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