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  <book number='20' name='' abbreviation='Spr' testament='old'>
    <chapter number='26'>
      <verse number='1'>As <strongs number="7950">snow</strongs>in <strongs number="7019">summer</strongs>, and as <strongs number="4306">rain</strongs>in <strongs number="7105">harvest</strongs>, <strongs number="3651">so</strongs><strongs number="3519">honor</strongs>is <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="5000">seemly</strongs>for a <strongs number="3684">fool</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='2'>As the <strongs number="6833">bird</strongs>by <strongs number="5110">wandering</strongs>, as the <strongs number="1866">swallow</strongs>by <strongs number="5774">flying</strongs>, <strongs number="3651">so</strongs>the <strongs number="7045">curse</strongs><strongs number="2600">causeless</strongs>shall <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="935">come</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='3'>A <strongs number="7752">whip</strongs>for the <strongs number="5483">horse</strongs>, a <strongs number="4964">bridle</strongs>for the <strongs number="2543">ass</strongs>, and a <strongs number="7626">rod</strongs>for the <strongs number="3684">fool</strongs>'s <strongs number="1460">back</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='4'><strongs number="6030">Answer</strongs><strongs number="408">not</strongs>a <strongs number="3684">fool</strongs>according to his <strongs number="200">folly</strongs>, <strongs number="6435">lest</strongs><strongs number="859">thou</strongs><strongs number="1571">also</strongs>be <strongs number="7737">like</strongs>unto him. </verse>
      <verse number='5'><strongs number="6030">Answer</strongs>a <strongs number="3684">fool</strongs>according to his <strongs number="200">folly</strongs>, <strongs number="6435">lest</strongs>he <strongs number="1961">be</strongs><strongs number="2450">wise</strongs>in his own <strongs number="5869">conceit</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='6'>He that <strongs number="7971">sendeth</strongs>a <strongs number="1697">message</strongs>by the <strongs number="3027">hand</strongs>of a <strongs number="3684">fool</strongs>cutteth <strongs number="7096">off</strongs>the <strongs number="7272">feet</strongs>, <em> and </em><strongs number="8354">drinketh</strongs><strongs number="2555">damage</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='7'>The <strongs number="7785">legs</strongs>of the <strongs number="4480 6455">lame</strongs>are not <strongs number="1809">equal</strongs>: so <em> is </em>a <strongs number="4912">parable</strongs>in the <strongs number="6310">mouth</strongs>of <strongs number="3684">fools</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='8'>As he that <strongs number="6887">bindeth</strongs>a <strongs number="68">stone</strongs>in a <strongs number="4773">sling</strongs>, <strongs number="3651">so</strongs><em> is </em>he that <strongs number="5414">giveth</strongs><strongs number="3519">honor</strongs>to a <strongs number="3684">fool</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='9'><em> As </em>a <strongs number="2336">thorn</strongs>goeth <strongs number="5927">up</strongs>into the <strongs number="3027">hand</strongs>of a <strongs number="7910">drunkard</strongs>, so <em> is </em>a <strongs number="4912">parable</strongs>in the <strongs number="6310">mouth</strongs>of <strongs number="3684">fools</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='10'>The <strongs number="7227">great</strongs><em> God </em>that <strongs number="2342">formed</strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs><em> things </em>both <strongs number="7936">rewardeth</strongs>the <strongs number="3684">fool</strongs>, and <strongs number="7936">rewardeth</strongs><strongs number="5674">transgressors</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='11'>As a <strongs number="3611">dog</strongs><strongs number="7725">returneth</strongs><strongs number="5921">to</strongs>his <strongs number="6892">vomit</strongs>, <em> so </em>a <strongs number="3684">fool</strongs><strongs number="8138">returneth</strongs>to his <strongs number="200">folly</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='12'><strongs number="7200">Seest</strongs>thou a <strongs number="376">man</strongs><strongs number="2450">wise</strongs>in his own <strongs number="5869">conceit</strongs>? <em> there </em><em> is </em>more <strongs number="8615">hope</strongs>of a <strongs number="3684">fool</strongs>than <strongs number="4480">of</strongs>him. </verse>
