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   <v n='1'>The <s n="4633">preparations</s> of the <s n="3820">heart</s> in <s n="120">man</s>, and the <s n="4617">answer</s> of the <s n="3956">tongue</s>, is from the <s n="4480 3068">LORD</s>. </v>
   <v n='2'><s n="3605">All</s> the <s n="1870">ways</s> of a <s n="376">man</s> are <s n="2134">clean</s> in his own <s n="5869">eyes</s>; but the <s n="3068">LORD</s> <s n="8505">weigheth</s> the <s n="7307">spirits</s>. </v>
   <v n='3'><s n="1556">Commit</s> thy <s n="4639">works</s> <s n="413">unto</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s>, and thy <s n="4284">thoughts</s> shall be <s n="3559">established</s>. </v>
   <v n='4'>The <s n="3068">LORD</s> hath <s n="6466">made</s> <s n="3605">all</s> things for <s n="4617">himself</s>: yea, <s n="1571">even</s> the <s n="7563">wicked</s> for the <s n="3117">day</s> of <s n="7451">evil</s>. </v>
   <v n='5'>Every <s n="3605">one</s> that is <s n="1362">proud</s> in <s n="3820">heart</s> is an <s n="8441">abomination</s> to the <s n="3068">LORD</s>: though <s n="3027">hand</s> join in <s n="3027">hand</s>, he shall <s n="3808">not</s> be <s n="5352">unpunished</s>. </v>
   <v n='6'>By <s n="2617">mercy</s> and <s n="571">truth</s> <s n="5771">iniquity</s> is <s n="3722">purged</s>: and by the <s n="3374">fear</s> of the <s n="3068">LORD</s> men <s n="5493">depart</s> from <s n="4480 7451">evil</s>. </v>
   <v n='7'>When a <s n="376">man</s> 's <s n="1870">ways</s> <s n="7521">please</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s>, he maketh <s n="1571">even</s> his <s n="341">enemies</s> to be at <s n="7999">peace</s> <s n="854">with</s> him. </v>
   <v n='8'><s n="2896">Better</s> is a <s n="4592">little</s> with <s n="6666">righteousness</s> than <s n="4480 7230">great</s> <s n="8393">revenues</s> <s n="3808">without</s> <s n="4941">right</s>. </v>
   <v n='9'>A <s n="120">man</s> 's <s n="3820">heart</s> <s n="2803">deviseth</s> his <s n="1870">way</s>: but the <s n="3068">LORD</s> <s n="3559">directeth</s> his <s n="6806">steps</s>. </v>
   <v n='10'>A divine <s n="7081">sentence</s> is <s n="5921">in</s> the <s n="8193">lips</s> of the <s n="4428">king</s>: his <s n="6310">mouth</s> <s n="4603">transgresseth</s> <s n="3808">not</s> in <s n="4941">judgment</s>. </v>
   <v n='11'>A <s n="4941">just</s> <s n="6425">weight</s> and <s n="3976">balance</s> are the <s n="3068">LORD</s> 's: <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="68">weights</s> of the <s n="3599">bag</s> are his <s n="4639">work</s>. </v>
   <v n='12'> It is an <s n="8441">abomination</s> to <s n="4428">kings</s> to <s n="6213">commit</s> <s n="7562">wickedness</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> the <s n="3678">throne</s> is <s n="3559">established</s> by <s n="6666">righteousness</s>. </v>
   <v n='13'><s n="6664">Righteous</s> <s n="8193">lips</s> are the <s n="7522">delight</s> of <s n="4428">kings</s>; and they <s n="157">love</s> him that <s n="1696">speaketh</s> <s n="3477">right</s>. </v>
   <v n='14'>The <s n="2534">wrath</s> of a <s n="4428">king</s> is as <s n="4397">messengers</s> of <s n="4194">death</s>: but a <s n="2450">wise</s> <s n="376">man</s> will <s n="3722">pacify</s> it. </v>
   <v n='15'>In the <s n="216">light</s> of the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="6440">countenance</s> is <s n="2416">life</s>; and his <s n="7522">favor</s> is as a <s n="5645">cloud</s> of the latter <s n="4456">rain</s>. </v>
   <v n='16'>How <s n="4100">much</s> <s n="2896">better</s> is it to <s n="7069">get</s> <s n="2451">wisdom</s> than <s n="4480 2742">gold</s>! and to <s n="7069">get</s> <s n="998">understanding</s> rather to be <s n="977">chosen</s> than <s n="4480 3701">silver</s>! </v>
