23.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">At the last it biteth like a serpent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.23.32"><span class="content">And stingeth like an adder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.23.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.23.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Thine eyes shall behold strange women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.23.33"><span class="content">And thine heart shall utter perverse things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.23.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.23.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.23.34"><span class="content">Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.23.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">They have stricken me, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shalt thou say, and</span></span><span class="content"> I was not sick;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="content">They have beaten me, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> I felt </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> not:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="content">When shall I awake?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="content">I will seek it yet again.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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            <div class="label">24</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Be not thou envious against evil men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="content">Neither desire to be with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For their heart studieth destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="content">And their lips talk of mischief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Through wisdom is an house builded;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="content">And by understanding it is established:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="content">With all precious and pleasant riches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A wise man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> strong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="content">Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="content">And in multitude of counsellors </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Wisdom </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> too high for a fool:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="content">He openeth not his mouth in the gate.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He that deviseth to do evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="content">Shall be called a mischievous person.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The thought of foolishness </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> sin:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="content">And the scorner </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> an abomination to men.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">If</span></span><span class="content"> thou faint in the day of adversity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="content">Thy strength </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> small.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If thou forbear to deliver </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them that are</span></span><span class="content"> drawn unto death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">those that are</span></span><span class="content"> ready to be slain;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">Doth not he that pondereth the heart consider </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it?</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">And he that keepeth thy soul, doth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">not</span></span><span class="content"> he know </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it?</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">And shall </span><span class="add"><span class="content">not</span></span><span class="content"> he render to </span><span class="add"><span class="content">every</span></span><span class="content"> man according to his works?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">My son, eat thou honey, because </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="content">And the honeycomb, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which is</span></span><span class="content"> sweet to thy taste:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall</span></span><span class="content"> the knowledge of wisdom </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> unto thy soul:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">When thou hast found </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">, then there shall be a reward,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">And thy expectation shall not be cut off.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Lay not wait, O wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content">, against the dwelling of the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="content">Spoil not his resting place:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For a just </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> falleth seven times, and riseth up again:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="content">But the wicked shall fall into mischief.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="content">And let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Lest the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> see </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">, and it displease him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="content">And he turn away his wrath from him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Fret not thyself because of evil </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="content">Neither be thou envious at the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For there shall be no reward to the evil </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="content">The candle of the wicked shall be put out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">My son, fear thou the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> and the king:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> meddle not with them that are given to change:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For their calamity shall rise suddenly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="content">And who knoweth the ruin of them both?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">These </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> also </span><span class="add"><span class="content">belong</span></span><span class="content"> to the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> not good to have respect of persons in judgment.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He that saith unto the wicked, Thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">art</span></span><span class="content"> righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="content">Him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But to them that rebuke </span><span class="add"><span class="content">him</span></span><span class="content"> shall be delight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="content">And a good blessing shall come upon them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Every man</span></span><span class="content"> shall kiss </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="content">That giveth a right answer.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Prepare thy work without,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">And make it fit for thyself in the field;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">And afterwards build thine house.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="content">And deceive </span><span class="add"><span class="content">not</span></span><span class="content"> with thy lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="content">I will render to the man according to his work.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">I went by the field of the slothful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="content">And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> nettles had covered the face thereof,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">And the stone wall thereof was broken down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Then I saw, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> considered </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> well:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="content">I looked upon </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it, and</span></span><span class="content"> received instruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Yet</span></span><span class="content"> a little sleep, a little slumber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="content">A little folding of the hands to sleep:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.24.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">So shall thy poverty come </span><span class="add"><span class="content">as</span></span><span class="content"> one that travelleth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.24.34"><span class="content">And thy want as an armed man.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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