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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The wicked flee when no man pursueth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="content">But the righteous are bold as a lion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For the transgression of a land many </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the princes thereof:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="content">But by a man of understanding </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> knowledge the state </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thereof</span></span><span class="content"> shall be prolonged.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A poor man that oppresseth the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is like</span></span><span class="content"> a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They that forsake the law praise the wicked:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="content">But such as keep the law contend with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Evil men understand not judgment:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="content">But they that seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> understand all </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Better </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the poor that walketh in his uprightness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="content">Than </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he that is</span></span><span class="content"> perverse </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in his</span></span><span class="content"> ways, though he </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> rich.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Whoso keepeth the law </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a wise son:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="content">But he that is a companion of riotous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content"> shameth his father.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="content">He shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="content">Even his prayer </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> abomination.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">He shall fall himself into his own pit:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">But the upright shall have good </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> in possession.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The rich man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> wise in his own conceit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="content">But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content"> do rejoice, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> great glory:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="content">But when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He that covereth his sins shall not prosper:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="content">But whoso confesseth and forsaketh </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them</span></span><span class="content"> shall have mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Happy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the man that feareth alway:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="content">But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> a roaring lion, and a ranging bear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">So is</span></span><span class="content"> a wicked ruler over the poor people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The prince that wanteth understanding </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> also a great oppressor:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> he that hateth covetousness shall prolong </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> days.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A man that doeth violence to the blood of </span><span class="add"><span class="content">any</span></span><span class="content"> person</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">Shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he that is</span></span><span class="content"> perverse </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in his</span></span><span class="content"> ways shall fall at once.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="content">But he that followeth after vain </span><span class="add"><span class="content">persons</span></span><span class="content"> shall have poverty enough.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A faithful man shall abound with blessings:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="content">But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To have respect of persons </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> not good:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="content">For for a piece of bread </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> man will transgress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">He that hasteth to be rich </span><span class="add"><span class="content">hath</span></span><span class="content"> an evil eye,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="content">And considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="content">Than he that flattereth with the tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> no transgression;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">The same </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the companion of a destroyer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="content">But he that putteth his trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> shall be made fat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="content">But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="content">But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When the wicked rise, men hide themselves:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="content">But when they perish, the righteous increase.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">29</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.29.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">He, that being often reproved hardeneth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> neck,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.29.1"><span class="content">Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.29.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.29.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.29.2"><span class="content">But when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.29.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.29.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.29.3"><span class="content">But he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> substance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.29.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.29.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The king by judgment establisheth the land:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.29.4"><span class="content">But he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.29.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.29.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A man that flattereth his neighbour</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.29.5"><span class="content">Spreadeth a net for his feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.29.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.29.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In the transgression of an evil man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> a snare:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.29.6"><span class="content">But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.29.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.29.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The righteous considereth the cause of the poor:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.29.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> the wicked regardeth not to know </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.29.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.29.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Scornful men bring a city into a snare:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.29.8"><span class="content">But wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content"> turn away wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.29.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.29.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">If</span></span><span class="content"> a wise man contendeth with a foolish man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.29.9"><span class="content">Whether he rage or laugh, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> no rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.29.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.29.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The bloodthirsty hate the upright:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.29.10"><span class="content">But the just seek his soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.29.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.29.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">A fool uttereth all his mind:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.29.11"><span class="content">But a wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> keepeth it in till afterwards.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.29.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.29.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If a ruler hearken to lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.29.12"><span class="content">All his servants </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.29.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.29.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The poor and the deceitful man meet together:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.29.13"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> lighteneth both their eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.29.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.29.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The king that faithfully judgeth the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.29.14"><span class="content">His throne shall be established for ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.29.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.29.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The rod and reproof give wisdom:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.29.15"><span class="content">But a child left </span><span class="add"><span class="content">to himself</span></span><span class="content"> bringeth his mother to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.29.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.29.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.29.16"><span class="content">But the righteous shall see their fall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.29.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.29.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.29.17"><span class="content">Yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.29.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.29.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Where </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> no vision, the people perish:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.29.18"><span class="content">But he that keepeth the law, happy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> he.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.29.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.29.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A servant will not be corrected by words:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.29.19"><span class="content">For though he understand he will not answer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.29.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.29.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Seest thou a man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that is</span></span><span class="content"> hasty in his words?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.29.20"><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 v20" data-usfm="PRO.29.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.29.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.29.21"><span class="content">Shall have him become </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> son at the length.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.29.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.29.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">An angry man stirreth up strife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.29.22"><span class="content">And a furious man aboundeth in transgression.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.29.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.29.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A man's pride shall bring him low:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.29.23"><span class="content">But honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.29.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.29.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.29.24"><span class="content">He heareth cursing, and bewrayeth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> not.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.29.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.29.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The fear of man bringeth a snare:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.29.25"><span class="content">But whoso putteth his trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> shall be safe.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.29.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.29.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Many seek the ruler's favour;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.29.26"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">every</span></span><span class="content"> man's judgment </span><span class="add"><span class="content">cometh</span></span><span class="content"> from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.29.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.29.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">An unjust man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> an abomination to the just:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.29.27"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he that is</span></span><span class="content"> upright in the way </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> abomination to the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Words of Agur</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">even</span></span><span class="content"> the prophecy:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">The man spake unto Ithiel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">even unto Ithiel and Ucal,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Surely I </span><span class="add"><span class="content">am</span></span><span class="content"> more brutish than </span><span class="add"><span class="content">any</span></span><span class="content"> man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="content">And have not the understanding of a man.