   <v n='17'>The <s n="4546">highway</s> of the <s n="3477">upright</s> is to <s n="5493">depart</s> from <s n="4480 7451">evil</s>: he that <s n="5341">keepeth</s> his <s n="1870">way</s> <s n="8104">preserveth</s> his <s n="5315">soul</s>. </v>
   <v n='18'><s n="1347">Pride</s> goeth <s n="6440">before</s> <s n="7667">destruction</s>, and a <s n="1363">haughty</s> <s n="7307">spirit</s> <s n="6440">before</s> a <s n="3783">fall</s>. </v>
   <v n='19'><s n="2896">Better</s> it is to be of a <s n="8217">humble</s> <s n="7307">spirit</s> <s n="854">with</s> the <s n="6035">lowly</s>, than to <s n="4480 2505">divide</s> the <s n="7998">spoil</s> <s n="854">with</s> the <s n="1343">proud</s>. </v>
   <v n='20'>He that handleth a matter <s n="7919 5921 1697">wisely</s> shall <s n="4672">find</s> <s n="2896">good</s>: and whoso <s n="982">trusteth</s> in the <s n="3068">LORD</s>, <s n="835">happy</s> is he. </v>
   <v n='21'>The <s n="2450">wise</s> in <s n="3820">heart</s> shall be <s n="7121">called</s> <s n="995">prudent</s>: and the <s n="4986">sweetness</s> of the <s n="8193">lips</s> <s n="3254">increaseth</s> <s n="3948">learning</s>. </v>
   <v n='22'><s n="7922">Understanding</s> is a <s n="4726">wellspring</s> of <s n="2416">life</s> unto him that <s n="1167">hath</s> it: but the <s n="4148">instruction</s> of <s n="191">fools</s> is <s n="200">folly</s>. </v>
   <v n='23'>The <s n="3820">heart</s> of the <s n="2450">wise</s> <s n="7919">teacheth</s> his <s n="6310">mouth</s>, and <s n="3254">addeth</s> <s n="3948">learning</s> <s n="5921">to</s> his <s n="8193">lips</s>. </v>
   <v n='24'><s n="5278">Pleasant</s> <s n="561">words</s> are as a <s n="6688 1706">honeycomb</s>, <s n="4966">sweet</s> to the <s n="5315">soul</s>, and <s n="4832">health</s> to the <s n="6106">bones</s>. </v>
   <v n='25'>There <s n="3426">is</s> a <s n="1870">way</s> that <s n="6440">seemeth</s> <s n="3477">right</s> unto a <s n="376">man</s>, but the <s n="319">end</s> thereof are the <s n="1870">ways</s> of <s n="4194">death</s>. </v>
   <v n='26'><s n="5315">He</s> that <s n="6001">laboreth</s> <s n="5998">laboreth</s> for himself; <s n="3588">for</s> his <s n="6310">mouth</s> <s n="404">craveth</s> it <s n="5921">of</s> him. </v>
   <v n='27'>An <s n="1100">ungodly</s> <s n="376">man</s> diggeth <s n="3738">up</s> <s n="7451">evil</s>: and <s n="5921">in</s> his <s n="8193">lips</s> there is as a <s n="6867">burning</s> <s n="784">fire</s>. </v>
   <v n='28'>A <s n="8419">froward</s> <s n="376">man</s> <s n="7971">soweth</s> <s n="4066">strife</s>: and a <s n="5372">whisperer</s> <s n="6504">separateth</s> chief <s n="441">friends</s>. </v>
   <v n='29'>A <s n="2555">violent</s> <s n="376">man</s> <s n="6601">enticeth</s> his <s n="7453">neighbor</s>, and <s n="1980">leadeth</s> him into the <s n="1870">way</s> that is <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="2896">good</s>. </v>
   <v n='30'>He <s n="6095">shutteth</s> his <s n="5869">eyes</s> to <s n="2803">devise</s> froward <s n="8419">things</s>: <s n="7169">moving</s> his <s n="8193">lips</s> he bringeth evil to <s n="3615 7451">pass</s>. </v>
   <v n='31'>The <s n="7872">hoary</s> head is a <s n="5850">crown</s> of <s n="8597">glory</s>, if it be <s n="4672">found</s> in the <s n="1870">way</s> of <s n="6666">righteousness</s>. </v>
   <v n='32'> He that is <s n="750">slow</s> to <s n="639">anger</s> is <s n="2896">better</s> than the <s n="4480 1368">mighty</s>; and he that <s n="4910">ruleth</s> his <s n="7307">spirit</s> than he that <s n="4480 3920">taketh</s> a <s n="5892">city</s>. </v>
   <v n='33'><s n="*853"></s> The <s n="1486">lot</s> is <s n="2904">cast</s> into the <s n="2436">lap</s>; but the <s n="3605">whole</s> <s n="4941">disposing</s> thereof is of the <s n="4480 3068">LORD</s>. </v>
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