dynamicbible/xml/20-1.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<bible version='kjv' description='The King James Bible with Strongs Numbers' language='ENG' strongs='true'>
 <b n='20' name='' abbreviation='Spr' testament='old'>
  <ch n='1'>
   <v n='1'>The <s n="4912">proverbs</s> of <s n="8010">Solomon</s> the <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="1732">David</s>, <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="3478">Israel</s>; </v>
   <v n='2'>To <s n="3045">know</s> <s n="2451">wisdom</s> and <s n="4148">instruction</s>; to <s n="995">perceive</s> the <s n="561">words</s> of <s n="998">understanding</s>; </v>
   <v n='3'>To <s n="3947">receive</s> the <s n="4148">instruction</s> of <s n="7919">wisdom</s>, <s n="6664">justice</s>, and <s n="4941">judgment</s>, and <s n="4339">equity</s>; </v>
   <v n='4'>To <s n="5414">give</s> <s n="6195">subtlety</s> to the <s n="6612">simple</s>, to the young <s n="5288">man</s> <s n="1847">knowledge</s> and <s n="4209">discretion</s>. </v>
   <v n='5'>A <s n="2450">wise</s> man will <s n="8085">hear</s>, and will <s n="3254">increase</s> <s n="3948">learning</s>; and a man of <s n="995">understanding</s> shall <s n="7069">attain</s> unto wise <s n="8458">counsels</s>: </v>
   <v n='6'>To <s n="995">understand</s> a <s n="4912">proverb</s>, and the <s n="4426">interpretation</s>; the <s n="1697">words</s> of the <s n="2450">wise</s>, and their dark <s n="2420">sayings</s>. </v>
   <v n='7'>The <s n="3374">fear</s> of the <s n="3068">LORD</s> is the <s n="7225">beginning</s> of <s n="1847">knowledge</s>: but <s n="191">fools</s> <s n="936">despise</s> <s n="2451">wisdom</s> and <s n="4148">instruction</s>. </v>
   <v n='8'>My <s n="1121">son</s>, <s n="8085">hear</s> the <s n="4148">instruction</s> of thy <s n="1">father</s>, and <s n="5203">forsake</s> <s n="408">not</s> the <s n="8451">law</s> of thy <s n="517">mother</s>: </v>
   <v n='9'><s n="3588">For</s> <s n="1992">they</s> shall be an <s n="3880">ornament</s> of <s n="2580">grace</s> unto thy <s n="7218">head</s>, and <s n="6060">chains</s> about thy <s n="1621">neck</s>. </v>
   <v n='10'>My <s n="1121">son</s>, <s n="518">if</s> <s n="2400">sinners</s> <s n="6601">entice</s> thee, <s n="14">consent</s> thou <s n="408">not</s>. </v>
   <v n='11'><s n="518">If</s> they <s n="559">say</s>, <s n="1980">Come</s> <s n="854">with</s> us, let us lay <s n="693">wait</s> for <s n="1818">blood</s>, let us lurk <s n="6845">privily</s> for the <s n="5355">innocent</s> without <s n="2600">cause</s>: </v>
   <v n='12'>Let us swallow them <s n="1104">up</s> <s n="2416">alive</s> as the <s n="7585">grave</s>; and <s n="8549">whole</s>, as those that go <s n="3381">down</s> into the <s n="953">pit</s>: </v>
   <v n='13'>We shall <s n="4672">find</s> <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="3368">precious</s> <s n="1952">substance</s>, we shall <s n="4390">fill</s> our <s n="1004">houses</s> with <s n="7998">spoil</s>: </v>
   <v n='14'>Cast <s n="5307">in</s> thy <s n="1486">lot</s> <s n="8432">among</s> us; let us <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="1961">have</s> <s n="259">one</s> <s n="3599">purse</s>: </v>
   <v n='15'>My <s n="1121">son</s>, <s n="1980">walk</s> <s n="408">not</s> thou in the <s n="1870">way</s> <s n="854">with</s> them; <s n="4513">refrain</s> thy <s n="7272">foot</s> from their <s n="4480 5410">path</s>: </v>
   <v n='16'><s n="3588">For</s> their <s n="7272">feet</s> <s n="7323">run</s> to <s n="7451">evil</s>, and make <s n="4116">haste</s> to <s n="8210">shed</s> <s n="1818">blood</s>. </v>
   <v n='17'><s n="3588">Surely</s> in <s n="2600">vain</s> the <s n="7568">net</s> is <s n="2219">spread</s> in the <s n="5869">sight</s> of <s n="3605">any</s> <s n="1167 3671">bird</s>. </v>
