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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">it came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">so</span></span><span class="content"> it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here </span><span class="add"><span class="content">am</span></span><span class="content"> I. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And he said unto me, Who </span><span class="add"><span class="content">art</span></span><span class="content"> thou? And I answered him, I </span><span class="add"><span class="content">am</span></span><span class="content"> an Amalekite. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> yet whole in me. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that </span><span class="add"><span class="content">was</span></span><span class="content"> upon his head, and the bracelet that </span><span class="add"><span class="content">was</span></span><span class="content"> on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that </span><span class="add"><span class="content">were</span></span><span class="content"> with him: </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence </span><span class="add"><span class="content">art</span></span><span class="content"> thou? And he answered, I </span><span class="add"><span class="content">am</span></span><span class="content"> the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">'s anointed? </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And David said unto him, Thy blood </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">'s anointed.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">David's Lament</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah </span><span class="add"><span class="content">the use of</span></span><span class="content"> the bow: behold, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> written in the book of Jasher.)</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"><span class="content">How are the mighty fallen!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Tell </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> not in Gath,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">Publish </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> not in the streets of Askelon;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Ye mountains of Gilboa,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Let there be</span></span><span class="content"> no dew, neither </span><span class="add"><span class="content">let there be</span></span><span class="content"> rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">For there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">The shield of Saul, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">as though he had</span></span><span class="content"> not </span><span class="add"><span class="content">been</span></span><span class="content"> anointed with oil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="content">The bow of Jonathan turned not back,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="content">And the sword of Saul returned not empty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Saul and Jonathan </span><span class="add"><span class="content">were</span></span><span class="content"> lovely and pleasant in their lives,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">And in their death they were not divided:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">They were swifter than eagles,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">They were stronger than lions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="content">Who clothed you in scarlet, with </span><span class="add"><span class="content">other</span></span><span class="content"> delights,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="content">Who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.1.25"><span class="content">O Jonathan, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thou wast</span></span><span class="content"> slain in thine high places.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">Very pleasant hast thou been unto me:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">Thy love to me was wonderful,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">Passing the love of women.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">How are the mighty fallen,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.1.27"><span class="content">And the weapons of war perished!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">140</div><div class="d"><span class="content">To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.140.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Deliver me, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, from the evil man:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.140.1"><span class="content">Preserve me from the violent man;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.140.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.140.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Which imagine mischiefs in </span><span class="add"><span class="content">their</span></span><span class="content"> heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.140.2"><span class="content">Continually are they gathered together </span><span class="add"><span class="content">for</span></span><span class="content"> war.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.140.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.140.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.140.3"><span class="content">Adders' poison </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> under their lips. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.140.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Keep me, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, from the hands of the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="content">Preserve me from the violent man; Who have purposed to overthrow my goings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="content">They have set gins for me. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.140.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I said unto the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, Thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">art</span></span><span class="content"> my God:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.140.6"><span class="content">Hear the voice of my supplications, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.140.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.140.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">GOD</span></span><span class="content"> the Lord, the strength of my salvation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.140.7"><span class="content">Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.140.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.140.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Grant not, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, the desires of the wicked:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.140.8"><span class="content">Further not his wicked device; </span><span class="add"><span class="content">lest</span></span><span class="content"> they exalt themselves. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.140.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.140.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As for</span></span><span class="content"> the head of those that compass me about,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.140.9"><span class="content">Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.140.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Let burning coals fall upon them:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="content">Let them be cast into the fire; Into deep pits, that they rise not up again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.140.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.140.11"><span class="content">Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow </span><span class="add"><span class="content">him</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.140.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.140.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> will maintain the cause of the afflicted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.140.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> the right of the poor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.140.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.140.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.140.13"><span class="content">The upright shall dwell in thy presence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">26</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="content">So honour is not seemly for a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="content">So the curse causeless shall not come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="content">And a rod for the fool's back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Answer not a fool according to his folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="content">Lest thou also be like unto him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Answer a fool according to his folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="content">Lest he be wise in his own conceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="content">Cutteth off the feet, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> drinketh damage.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The legs of the lame are not equal:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a parable in the mouth of fools.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">As he that bindeth a stone in a sling,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> he that giveth honour to a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a parable in the mouth of fools.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The great </span><span class="add"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> that formed all </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="content">Both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As a dog returneth to his vomit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">So</span></span><span class="content"> a fool returneth to his folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> more hope of a fool than of him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The slothful </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> saith, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> a lion in the way;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="content">A lion </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> the door turneth upon his hinges,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">doth</span></span><span class="content"> the slothful upon his bed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The slothful hideth his hand in </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> bosom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="content">It grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The sluggard </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> wiser in his own conceit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="content">Than seven men that can render a reason.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He that passeth by, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> meddleth with strife </span><span class="add"><span class="content">belonging</span></span><span class="content"> not to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is like</span></span><span class="content"> one that taketh a dog by the ears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">As a mad </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> who casteth firebrands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="content">Arrows, and death,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So </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"> deceiveth his neighbour,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="content">And saith, Am not I in sport?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Where no wood is, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there</span></span><span class="content"> the fire goeth out:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="content">So where </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> coals </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> to burning coals, and wood to fire;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a contentious man to kindle strife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The words of a talebearer </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> as wounds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="content">And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Burning lips and a wicked heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Are like</span></span><span class="content"> a potsherd covered with silver dross.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He that hateth dissembleth with his lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="content">And layeth up deceit within him;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When he speaketh fair, believe him not:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="content">For </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there are</span></span><span class="content"> seven abominations in his heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Whose</span></span><span class="content"> hatred is covered by deceit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="content">His wickedness shall be shewed before the </span><span class="add"><span class="content">whole</span></span><span class="content"> congregation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="content">And he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A lying tongue hateth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">those that are</span></span><span class="content"> afflicted by it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="content">And a flattering mouth worketh 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