<vn='1'>Through <sn="8378">desire</s> a man, having separated <sn="6504">himself</s>, <sn="1245">seeketh</s> and <sn="1566">intermeddleth</s> with <sn="3605">all</s><sn="8454">wisdom</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>A <sn="3684">fool</s> hath <sn="3808">no</s><sn="2654">delight</s> in <sn="8394">understanding</s>, <sn="3588 518">but</s> that his <sn="3820">heart</s> may discover <sn="1540">itself</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>When the <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="935">cometh</s>, then <sn="935">cometh</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="937">contempt</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s><sn="7036">ignominy</s><sn="2781">reproach</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>The <sn="1697">words</s> of a <sn="376">man</s> 's <sn="6310">mouth</s> are as <sn="6013">deep</s><sn="4325">waters</s>, and the <sn="4726">wellspring</s> of <sn="2451">wisdom</s> as a <sn="5042">flowing</s><sn="5158">brook</s>. </v>
<vn='5'> It is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2896">good</s> to <sn="5375">accept</s> the <sn="6440">person</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s>, to <sn="5186">overthrow</s> the <sn="6662">righteous</s> in <sn="4941">judgment</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>A <sn="3684">fool</s> 's <sn="8193">lips</s><sn="935">enter</s> into <sn="7379">contention</s>, and his <sn="6310">mouth</s><sn="7121">calleth</s> for <sn="4112">strokes</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>A <sn="3684">fool</s> 's <sn="6310">mouth</s> is his <sn="4288">destruction</s>, and his <sn="8193">lips</s> are the <sn="4170">snare</s> of his <sn="5315">soul</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>The <sn="1697">words</s> of a <sn="5372">talebearer</s> are as <sn="3859">wounds</s>, and <sn="1992">they</s> go <sn="3381">down</s> into the innermost <sn="2315">parts</s> of the <sn="990">belly</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1931">He</s><sn="1571">also</s> that is <sn="7503">slothful</s> in his <sn="4399">work</s> is <sn="251">brother</s> to him that is a <sn="1167">great</s><sn="4889">waster</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>The <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is a <sn="5797">strong</s><sn="4026">tower</s>: the <sn="6662">righteous</s><sn="7323">runneth</s> into it, and is <sn="7682">safe</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>The rich <sn="6223">man</s> 's <sn="1952">wealth</s> is his <sn="5797">strong</s><sn="7151">city</s>, and as a <sn="7682">high</s><sn="2346">wall</s> in his own <sn="4906">conceit</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="6440">Before</s><sn="7667">destruction</s> the <sn="3820">heart</s> of <sn="376">man</s> is <sn="1361">haughty</s>, and <sn="6440">before</s><sn="3519">honor</s> is <sn="6038">humility</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>He that <sn="7725">answereth</s> a <sn="1697">matter</s><sn="2962">before</s> he <sn="8085">heareth</s> it, <sn="1931">it</s> is <sn="200">folly</s> and <sn="3639">shame</s> unto him. </v>
<vn='14'>The <sn="7307">spirit</s> of a <sn="376">man</s> will <sn="3557">sustain</s> his <sn="4245">infirmity</s>; but a <sn="5218">wounded</s><sn="7307">spirit</s><sn="4310">who</s> can <sn="5375">bear</s>? </v>
<vn='15'>The <sn="3820">heart</s> of the <sn="995">prudent</s><sn="7069">getteth</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s>; and the <sn="241">ear</s> of the <sn="2450">wise</s><sn="1245">seeketh</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>A <sn="120">man</s> 's <sn="4976">gift</s> maketh <sn="7337">room</s> for him, and <sn="5148">bringeth</s> him <sn="6440">before</s><sn="1419">great</s> men. </v>
<vn='17'> He that is <sn="7223">first</s> in his own <sn="7379">cause</s> seemeth <sn="6662">just</s>; but his <sn="7453">neighbor</s><sn="935">cometh</s> and <sn="2713">searcheth</s> him. </v>
<vn='18'>The <sn="1486">lot</s> causeth <sn="4079">contentions</s> to <sn="7673">cease</s>, and <sn="6504">parteth</s><sn="996">between</s> the <sn="6099">mighty</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>A <sn="251">brother</s><sn="6586">offended</s> is harder to be won than a <sn="5797">strong</s><sn="4480 7151">city</s>: and their <sn="4079">contentions</s> are like the <sn="1280">bars</s> of a <sn="759">castle</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>A <sn="376">man</s> 's <sn="990">belly</s> shall be <sn="7646">satisfied</s> with the <sn="4480 6529">fruit</s> of his <sn="6310">mouth</s>; and with the <sn="8393">increase</s> of his <sn="8193">lips</s> shall he be <sn="7646">filled</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="4194">Death</s> and <sn="2416">life</s> are in the <sn="3027">power</s> of the <sn="3956">tongue</s>: and they that <sn="157">love</s> it shall <sn="398">eat</s> the <sn="6529">fruit</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='22'> Whoso <sn="4672">findeth</s> a <sn="802">wife</s><sn="4672">findeth</s> a <sn="2896">good</s> thing, and <sn="6329">obtaineth</s><sn="7522">favor</s> of the <sn="4480 3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>The <sn="7326">poor</s><sn="1696">useth</s><sn="8469">entreaties</s>; but the <sn="6223">rich</s><sn="6030">answereth</s><sn="5794">roughly</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>A <sn="376">man</s> that hath <sn="7453">friends</s> must show himself <sn="7489">friendly</s>: and there <sn="3426">is</s> a <sn="157">friend</s> that sticketh <sn="1695">closer</s> than a <sn="4480 251">brother</s>. </v>