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  <book number='20' name='' abbreviation='Spr' testament='old'>
    <chapter number='23'>
      <verse number='1'><strongs number="3588">When</strongs>thou <strongs number="3427">sittest</strongs>to <strongs number="3898">eat</strongs><strongs number="854">with</strongs>a <strongs number="4910">ruler</strongs>, consider <strongs number="995 995">diligently</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="834">what</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="6440">before</strongs>thee: </verse>
      <verse number='2'>And <strongs number="7760">put</strongs>a <strongs number="7915">knife</strongs>to thy <strongs number="3930">throat</strongs>, <strongs number="518">if</strongs><strongs number="859">thou</strongs><em> be </em>a <strongs number="1167">man</strongs>given to <strongs number="5315">appetite</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='3'>Be <strongs number="408">not</strongs><strongs number="183">desirous</strongs>of his <strongs number="4303">dainties</strongs>: for <strongs number="1931">they</strongs><em> are </em><strongs number="3577">deceitful</strongs><strongs number="3899">meat</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='4'><strongs number="3021">Labor</strongs><strongs number="408">not</strongs>to be <strongs number="6238">rich</strongs>: <strongs number="2308">cease</strongs><strongs number="4480">from</strongs>thine own <strongs number="998">wisdom</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='5'>Wilt thou <strongs number="5774">set</strongs>thine <strongs number="5869">eyes</strongs>upon that which is <strongs number="369">not</strongs>? <strongs number="3588">for</strongs><em> riches </em>certainly <strongs number="6213 6213">make</strongs>themselves <strongs number="3671">wings</strongs>; they fly <strongs number="5774">away</strongs>as an <strongs number="5404">eagle</strongs>toward <strongs number="8064">heaven</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='6'><strongs number="3898">Eat</strongs>thou <strongs number="408">not</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="3899">bread</strongs>of <em> him </em><em> that </em><em> hath </em>an <strongs number="7451">evil</strongs><strongs number="5869">eye</strongs>, <strongs number="408">neither</strongs><strongs number="183">desire</strongs>thou his dainty <strongs number="4303">meats</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='7'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs><strongs number="3644">as</strongs>he <strongs number="8176">thinketh</strongs>in his <strongs number="5315">heart</strongs>, <strongs number="3651">so</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="1931">he</strongs>: <strongs number="398">Eat</strongs>and <strongs number="8354">drink</strongs>, <strongs number="559">saith</strongs>he to thee; but his <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="1077">not</strongs>with <strongs number="5973">thee</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='8'>The <strongs number="6595">morsel</strongs><em> which </em>thou hast <strongs number="398">eaten</strongs>shalt thou vomit <strongs number="6958">up</strongs>, and <strongs number="7843">lose</strongs>thy <strongs number="5273">sweet</strongs><strongs number="1697">words</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='9'><strongs number="1696">Speak</strongs><strongs number="408">not</strongs>in the <strongs number="241">ears</strongs>of a <strongs number="3684">fool</strongs>: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>he will <strongs number="936">despise</strongs>the <strongs number="7922">wisdom</strongs>of thy <strongs number="4405">words</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='10'><strongs number="5253">Remove</strongs><strongs number="408">not</strongs>the <strongs number="5769">old</strongs><strongs number="1366">landmark</strongs>; and <strongs number="935">enter</strongs><strongs number="408">not</strongs>into the <strongs number="7704">fields</strongs>of the <strongs number="3490">fatherless</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='11'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs>their <strongs number="1350">redeemer</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="2389">mighty</strongs>; <strongs number="1931">he</strongs>shall <strongs number="7378">plead</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>their <strongs number="7379">cause</strongs><strongs number="854">with</strongs>thee. </verse>
      <verse number='12'><strongs number="935">Apply</strongs>thine <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>unto <strongs number="4148">instruction</strongs>, and thine <strongs number="241">ears</strongs>to the <strongs number="561">words</strongs>of <strongs number="1847">knowledge</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='13'><strongs number="4513">Withhold</strongs><strongs number="408">not</strongs><strongs number="4148">correction</strongs>from the <strongs number="4480 5288">child</strongs>: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs><em> if </em>thou <strongs number="5221">beatest</strongs>him with the <strongs number="7626">rod</strongs>, he shall <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="4191">die</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='14'><strongs number="859">Thou</strongs>shalt <strongs number="5221">beat</strongs>him with the <strongs number="7626">rod</strongs>, and shalt <strongs number="5337">deliver</strongs>his <strongs number="5315">soul</strongs>from <strongs number="4480 7585">hell</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='15'>My <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>, <strongs number="518">if</strongs>thine <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>be <strongs number="2449">wise</strongs>, my <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>shall <strongs number="8055">rejoice</strongs>, <strongs number="1571">even</strongs><strongs number="589">mine</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='16'>Yea, my <strongs number="3629">reins</strongs>shall <strongs number="5937">rejoice</strongs>, when thy <strongs number="8193">lips</strongs><strongs number="1696">speak</strongs>right <strongs number="4339">things</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='17'>Let <strongs number="408">not</strongs>thine <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs><strongs number="7065">envy</strongs><strongs number="2400">sinners</strongs>: <strongs number="3588">but</strongs><em> be </em><em> thou </em>in the <strongs number="3374">fear</strongs>of the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="3117">day</strongs>long. </verse>
