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