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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Proverbs of Solomon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The proverbs of Solomon.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"><span class="content">A wise son maketh a glad father:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"><span class="content">But a foolish son </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the heaviness of his mother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Treasures of wickedness profit nothing:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.10.2"><span class="content">But righteousness delivereth from death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.10.3"><span class="content">But he casteth away the substance of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He becometh poor that dealeth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">with</span></span><span class="content"> a slack hand:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.10.4"><span class="content">But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He that gathereth in summer </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a wise son:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.10.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> he that sleepeth in harvest </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a son that causeth shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Blessings </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> upon the head of the just:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.10.6"><span class="content">But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The memory of the just </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> blessed:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.10.7"><span class="content">But the name of the wicked shall rot.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The wise in heart will receive commandments:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.10.8"><span class="content">But a prating fool shall fall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He that walketh uprightly walketh surely:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.10.9"><span class="content">But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.10.10"><span class="content">But a prating fool shall fall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The mouth of a righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man is</span></span><span class="content"> a well of life:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.10.11"><span class="content">But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Hatred stirreth up strifes:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.10.12"><span class="content">But love covereth all sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.10.13"><span class="content">But a rod </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> for the back of him that is void of understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content"> lay up knowledge:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.10.14"><span class="content">But the mouth of the foolish </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> near destruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The rich man's wealth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> his strong city:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.10.15"><span class="content">The destruction of the poor </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> their poverty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The labour of the righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">tendeth</span></span><span class="content"> to life:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.10.16"><span class="content">The fruit of the wicked to sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is in</span></span><span class="content"> the way of life that keepeth instruction:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.10.17"><span class="content">But he that refuseth reproof erreth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He that hideth hatred </span><span class="add"><span class="content">with</span></span><span class="content"> lying lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.10.18"><span class="content">And he that uttereth a slander, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.10.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.10.19"><span class="content">But he that refraineth his lips </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> wise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.10.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The tongue of the just </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is as</span></span><span class="content"> choice silver:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.10.20"><span class="content">The heart of the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> little worth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.10.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The lips of the righteous feed many:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.10.21"><span class="content">But fools die for want of wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.10.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The blessing of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, it maketh rich,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.10.22"><span class="content">And he addeth no sorrow with it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.10.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> as sport to a fool to do mischief:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.10.23"><span class="content">But a man of understanding hath wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.10.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.10.24"><span class="content">But the desire of the righteous shall be granted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.10.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">As the whirlwind passeth, so </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the wicked no </span><span class="add"><span class="content">more:</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.10.25"><span class="content">But the righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> an everlasting foundation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.10.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.10.26"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the sluggard to them that send him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.10.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> prolongeth days:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.10.27"><span class="content">But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.10.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The hope of the righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> gladness:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.10.28"><span class="content">But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.10.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The way of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> strength to the upright:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.10.29"><span class="content">But destruction </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> to the workers of iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.10.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The righteous shall never be removed:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.10.30"><span class="content">But the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.10.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.10.31"><span class="content">But the froward tongue shall be cut out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.10.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.10.32"><span class="content">But the mouth of the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">speaketh</span></span><span class="content"> frowardness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A false balance </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> abomination to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="content">But a just weight </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> his delight.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">When</span></span><span class="content"> pride cometh, then cometh shame:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="content">But with the lowly </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The integrity of the upright shall guide them:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="content">But the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Riches profit not in the day of wrath:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="content">But righteousness delivereth from death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="content">But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="content">But transgressors shall be taken in </span><span class="add"><span class="content">their own</span></span><span class="content"> naughtiness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When a wicked man dieth, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> expectation shall perish:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="content">And the hope of unjust </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content"> perisheth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The righteous is delivered out of trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="content">And the wicked cometh in his stead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">An hypocrite with </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> mouth destroyeth his neighbour:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="content">But through knowledge shall the just be delivered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="content">And when the wicked perish, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> shouting.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="content">But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="content">But a man of understanding holdeth his peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A talebearer revealeth secrets:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="content">But he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Where no counsel </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content">, the people fall:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="content">But in the multitude of counsellors </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He that is surety for a stranger shall smart </span><span class="add"><span class="content">for it:</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="content">And he that hateth suretiship is sure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A gracious woman retaineth honour:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="content">And strong </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content"> retain riches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The merciful man doeth good to his own soul:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he that is</span></span><span class="content"> cruel troubleth his own flesh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The wicked worketh a deceitful work:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="content">But to him that soweth righteousness </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> a sure reward.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">As righteousness </span><span class="add"><span class="content">tendeth</span></span><span class="content"> to life:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="content">So he that pursueth evil </span><span class="add"><span class="content">pursueth it</span></span><span class="content"> to his own death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They that are of a froward heart </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> abomination to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">such as are</span></span><span class="content"> upright in </span><span class="add"><span class="content">their</span></span><span class="content"> way </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> his delight.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Though</span></span><span class="content"> hand </span><span class="add"><span class="content">join</span></span><span class="content"> in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="content">But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> a jewel of gold in a swine's snout,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">So is</span></span><span class="content"> a fair woman which is without discretion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The desire of the righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> only good:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> the expectation of the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> that withholdeth more than is meet, but </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it tendeth</span></span><span class="content"> to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The liberal soul shall be made fat:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="content">And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="content">But blessing </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> upon the head of him that selleth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="content">But he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He that trusteth in his riches shall fall:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="content">But the righteous shall flourish as a branch.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="content">And the fool </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> servant to the wise of heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The fruit of the righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a tree of life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="content">And he that winneth souls </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> wise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.11.31"><span class="content">Much more the wicked and the sinner.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="content">But he that hateth reproof </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> brutish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A good </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> obtaineth favour of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="content">But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A man shall not be established by wickedness:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="content">But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A virtuous woman </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a crown to her husband:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="content">But she that maketh ashamed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> as rottenness in his bones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The thoughts of the righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> right:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> the counsels of the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The words of the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> to lie in wait for blood:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="content">But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The wicked are overthrown, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> not:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="content">But the house of the righteous shall stand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A man shall be commended according to his wisdom:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">He that is</span></span><span class="content"> despised, and hath a servant, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> better</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">Than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> regardeth the life of his beast:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">But the tender mercies of the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> cruel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">But he that followeth vain </span><span class="add"><span class="content">persons is</span></span><span class="content"> void of understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The wicked desireth the net of evil </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men:</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">But the root of the righteous yieldeth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">fruit</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The wicked is snared by the transgression of </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> lips:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">But the just shall come out of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> mouth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">And the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The way of a fool </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> right in his own eyes:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">But he that hearkeneth unto counsel </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> wise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A fool's wrath is presently known:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">But a prudent </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> covereth shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">He that</span></span><span class="content"> speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">But a false witness deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">But the tongue of the wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> health.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The lip of truth shall be established for ever:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">But a lying tongue </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> but for a moment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Deceit </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in the heart of them that imagine evil:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">But to the counsellors of peace </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">There shall no evil happen to the just:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">But the wicked shall be filled with mischief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Lying lips </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> abomination to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">But they that deal truly </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> his delight.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A prudent man concealeth knowledge:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The hand of the diligent shall bear rule:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">But the slothful shall be under tribute.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">But a good word maketh it glad.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> more excellent than his neighbour:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">But the way of the wicked seduceth them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The slothful </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> roasteth not that which he took in hunting:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">But the substance of a diligent man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> precious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">In the way of righteousness </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in</span></span><span class="content"> the pathway </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thereof there is</span></span><span class="content"> no death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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