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