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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The preparations of the heart in man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.16.1"><span class="content">And the answer of the tongue, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</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 v1" data-usfm="PRO.16.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">All the ways of a man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> clean in his own eyes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.16.2"><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> weigheth the spirits.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.16.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Commit thy works unto the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.16.3"><span class="content">And thy thoughts shall be established.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.16.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> hath made all </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> for himself:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.16.4"><span class="content">Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Every one </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that is</span></span><span class="content"> proud in heart </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> an abomination to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.16.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Though</span></span><span class="content"> hand </span><span class="add"><span class="content">join</span></span><span class="content"> in hand, he shall not be unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">By mercy and truth iniquity is purged:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.16.6"><span class="content">And by the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content"> depart from evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When a man's ways please the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.16.7"><span class="content">He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Better </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a little with righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="content">Than great revenues without right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A man's heart deviseth his way:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> directeth his steps.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A divine sentence </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in the lips of the king:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.16.10"><span class="content">His mouth transgresseth not in judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.16.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">A just weight and balance </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">'s:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.16.11"><span class="content">All the weights of the bag </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> his work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.16.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> an abomination to kings to commit wickedness:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.16.12"><span class="content">For the throne is established by righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Righteous lips </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the delight of kings;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.16.13"><span class="content">And they love him that speaketh right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.16.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The wrath of a king </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is as</span></span><span class="content"> messengers of death:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="content">But a wise man will pacify it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">In the light of the king's countenance </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="content">And his favour </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> as a cloud of the latter rain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">How much better </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is it</span></span><span class="content"> to get wisdom than gold!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.16.16"><span class="content">And to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.16.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The highway of the upright </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> to depart from evil:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.16.17"><span class="content">He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.16.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Pride </span><span class="add"><span class="content">goeth</span></span><span class="content"> before destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.16.18"><span class="content">And an haughty spirit before a fall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Better </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is to be</span></span><span class="content"> of an humble spirit with the lowly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="content">Than to divide the spoil with the proud.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="content">And whoso trusteth in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, happy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> he.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The wise in heart shall be called prudent:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.16.21"><span class="content">And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.16.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Understanding </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a wellspring of life unto him that hath it:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.16.22"><span class="content">But the instruction of fools </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.16.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.16.23"><span class="content">And addeth learning to his lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.16.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Pleasant words </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are as</span></span><span class="content"> an honeycomb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.16.24"><span class="content">Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.16.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.16.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">There is a way that seemeth right unto a man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.16.25"><span class="content">But the end thereof </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the ways of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.16.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.16.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He that laboureth laboureth for himself;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.16.26"><span class="content">For his mouth craveth it of him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.16.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.16.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">An ungodly man diggeth up evil:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.16.27"><span class="content">And in his lips </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> as a burning fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.16.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.16.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A froward man soweth strife:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.16.28"><span class="content">And a whisperer separateth chief friends.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.16.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.16.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">A violent man enticeth his neighbour,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.16.29"><span class="content">And leadeth him into the way </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that is</span></span><span class="content"> not good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.16.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.16.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.16.30"><span class="content">Moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.16.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.16.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The hoary head </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a crown of glory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.16.31"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">If</span></span><span class="content"> it be found in the way of righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.16.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.16.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">He that is</span></span><span class="content"> slow to anger </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> better than the mighty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.16.32"><span class="content">And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.16.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.16.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The lot is cast into the lap;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.16.33"><span class="content">But the whole disposing thereof </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">17</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Better </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="content">Than an house full of sacrifices </span><span class="add"><span class="content">with</span></span><span class="content"> strife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="content">And shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The fining pot </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> for silver, and the furnace for gold:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> trieth the hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Children's children </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the crown of old men;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="content">And the glory of children </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> their fathers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Excellent speech becometh not a fool:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="content">Much less do lying lips a prince.