<vn='1'><sn="2896">Better</s> is a <sn="2720">dry</s><sn="6595">morsel</s>, and <sn="7962">quietness</s> therewith, than a <sn="4480 1004">house</s><sn="4392">full</s> of <sn="2077">sacrifices</s> with <sn="7379">strife</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>A <sn="7919">wise</s><sn="5650">servant</s> shall have <sn="4910">rule</s> over a <sn="1121">son</s> that causeth <sn="954">shame</s>, and shall have <sn="2505">part</s> of the <sn="5159">inheritance</s><sn="8432">among</s> the <sn="251">brethren</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>The refining <sn="4715">pot</s> is for <sn="3701">silver</s>, and the <sn="3564">furnace</s> for <sn="2091">gold</s>: but the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="974">trieth</s> the <sn="3826">hearts</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>A wicked <sn="7489">doer</s> giveth <sn="7181">heed</s><sn="5921">to</s><sn="205">false</s><sn="8193">lips</s>; and a <sn="8267">liar</s> giveth <sn="238">ear</s><sn="5921">to</s> a <sn="1942">naughty</s><sn="3956">tongue</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Whoso <sn="3932">mocketh</s> the <sn="7326">poor</s><sn="2778">reproacheth</s> his <sn="6213">Maker</s>: and he that is <sn="8056">glad</s> at <sn="343">calamities</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="5352">unpunished</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1121">Children</s> 's <sn="1121">children</s> are the <sn="5850">crown</s> of old <sn="2205">men</s>; and the <sn="8597">glory</s> of <sn="1121">children</s> are their <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3499">Excellent</s><sn="8193">speech</s><sn="5000">becometh</s><sn="3808">not</s> a <sn="5036">fool</s>: much <sn="637 3588">less</s> do <sn="8267">lying</s><sn="8193">lips</s> a <sn="5081">prince</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>A <sn="7810">gift</s> is as a <sn="2580">precious</s><sn="68">stone</s> in the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of him that <sn="1167">hath</s> it: <sn="413 3605 834">whithersoever</s> it <sn="6437">turneth</s>, it <sn="7919">prospereth</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>He that <sn="3680">covereth</s> a <sn="6588">transgression</s><sn="1245">seeketh</s><sn="160">love</s>; but he that <sn="8138">repeateth</s> a <sn="1697">matter</s><sn="6504">separateth</s> very <sn="441">friends</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>A <sn="1606">reproof</s> entereth <sn="5181">more</s> into a <sn="995">wise</s> man than a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="4480 5221">stripes</s> into a <sn="3684">fool</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>An <sn="7451">evil</s> man <sn="1245">seeketh</s><sn="389">only</s><sn="4805">rebellion</s>: therefore a <sn="394">cruel</s><sn="4397">messenger</s> shall be <sn="7971">sent</s> against him. </v>
<vn='12'>Let a <sn="1677">bear</s><sn="7909">robbed</s> of her whelps <sn="6298">meet</s> a <sn="376">man</s>, <sn="408">rather</s> than a <sn="3684">fool</s> in his <sn="200">folly</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Whoso <sn="7725">rewardeth</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="8478">for</s><sn="2896">good</s>, <sn="7451">evil</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4185">depart</s> from his <sn="4480 1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>The <sn="7225">beginning</s> of <sn="4066">strife</s> is as when one letteth <sn="6362">out</s><sn="4325">water</s>: therefore leave <sn="5203">off</s><sn="7379">contention</s>, <sn="6440">before</s> it be meddled <sn="1566">with</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>He that <sn="6663">justifieth</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s>, and he that <sn="7561">condemneth</s> the <sn="6662">just</s>, <sn="1571">even</s> they <sn="8147">both</s> are <sn="8441">abomination</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="4100 2088">Wherefore</s> is there a <sn="4242">price</s> in the <sn="3027">hand</s> of a <sn="3684">fool</s> to <sn="7069">get</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s>, seeing he hath <sn="369">no</s><sn="3820">heart</s> to it? </v>
<vn='17'>A <sn="7453">friend</s><sn="157">loveth</s> at <sn="3605">all</s><sn="6256">times</s>, and a <sn="251">brother</s> is <sn="3205">born</s> for <sn="6869">adversity</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>A <sn="120">man</s><sn="2638">void</s> of <sn="3820">understanding</s><sn="8628">striketh</s><sn="3709">hands</s>, and <sn="6148">becometh</s><sn="6161">surety</s> in the <sn="6440">presence</s> of his <sn="7453">friend</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>He <sn="157">loveth</s><sn="6588">transgression</s> that <sn="157">loveth</s><sn="4683">strife</s>: and he that <sn="1361">exalteth</s> his <sn="6607">gate</s><sn="1245">seeketh</s><sn="7667">destruction</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>He that hath a <sn="6141">froward</s><sn="3820">heart</s><sn="4672">findeth</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="2896">good</s>: and he that hath a <sn="2015">perverse</s><sn="3956">tongue</s><sn="5307">falleth</s> into <sn="7451">mischief</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>He that <sn="3205">begetteth</s> a <sn="3684">fool</s> doeth it to his <sn="8424">sorrow</s>: and the <sn="1">father</s> of a <sn="5036">fool</s> hath <sn="3808">no</s><sn="8055">joy</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>A <sn="8056">merry</s><sn="3820">heart</s> doeth <sn="3190">good</s> like a <sn="1456">medicine</s>: but a <sn="5218">broken</s><sn="7307">spirit</s><sn="3001">drieth</s> the <sn="1634">bones</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>A <sn="7563">wicked</s> man <sn="3947">taketh</s> a <sn="7810">gift</s> out of the <sn="4480 2436">bosom</s> to <sn="5186">pervert</s> the <sn="734">ways</s> of <sn="4941">judgment</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="2451">Wisdom</s> is <sn="854 6440">before</s> him that hath <sn="995">understanding</s>; but the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of a <sn="3684">fool</s> are in the <sn="7097">ends</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>A <sn="3684">foolish</s><sn="1121">son</s> is a <sn="3708">grief</s> to his <sn="1">father</s>, and <sn="4470">bitterness</s> to her that <sn="3205">bore</s> him. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="1571">Also</s> to <sn="6064">punish</s> the <sn="6662">just</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2896">good</s>, nor to <sn="5221">strike</s><sn="5081">princes</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="3476">equity</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>He that hath <sn="3045 1847">knowledge</s><sn="2820">spareth</s> his <sn="561">words</s>: and a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="8394">understanding</s> is of an <sn="3368">excellent</s><sn="7307">spirit</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="1571">Even</s> a <sn="191">fool</s>, when he holdeth his <sn="2790">peace</s>, is <sn="2803">counted</s><sn="2450">wise</s>: and he that <sn="331">shutteth</s> his <sn="8193">lips</s> is esteemed a man of <sn="995">understanding</s>. </v>