      <verse number='18'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs><strongs number="518">surely</strongs>there <strongs number="3426">is</strongs>an <strongs number="319">end</strongs>; and thine <strongs number="8615">expectation</strongs>shall <strongs number="3808">not</strongs>be cut <strongs number="3772">off</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='19'><strongs number="8085">Hear</strongs><strongs number="859">thou</strongs>, my <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>, and be <strongs number="2449">wise</strongs>, and <strongs number="833">guide</strongs>thine <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>in the <strongs number="1870">way</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='20'><strongs number="1961">Be</strongs><strongs number="408">not</strongs>among <strongs number="5433 3196">winebibbers</strongs>; among riotous <strongs number="2151">eaters</strongs>of <strongs number="1320">flesh</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='21'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs>the <strongs number="5433">drunkard</strongs>and the <strongs number="2151">glutton</strongs>shall come to <strongs number="3423">poverty</strongs>: and <strongs number="5124">drowsiness</strongs>shall <strongs number="3847">clothe</strongs><em> a </em><em> man </em>with <strongs number="7168">rags</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='22'><strongs number="8085">Hearken</strongs>unto thy <strongs number="1">father</strongs><strongs number="2088">that</strongs><strongs number="3205">begot</strongs>thee, and <strongs number="936">despise</strongs><strongs number="408">not</strongs>thy <strongs number="517">mother</strongs><strongs number="3588">when</strongs>she is <strongs number="2204">old</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='23'><strongs number="7069">Buy</strongs>the <strongs number="571">truth</strongs>, and <strongs number="4376">sell</strongs><em> it </em><strongs number="408">not</strongs>; <em> also </em><strongs number="2451">wisdom</strongs>, and <strongs number="4148">instruction</strongs>, and <strongs number="998">understanding</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='24'>The <strongs number="1">father</strongs>of the <strongs number="6662">righteous</strongs>shall greatly <strongs number="1523 1523">rejoice</strongs>: and he that <strongs number="3205">begetteth</strongs>a <strongs number="2450">wise</strongs><em> child </em>shall have <strongs number="8055">joy</strongs>of him. </verse>
      <verse number='25'>Thy <strongs number="1">father</strongs>and thy <strongs number="517">mother</strongs>shall be <strongs number="8055">glad</strongs>, and she that <strongs number="3205">bore</strongs>thee shall <strongs number="1523">rejoice</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='26'>My <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>, <strongs number="5414">give</strongs>me thine <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>, and let thine <strongs number="5869">eyes</strongs><strongs number="5341">observe</strongs>my <strongs number="1870">ways</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='27'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs>a <strongs number="2181">whore</strongs><em> is </em>a <strongs number="6013">deep</strongs><strongs number="7745">ditch</strongs>; and a <strongs number="5237">strange</strongs>woman <em> is </em>a <strongs number="6862">narrow</strongs><strongs number="875">pit</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='28'><strongs number="1931">She</strongs><strongs number="637">also</strongs>lieth in <strongs number="693">wait</strongs>as <em> for </em>a <strongs number="2863">prey</strongs>, and <strongs number="3254">increaseth</strongs>the <strongs number="898">transgressors</strongs>among <strongs number="120">men</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='29'><strongs number="4310">Who</strongs>hath <strongs number="188">woe</strongs>? <strongs number="4310">who</strongs>hath <strongs number="17">sorrow</strongs>? <strongs number="4310">who</strongs>hath <strongs number="4079">contentions</strongs>? <strongs number="4310">who</strongs>hath <strongs number="7879">babbling</strongs>? <strongs number="4310">who</strongs>hath <strongs number="6482">wounds</strongs>without <strongs number="2600">cause</strongs>? <strongs number="4310">who</strongs>hath <strongs number="2448">redness</strongs>of <strongs number="5869">eyes</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='30'>They that tarry <strongs number="309">long</strongs><strongs number="5921">at</strongs>the <strongs number="3196">wine</strongs>; they that <strongs number="935">go</strongs>to <strongs number="2713">seek</strongs>mixed <strongs number="4469">wine</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='31'><strongs number="7200">Look</strongs><strongs number="408">not</strongs>thou upon the <strongs number="3196">wine</strongs><strongs number="3588">when</strongs>it is <strongs number="119">red</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">when</strongs>it <strongs number="5414">giveth</strongs>his <strongs number="5869">color</strongs>in the <strongs number="3563">cup</strongs>, <em> when </em>it moveth <strongs number="1980">itself</strongs><strongs number="4339">aright</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='32'>At the <strongs number="319">last</strongs>it <strongs number="5391">biteth</strongs>like a <strongs number="5175">serpent</strongs>, and <strongs number="6567">stingeth</strongs>like an <strongs number="6848">adder</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='33'>Thine <strongs number="5869">eyes</strongs>shall <strongs number="7200">behold</strongs>strange <strongs number="2114">women</strongs>, and thine <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>shall <strongs number="1696">utter</strongs>perverse <strongs number="8419">things</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='34'>Yea, thou shalt <strongs number="1961">be</strongs>as he that lieth <strongs number="7901">down</strongs>in the <strongs number="3820">midst</strongs>of the <strongs number="3220">sea</strongs>, or as he that <strongs number="7901">lieth</strongs>upon the <strongs number="7218">top</strongs>of a <strongs number="2260">mast</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='35'>They have <strongs number="5221">stricken</strongs>me, <em> shalt </em><em> thou </em><em> say, </em><em> and </em>I was <strongs number="1077">not</strongs><strongs number="2470">sick</strongs>; they have <strongs number="1986">beaten</strongs>me, <em> and </em>I <strongs number="3045">felt</strongs><em> it </em><strongs number="1077">not</strongs>: <strongs number="4970">when</strongs>shall I <strongs number="6974">awake</strongs>? I will <strongs number="1245">seek</strongs>it <strongs number="3254">yet</strongs><strongs number="5750">again</strongs>. </verse>
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