   <v n='18'>And <s n="1992">they</s> lay <s n="693">wait</s> for their own <s n="1818">blood</s>; they lurk <s n="6845">privily</s> for their own <s n="5315">lives</s>. </v>
   <v n='19'><s n="3651">So</s> are the <s n="734">ways</s> of every <s n="3605">one</s> that is <s n="1214">greedy</s> of <s n="1215">gain</s>; which taketh <s n="3947">away</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="5315">life</s> of the <s n="1167">owners</s> thereof. </v>
   <v n='20'><s n="2454">Wisdom</s> <s n="7442">crieth</s> <s n="2351">without</s>; she <s n="5414">uttereth</s> her <s n="6963">voice</s> in the <s n="7339">streets</s>: </v>
   <v n='21'>She <s n="7121">crieth</s> in the <s n="7218">chief</s> place of <s n="1993">concourse</s>, in the <s n="6607">openings</s> of the <s n="8179">gates</s>: in the <s n="5892">city</s> she <s n="559">uttereth</s> her <s n="561">words</s>, saying, </v>
   <v n='22'>How <s n="5704 4970">long</s>, ye simple <s n="6612">ones</s>, will ye <s n="157">love</s> <s n="6612">simplicity</s>? and the <s n="3887">scorners</s> <s n="2530">delight</s> in their <s n="3944">scorning</s>, and <s n="3684">fools</s> <s n="8130">hate</s> <s n="1847">knowledge</s>? </v>
   <v n='23'><s n="7725">Turn</s> you at my <s n="8433">reproof</s>: <s n="2009">behold</s>, I will pour <s n="5042">out</s> my <s n="7307">spirit</s> unto you, I will make <s n="3045">known</s> my <s n="1697">words</s> unto you. </v>
   <v n='24'><s n="3282">Because</s> I have <s n="7121">called</s>, and ye <s n="3985">refused</s>; I have stretched <s n="5186">out</s> my <s n="3027">hand</s>, and no <s n="369">man</s> <s n="7181">regarded</s>; </v>
   <v n='25'>But ye have set at <s n="6544">naught</s> <s n="3605">all</s> my <s n="6098">counsel</s>, and <s n="14">would</s> <s n="3808">none</s> of my <s n="8433">reproof</s>: </v>
   <v n='26'><s n="589">I</s> <s n="1571">also</s> will <s n="7832">laugh</s> at your <s n="343">calamity</s>; I will <s n="3932">mock</s> when your <s n="6343">fear</s> <s n="935">cometh</s>; </v>
   <v n='27'>When your <s n="6343">fear</s> <s n="935">cometh</s> as <s n="7722">desolation</s>, and your <s n="343">destruction</s> <s n="857">cometh</s> as a <s n="5492">whirlwind</s>; when <s n="6869">distress</s> and <s n="6695">anguish</s> <s n="935">cometh</s> <s n="5921">upon</s> you. </v>
   <v n='28'><s n="227">Then</s> shall they call <s n="7121">upon</s> me, but I will <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="6030">answer</s>; they shall seek me <s n="7836">early</s>, but they shall <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="4672">find</s> me: </v>
   <v n='29'>For <s n="8478 3588">that</s> they <s n="8130">hated</s> <s n="1847">knowledge</s>, and did <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="977">choose</s> the <s n="3374">fear</s> of the <s n="3068">LORD</s>: </v>
   <v n='30'>They <s n="14">would</s> <s n="3808">none</s> of my <s n="6098">counsel</s>: they <s n="5006">despised</s> <s n="3605">all</s> my <s n="8433">reproof</s>. </v>
   <v n='31'>Therefore shall they <s n="398">eat</s> of the <s n="4480 6529">fruit</s> of their own <s n="1870">way</s>, and be <s n="7646">filled</s> with their own <s n="4480 4156">devices</s>. </v>
   <v n='32'><s n="3588">For</s> the turning <s n="4878">away</s> of the <s n="6612">simple</s> shall <s n="2026">slay</s> them, and the <s n="7962">prosperity</s> of <s n="3684">fools</s> shall <s n="6">destroy</s> them. </v>
   <v n='33'>But whoso <s n="8085">hearkeneth</s> unto me shall <s n="7931">dwell</s> <s n="983">safely</s>, and shall be <s n="7599">quiet</s> from <s n="4480 6343">fear</s> of <s n="7451">evil</s>. </v>
  </ch>
 </b>
</bible>