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