      <verse number='13'>The <strongs number="6102">slothful</strongs><em> man </em><strongs number="559">saith</strongs>, <em> There </em><em> is </em>a <strongs number="7826">lion</strongs>in the <strongs number="1870">way</strongs>; a <strongs number="738">lion</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="996">in</strongs>the <strongs number="7339">streets</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='14'><em> As </em>the <strongs number="1817">door</strongs><strongs number="5437">turneth</strongs><strongs number="5921">upon</strongs>his <strongs number="6735">hinges</strongs>, so <em> doth </em>the <strongs number="6102">slothful</strongs><strongs number="5921">upon</strongs>his <strongs number="4296">bed</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='15'>The <strongs number="6102">slothful</strongs><strongs number="2934">hideth</strongs>his <strongs number="3027">hand</strongs>in <em> his </em><strongs number="6747">bosom</strongs>; it <strongs number="3811">grieveth</strongs>him to bring it <strongs number="7725">again</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs>his <strongs number="6310">mouth</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='16'>The <strongs number="6102">sluggard</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="2450">wiser</strongs>in his own <strongs number="5869">conceit</strongs>than <strongs number="4480 7651">seven</strongs>men that can <strongs number="7725">render</strongs>a <strongs number="2940">reason</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='17'>He that passeth <strongs number="5674">by</strongs>, <em> and </em><strongs number="5674">meddleth</strongs><strongs number="5921">with</strongs><strongs number="7379">strife</strongs><em> belonging </em><strongs number="3808">not</strongs>to him, <em> is </em><em> like </em>one that <strongs number="2388">taketh</strongs>a <strongs number="3611">dog</strongs>by the <strongs number="241">ears</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='18'>As a <strongs number="3856">mad</strongs><em> man </em>who <strongs number="3384">casteth</strongs><strongs number="2131">firebrands</strongs>, <strongs number="2671">arrows</strongs>, and <strongs number="4194">death</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='19'><strongs number="3651">So</strongs><em> is </em>the <strongs number="376">man</strongs><em> that </em><strongs number="7411">deceiveth</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>his <strongs number="7453">neighbor</strongs>, and <strongs number="559">saith</strongs>, Am <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="589">I</strongs>in <strongs number="7832">sport</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='20'>Where <strongs number="657">no</strongs><strongs number="6086">wood</strongs>is, <em> there </em>the <strongs number="784">fire</strongs>goeth <strongs number="3518">out</strongs>: so where <em> there </em><em> is </em><strongs number="369">no</strongs><strongs number="5372">talebearer</strongs>, the <strongs number="4066">strife</strongs><strongs number="8367">ceaseth</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='21'><em> As </em><strongs number="6352">coals</strongs><em> are </em>to burning <strongs number="1513">coals</strongs>, and <strongs number="6086">wood</strongs>to <strongs number="784">fire</strongs>; so <em> is </em>a <strongs number="4079">contentious</strongs><strongs number="376">man</strongs>to <strongs number="2787">kindle</strongs><strongs number="7379">strife</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='22'>The <strongs number="1697">words</strongs>of a <strongs number="5372">talebearer</strongs><em> are </em>as <strongs number="3859">wounds</strongs>, and <strongs number="1992">they</strongs>go <strongs number="3381">down</strongs>into the innermost <strongs number="2315">parts</strongs>of the <strongs number="990">belly</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='23'><strongs number="1814">Burning</strongs><strongs number="8193">lips</strongs>and a <strongs number="7451">wicked</strongs><strongs number="3820">heart</strongs><em> are </em><em> like </em>a <strongs number="2789">potsherd</strongs><strongs number="6823">covered</strongs>with <strongs number="3701">silver</strongs><strongs number="5509">dross</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='24'>He that <strongs number="8130">hateth</strongs><strongs number="5234">dissembleth</strongs>with his <strongs number="8193">lips</strongs>, and layeth <strongs number="7896">up</strongs><strongs number="4820">deceit</strongs><strongs number="7130">within</strongs>him; </verse>
      <verse number='25'><strongs number="3588">When</strongs>he <strongs number="6963">speaketh</strongs><strongs number="2603">fair</strongs>, <strongs number="539">believe</strongs>him <strongs number="408">not</strongs>: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs><em> there </em><em> are </em><strongs number="7651">seven</strongs><strongs number="8441">abominations</strongs>in his <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='26'><em> Whose </em><strongs number="8135">hatred</strongs>is <strongs number="3680">covered</strongs>by <strongs number="4860">deceit</strongs>, his <strongs number="7451">wickedness</strongs>shall be <strongs number="1540">showed</strongs>before the <em> whole </em><strongs number="6951">congregation</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='27'>Whoso <strongs number="3738">diggeth</strongs>a <strongs number="7845">pit</strongs>shall <strongs number="5307">fall</strongs>therein: and he that <strongs number="1556">rolleth</strongs>a <strongs number="68">stone</strongs>, it will <strongs number="7725">return</strongs><strongs number="413">upon</strongs>him. </verse>
      <verse number='28'>A <strongs number="8267">lying</strongs><strongs number="3956">tongue</strongs><strongs number="8130">hateth</strongs><em> those </em><em> that </em><em> are </em><strongs number="1790">afflicted</strongs>by it; and a <strongs number="2509">flattering</strongs><strongs number="6310">mouth</strongs><strongs number="6213">worketh</strongs><strongs number="4072">ruin</strongs>. </verse>
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