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I neither learned wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="content">Nor have the knowledge of the holy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who hath gathered the wind in his fists?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who hath bound the waters in a garment?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who hath established all the ends of the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">What </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> his name, and what </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> his son's name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">If thou canst tell?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Every word of God </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> pure:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="content">He </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a shield unto them that put their trust in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Add thou not unto his words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="content">Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Two </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> have I required of thee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="content">Deny me </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them</span></span><span class="content"> not before I die:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Remove far from me vanity and lies:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">Give me neither poverty nor riches;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">Feed me with food convenient for me:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Lest I be full, and deny </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thee</span></span><span class="content">, and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">Who </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">Or lest I be poor, and steal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">And take the name of my God </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in vain</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Accuse not a servant unto his master,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="content">Lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> a generation </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> curseth their father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="content">And doth not bless their mother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> a generation </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that are</span></span><span class="content"> pure in their own eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">yet</span></span><span class="content"> is not washed from their filthiness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> a generation, O how lofty are their eyes!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="content">And their eyelids are lifted up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> a generation, whose teeth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are as</span></span><span class="content"> swords, and their jaw teeth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">as</span></span><span class="content"> knives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from </span><span class="add"><span class="content">among</span></span><span class="content"> men.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The horseleach hath two daughters, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">crying</span></span><span class="content">, Give, give.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">There are three </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things that</span></span><span class="content"> are never satisfied,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Yea</span></span><span class="content">, four </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> say not,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> enough:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The grave; and the barren womb;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">The earth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> is not filled with water;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">And the fire </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> saith not, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> enough.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The eye </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> mocketh at </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">And despiseth to obey </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> mother,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">The ravens of the valley shall pick it out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">And the young eagles shall eat it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">There be three </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things which</span></span><span class="content"> are too wonderful for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="content">Yea, four which I know not:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The way of an eagle in the air;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">The way of a serpent upon a rock;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">The way of a ship in the midst of the sea;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">And the way of a man with a maid.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Such </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the way of an adulterous woman;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">She eateth, and wipeth her mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">And saith, I have done no wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For three </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> the earth is disquieted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="content">And for four </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> it cannot bear:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For a servant when he reigneth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="content">And a fool when he is filled with meat;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For an odious </span><span class="add"><span class="content">woman</span></span><span class="content"> when she is married;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="content">And an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">There be four </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things which are</span></span><span class="content"> little upon the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="content">But they </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> exceeding wise:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The ants </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> a people not strong,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="content">Yet they prepare their meat in the summer;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The conies </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are but</span></span><span class="content"> a feeble folk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="content">Yet make they their houses in the rocks;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The locusts have no king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="content">Yet go they forth all of them by bands;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The spider taketh hold with her hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="content">And is in kings' palaces.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">There be three </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> which go well,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="content">Yea, four are comely in going:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">A lion </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which is</span></span><span class="content"> strongest among beasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="content">And turneth not away for any;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">An greyhound; an he goat also;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="content">And a king, against whom </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> no rising up.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">Or if thou hast thought evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Lay</span></span><span class="content"> thine hand upon thy mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">31</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Words of Lemuel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.31.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">What, my son? and what, the son of my womb?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"><span class="content">And what, the son of my vows?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Give not thy strength unto women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"><span class="content">Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> not for kings, O Lemuel, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> not for kings to drink wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="content">Nor for princes strong drink:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Lest they drink, and forget the law,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"><span class="content">And pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"><span class="content">And wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let him drink, and forget his poverty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"><span class="content">And remember his misery no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Open thy mouth for the dumb</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"><span class="content">In the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Open thy mouth, judge righteously,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"><span class="content">And plead the cause of the poor and needy.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">The Good Wife</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Who can find a virtuous woman?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"><span class="content">For her price </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> far above rubies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"><span class="content">So that he shall have no need of spoil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.31.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">She will do him good and not evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.31.12"><span class="content">All the days of her life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.31.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">She seeketh wool, and flax,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"><span class="content">And worketh willingly with her hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">She is like the merchants' ships;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"><span class="content">She bringeth her food from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">She riseth also while it is yet night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">And giveth meat to her household,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">And a portion to her maidens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">She considereth a field, and buyeth it:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"><span class="content">With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">She girdeth her loins with strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"><span class="content">And strengtheneth her arms.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">She perceiveth that her merchandise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> good:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"><span class="content">Her candle goeth not out by night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">She layeth her hands to the spindle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"><span class="content">And her hands hold the distaff.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">She stretcheth out her hand to the poor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"><span class="content">Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">She is not afraid of the snow for her household:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"><span class="content">For all her household </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> clothed with scarlet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">She maketh herself coverings of tapestry;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"><span class="content">Her clothing </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> silk and purple.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Her husband is known in the gates,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"><span class="content">When he sitteth among the elders of the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">She maketh fine linen, and selleth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"><span class="content">And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Strength and honour </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> her clothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"><span class="content">And she shall rejoice in time to come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">She openeth her mouth with wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"><span class="content">And in her tongue </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the law of kindness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">She looketh well to the ways of her household,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"><span class="content">And eateth not the bread of idleness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Her children arise up, and call her blessed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"><span class="content">Her husband </span><span class="add"><span class="content">also</span></span><span class="content">, and he praiseth her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Many daughters have done virtuously,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"><span class="content">But thou excellest them all.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Favour </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> deceitful, and beauty </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> vain:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> a woman </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> feareth the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, she shall be praised.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.31.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Give her of the fruit of her hands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.31.31"><span class="content">And let her own works praise her in the gates.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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