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