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A gift </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is as</span></span><span class="content"> a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="content">Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="content">But he that repeateth a matter separateth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">very</span></span><span class="content"> friends.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A reproof entereth more into a wise man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="content">Than an hundred stripes into a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">An evil </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> seeketh only rebellion:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="content">Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="content">Rather than a fool in his folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoso rewardeth evil for good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="content">Evil shall not depart from his house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The beginning of strife </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is as</span></span><span class="content"> when one letteth out water:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="content">Therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="content">Even they both </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> abomination to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Wherefore </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is there</span></span><span class="content"> a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="content">Seeing </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he hath</span></span><span class="content"> no heart </span><span class="add"><span class="content">to it?</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A friend loveth at all times,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="content">And a brother is born for adversity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A man void of understanding striketh hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> becometh surety in the presence of his friend.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He loveth transgression that loveth strife:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He that hath a froward heart findeth no good:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="content">And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He that begetteth a fool </span><span class="add"><span class="content">doeth it</span></span><span class="content"> to his sorrow:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="content">And the father of a fool hath no joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A merry heart doeth good </span><span class="add"><span class="content">like</span></span><span class="content"> a medicine:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">But a broken spirit drieth the bones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> taketh a gift out of the bosom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="content">To pervert the ways of judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Wisdom </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> before him that hath understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="content">But the eyes of a fool </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> in the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A foolish son is a grief to his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="content">And bitterness to her that bare him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Also to punish the just </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> not good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Nor</span></span><span class="content"> to strike princes for equity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He that hath knowledge spareth his words:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> he that shutteth his lips </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is esteemed</span></span><span class="content"> a man of understanding.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.18.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> intermeddleth with all wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.18.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A fool hath no delight in understanding,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.18.2"><span class="content">But that his heart may discover itself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.18.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When the wicked cometh, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">then</span></span><span class="content"> cometh also contempt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.18.3"><span class="content">And with ignominy reproach.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.18.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The words of a man's mouth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are as</span></span><span class="content"> deep waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.18.4"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> the wellspring of wisdom </span><span class="add"><span class="content">as</span></span><span class="content"> a flowing brook.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> not good to accept the person of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.18.5"><span class="content">To overthrow the righteous in judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A fool's lips enter into contention,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.18.6"><span class="content">And his mouth calleth for strokes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A fool's mouth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> his destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.18.7"><span class="content">And his lips </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the snare of his soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.18.8"><span class="label">8</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 v8" data-usfm="PRO.18.8"><span class="content">And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.18.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He also that is slothful in his work</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.18.9"><span class="content">Is brother to him that is a great waster.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.18.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a strong tower:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.18.10"><span class="content">The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.18.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The rich man's wealth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> his strong city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.18.11"><span class="content">And as an high wall in his own conceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.18.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.18.12"><span class="content">And before honour </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> humility.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.18.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He that answereth a matter before he heareth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.18.13"><span class="content">It </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> folly and shame unto him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.18.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.18.14"><span class="content">But a wounded spirit who can bear?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.18.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.18.15"><span class="content">And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.18.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A man's gift maketh room for him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.18.16"><span class="content">And bringeth him before great men.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">He that is</span></span><span class="content"> first in his own cause </span><span class="add"><span class="content">seemeth</span></span><span class="content"> just;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.18.17"><span class="content">But his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.18.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The lot causeth contentions to cease,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.18.18"><span class="content">And parteth between the mighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.18.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A brother offended </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is harder to be won</span></span><span class="content"> than a strong city:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.18.19"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">their</span></span><span class="content"> contentions </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> like the bars of a castle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.18.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.18.20"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.18.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Death and life </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> in the power of the tongue:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.18.21"><span class="content">And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.18.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Whoso</span></span><span class="content"> findeth a wife findeth a good </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thing</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.18.22"><span class="content">And obtaineth favour of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.18.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The poor useth intreaties;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.18.23"><span class="content">But the rich answereth roughly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.18.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that hath</span></span><span class="content"> friends must shew himself friendly:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.18.24"><span class="content">And there is a friend </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> sticketh closer than a 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