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  <book number='20' name='' abbreviation='Spr' testament='old'>
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      <verse number='1'><strongs number="428">These</strongs><em> are </em><strongs number="1571">also</strongs><strongs number="4912">proverbs</strongs>of <strongs number="8010">Solomon</strongs>, <strongs number="834">which</strongs>the <strongs number="376">men</strongs>of <strongs number="2396">Hezekiah</strongs><strongs number="4428">king</strongs>of <strongs number="3063">Judah</strongs>copied <strongs number="6275">out</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='2'><em> It </em><em> is </em>the <strongs number="3519">glory</strongs>of <strongs number="430">God</strongs>to <strongs number="5641">conceal</strongs>a <strongs number="1697">thing</strongs>: but the <strongs number="3519">honor</strongs>of <strongs number="4428">kings</strongs><em> is </em>to search <strongs number="2713">out</strongs>a <strongs number="1697">matter</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='3'>The <strongs number="8064">heaven</strongs>for <strongs number="7312">height</strongs>, and the <strongs number="776">earth</strongs>for <strongs number="6011">depth</strongs>, and the <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>of <strongs number="4428">kings</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="369 2714">unsearchable</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='4'>Take <strongs number="1898">away</strongs>the <strongs number="5509">dross</strongs>from the <strongs number="4480 3701">silver</strongs>, and there shall come <strongs number="3318">forth</strongs>a <strongs number="3627">vessel</strongs>for the <strongs number="6884">refiner</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='5'>Take <strongs number="1898">away</strongs>the <strongs number="7563">wicked</strongs><em> from </em><strongs number="6440">before</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>, and his <strongs number="3678">throne</strongs>shall be <strongs number="3559">established</strongs>in <strongs number="6664">righteousness</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='6'>Put not forth <strongs number="408 1921">thyself</strongs>in the <strongs number="6440">presence</strongs>of the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>, and <strongs number="5975">stand</strongs><strongs number="408">not</strongs>in the <strongs number="4725">place</strongs>of <strongs number="1419">great</strongs><em> men </em>: </verse>
      <verse number='7'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs><strongs number="2896">better</strongs><em> it </em><em> is </em>that it be <strongs number="559">said</strongs>unto thee, Come <strongs number="5927">up</strongs><strongs number="2008">hither</strongs>; than that thou shouldest be put <strongs number="4480 8213">lower</strongs>in the <strongs number="6440">presence</strongs>of the <strongs number="5081">prince</strongs><strongs number="834">whom</strongs>thine <strongs number="5869">eyes</strongs>have <strongs number="7200">seen</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='8'>Go not <strongs number="3318 408">forth</strongs><strongs number="4118">hastily</strongs>to <strongs number="7378">strive</strongs>, <strongs number="6435">lest</strongs><em> thou </em><em> know </em><em> not </em><strongs number="4100">what</strongs>to <strongs number="6213">do</strongs>in the <strongs number="319">end</strongs>thereof, when thy <strongs number="7453">neighbor</strongs>hath put thee to <strongs number="3637 *853">shame</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='9'><strongs number="7378">Debate</strongs>thy <strongs number="7379">cause</strongs><strongs number="854">with</strongs>thy <strongs number="7453">neighbor</strongs><em> himself </em>; and <strongs number="1540">discover</strongs><strongs number="408">not</strongs>a <strongs number="5475">secret</strongs>to <strongs number="312">another</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='10'><strongs number="6435">Lest</strongs>he that <strongs number="8085">heareth</strongs><em> it </em>put thee to <strongs number="2616">shame</strongs>, and thine <strongs number="1681">infamy</strongs>turn not <strongs number="3808 7725">away</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='11'>A <strongs number="1697">word</strongs><strongs number="5921 655">fitly</strongs><strongs number="1696">spoken</strongs><em> is </em><em> like </em><strongs number="8598">apples</strongs>of <strongs number="2091">gold</strongs>in <strongs number="4906">pictures</strongs>of <strongs number="3701">silver</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='12'><em> As </em>an <strongs number="5141">earring</strongs>of <strongs number="2091">gold</strongs>, and an <strongs number="2481">ornament</strongs>of fine <strongs number="3800">gold</strongs>, <em> so </em><em> is </em>a <strongs number="2450">wise</strongs><strongs number="3198">reprover</strongs><strongs number="5921">upon</strongs>an <strongs number="8085">obedient</strongs><strongs number="241">ear</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='13'>As the <strongs number="6793">cold</strongs>of <strongs number="7950">snow</strongs>in the <strongs number="3117">time</strongs>of <strongs number="7105">harvest</strongs>, <em> so </em><em> is </em>a <strongs number="539">faithful</strongs><strongs number="6735">messenger</strongs>to them that <strongs number="7971">send</strongs>him: for he <strongs number="7725">refresheth</strongs>the <strongs number="5315">soul</strongs>of his <strongs number="113">masters</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='14'><strongs number="376">Whoso</strongs>boasteth <strongs number="1984">himself</strongs>of a <strongs number="8267">false</strongs><strongs number="4991">gift</strongs><em> is </em><em> like </em><strongs number="5387">clouds</strongs>and <strongs number="7307">wind</strongs><strongs number="369">without</strongs><strongs number="1653">rain</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='15'>By <strongs number="753">long</strongs><strongs number="639">forbearing</strongs>is a <strongs number="7101">prince</strongs><strongs number="6601">persuaded</strongs>, and a <strongs number="7390">soft</strongs><strongs number="3956">tongue</strongs><strongs number="7665">breaketh</strongs>the <strongs number="1634">bone</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='16'>Hast thou <strongs number="4672">found</strongs><strongs number="1706">honey</strongs>? <strongs number="398">eat</strongs>so much as is <strongs number="1767">sufficient</strongs>for thee, <strongs number="6435">lest</strongs>thou be <strongs number="7646">filled</strongs>therewith, and <strongs number="6958">vomit</strongs>it. </verse>
      <verse number='17'><strongs number="3365">Withdraw</strongs>thy <strongs number="7272">foot</strongs>from thy <strongs number="7453">neighbor</strongs>'s <strongs number="4480 1004">house</strongs>; <strongs number="6435">lest</strongs>he be <strongs number="7646">weary</strongs>of thee, and <em> so </em><strongs number="8130">hate</strongs>thee. </verse>
      <verse number='18'>A <strongs number="376">man</strongs>that <strongs number="6030">beareth</strongs><strongs number="8267">false</strongs><strongs number="5707">witness</strongs>against his <strongs number="7453">neighbor</strongs><em> is </em>a <strongs number="4650">maul</strongs>, and a <strongs number="2719">sword</strongs>, and a <strongs number="8150">sharp</strongs><strongs number="2671">arrow</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='19'><strongs number="4009">Confidence</strongs>in an unfaithful <strongs number="898">man</strongs>in <strongs number="3117">time</strongs>of <strongs number="6869">trouble</strongs><em> is </em><em> like </em>a <strongs number="7465">broken</strongs><strongs number="8127">tooth</strongs>, and a <strongs number="7272">foot</strongs>out of <strongs number="4154">joint</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='20'><em> As </em>he that taketh <strongs number="5710">away</strongs>a <strongs number="899">garment</strongs>in <strongs number="7135">cold</strongs><strongs number="3117">weather</strongs>, <em> and </em><em> as </em><strongs number="2558">vinegar</strongs><strongs number="5921">upon</strongs><strongs number="5427">niter</strongs>, so <em> is </em>he that <strongs number="7891">singeth</strongs><strongs number="7892">songs</strongs><strongs number="5921">to</strongs>a <strongs number="7451">heavy</strongs><strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='21'><strongs number="518">If</strongs>thine <strongs number="8130">enemy</strongs>be <strongs number="7457">hungry</strongs>, give him <strongs number="3899">bread</strongs>to <strongs number="398">eat</strongs>; and <strongs number="518">if</strongs>he be <strongs number="6771">thirsty</strongs>, give him <strongs number="4325">water</strongs>to <strongs number="8248">drink</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='22'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs><strongs number="859">thou</strongs>shalt <strongs number="2846">heap</strongs>coals of <strongs number="1513">fire</strongs><strongs number="5921">upon</strongs>his <strongs number="7218">head</strongs>, and the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>shall <strongs number="7999">reward</strongs>thee. </verse>
      <verse number='23'>The <strongs number="6828">north</strongs><strongs number="7307">wind</strongs>driveth <strongs number="2342">away</strongs><strongs number="1653">rain</strongs>: so <em> doth </em>an <strongs number="2194">angry</strongs><strongs number="6440">countenance</strongs>a <strongs number="5643">backbiting</strongs><strongs number="3956">tongue</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='24'><em> It </em><em> is </em><strongs number="2896">better</strongs>to <strongs number="3427">dwell</strongs><strongs number="5921">in</strongs>the <strongs number="6438">corner</strongs>of the <strongs number="1406">housetop</strongs>, than with a brawling <strongs number="4480 802 4079">woman</strongs>and in a <strongs number="2267">wide</strongs><strongs number="1004">house</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='25'><em> As </em><strongs number="7119">cold</strongs><strongs number="4325">waters</strongs><strongs number="5921">to</strongs>a <strongs number="5889">thirsty</strongs><strongs number="5315">soul</strongs>, so <em> is </em><strongs number="2896">good</strongs><strongs number="8052">news</strongs>from a far <strongs number="4480 776 4801">country</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='26'>A <strongs number="6662">righteous</strongs>man falling <strongs number="4131">down</strongs><strongs number="6440">before</strongs>the <strongs number="7563">wicked</strongs><em> is </em><em> as </em>a <strongs number="7515">troubled</strongs><strongs number="4599">fountain</strongs>, and a <strongs number="7843">corrupt</strongs><strongs number="4726">spring</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='27'><em> It </em><em> is </em><strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="2896">good</strongs>to <strongs number="398">eat</strongs><strongs number="7235">much</strongs><strongs number="1706">honey</strongs>: so <em> for </em><em> men </em>to <strongs number="2714">search</strongs>their own <strongs number="3519">glory</strongs><em> is </em><em> not </em><strongs number="3519">glory</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='28'><strongs number="376">He</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs><em> hath </em><strongs number="369">no</strongs>rule <strongs number="4623">over</strongs>his own <strongs number="7307">spirit</strongs><em> is </em><em> like </em>a <strongs number="5892">city</strongs><em> that </em><em> is </em>broken <strongs number="6555">down</strongs>, <em> and </em><strongs number="369">without</strongs><strongs number="2346">walls</strongs>. </verse>
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