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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A wise son </span><span class="add"><span class="content">heareth</span></span><span class="content"> his father's instruction:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">But a scorner heareth not rebuke.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A man shall eat 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 v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">But the soul of the transgressors </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall eat</span></span><span class="content"> violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The soul of the sluggard desireth, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">hath</span></span><span class="content"> nothing:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> hateth lying:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">But a wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> is loathsome, and cometh to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Righteousness keepeth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">him that is</span></span><span class="content"> upright in the way:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">There is that maketh himself rich, yet </span><span class="add"><span class="content">hath</span></span><span class="content"> nothing:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> that maketh himself poor, yet </span><span class="add"><span class="content">hath</span></span><span class="content"> great riches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The ransom of a man's life </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> his riches:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">But the poor heareth not rebuke.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The light of the righteous rejoiceth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Only by pride cometh contention:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">But with the well advised </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Wealth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">gotten</span></span><span class="content"> by vanity shall be diminished:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">But he that gathereth by labour shall increase.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Hope deferred maketh the heart sick:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">when</span></span><span class="content"> the desire cometh, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> a tree of life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">But he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The law of the wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">To depart from the snares of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Good understanding giveth favour:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">But the way of transgressors </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> hard.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Every prudent </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> dealeth with knowledge:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">But a fool layeth open </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A wicked messenger falleth into mischief:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">But a faithful ambassador </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> health.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Poverty and shame </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be to</span></span><span class="content"> him that refuseth instruction:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">But he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> abomination to fools to depart from evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He that walketh with wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content"> shall be wise:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">But a companion of fools shall be destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Evil pursueth sinners:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">But to the righteous good shall be repaid.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A good </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> leaveth an inheritance to his children's children:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">And the wealth of the sinner </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> laid up for the just.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Much food </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is in</span></span><span class="content"> the tillage of the poor:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">But there is </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that is</span></span><span class="content"> destroyed for want of judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He that spareth his rod hateth his son:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="content">But the belly of the wicked shall want.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Every wise woman buildeth her house:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="content">But the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He that walketh in his uprightness feareth 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.14.2"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he that is</span></span><span class="content"> perverse in his ways despiseth him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In the mouth of the foolish </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a rod of pride:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="content">But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Where no oxen </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content">, the crib </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> clean:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="content">But much increase </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> by the strength of the ox.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A faithful witness will not lie:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="content">But a false witness will utter lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A scorner seeketh wisdom, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">findeth it</span></span><span class="content"> not:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="content">But knowledge </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> easy unto him that understandeth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Go from the presence of a foolish man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="content">When thou perceivest not </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in him</span></span><span class="content"> the lips of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The wisdom of the prudent </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> to understand his way:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="content">But the folly of fools </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Fools make a mock at sin:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="content">But among the righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> favour.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The heart knoweth his own bitterness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="content">And a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The house of the wicked shall be overthrown:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="content">But the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">There is a way which seemeth right unto a man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="content">But the end thereof </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the ways of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="content">And the end of that mirth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> heaviness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="content">And a good man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be satisfied</span></span><span class="content"> from himself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The simple believeth every word:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="content">But the prudent </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> looketh well to his going.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> feareth, and departeth from evil:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="content">But the fool rageth, and is confident.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">He that is</span></span><span class="content"> soon angry dealeth foolishly:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="content">And a man of wicked devices is hated.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The simple inherit folly:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="content">But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The evil bow before the good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="content">And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The poor is hated even of his own neighbour:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="content">But the rich </span><span class="add"><span class="content">hath</span></span><span class="content"> many friends.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="content">But he that hath mercy on the poor, happy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> he.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do they not err that devise evil?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="content">But mercy and truth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> to them that devise good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">In all labour there is profit:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="content">But the talk of the lips </span><span class="add"><span class="content">tendeth</span></span><span class="content"> only to penury.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The crown of the wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> their riches:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> the foolishness of fools </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A true witness delivereth souls:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="content">But a deceitful </span><span class="add"><span class="content">witness</span></span><span class="content"> speaketh lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">In the fear 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"> strong confidence:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="content">And his children shall have a place of refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><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">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="content">To depart from the snares of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">In the multitude of people </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the king's honour:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="content">But in the want of people </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the destruction of the prince.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">He that is</span></span><span class="content"> slow to wrath </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> of great understanding:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he that is</span></span><span class="content"> hasty of spirit exalteth folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">A sound heart </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the life of the flesh:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="content">But envy the rottenness of the bones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="content">But he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The wicked is driven away in his wickedness:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="content">But the righteous hath hope in his death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that which is</span></span><span class="content"> in the midst of fools is made known.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Righteousness exalteth a nation:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="content">But sin </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a reproach to any people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.14.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The king's favour </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> toward a wise servant:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.14.35"><span class="content">But his wrath is </span><span class="add"><span class="content">against</span></span><span class="content"> him that causeth shame.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A soft answer turneth away wrath:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.15.1"><span class="content">But grievous words stir up anger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.15.2"><span class="content">But the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> in every place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.15.3"><span class="content">Beholding the evil and the good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.15.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A wholesome tongue </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 v4" data-usfm="PRO.15.4"><span class="content">But perverseness therein </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a breach in the spirit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A fool despiseth his father's instruction:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.15.5"><span class="content">But he that regardeth reproof is prudent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.15.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In the house of the righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> much treasure:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.15.6"><span class="content">But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.15.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The lips of the wise disperse knowledge:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.15.7"><span class="content">But the heart of the foolish </span><span class="add"><span class="content">doeth</span></span><span class="content"> not so.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The sacrifice of the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> an 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 v8" data-usfm="PRO.15.8"><span class="content">But the prayer of the upright </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> his delight.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The way of the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> an abomination unto the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.15.9"><span class="content">But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.15.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Correction </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> grievous unto him that forsaketh the way:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.15.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> he that hateth reproof shall die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.15.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Hell and destruction </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.15.11"><span class="content">How much more then the hearts of the children of men?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.15.12"><span class="content">Neither will he go unto the wise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.15.13"><span class="content">But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.15.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.15.14"><span class="content">But the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.15.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All the days of the afflicted </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> evil:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.15.15"><span class="content">But he that is of a merry heart </span><span class="add"><span class="content">hath</span></span><span class="content"> a continual feast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.15.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Better </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> little with the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.15.16"><span class="content">Than great treasure and trouble therewith.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.15.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Better </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a dinner of herbs where love is,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.15.17"><span class="content">Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.15.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A wrathful man stirreth up strife:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.15.18"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he that is</span></span><span class="content"> slow to anger appeaseth strife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.15.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The way of the slothful </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man is</span></span><span class="content"> as an hedge of thorns:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.15.19"><span class="content">But the way of the righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> made plain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.15.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A wise son maketh a glad father:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.15.20"><span class="content">But a foolish man despiseth his mother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.15.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Folly </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> joy to </span><span class="add"><span class="content">him that is</span></span><span class="content"> destitute of wisdom:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.15.21"><span class="content">But a man of understanding walketh uprightly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.15.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Without counsel purposes are disappointed:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.15.22"><span class="content">But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.15.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.15.23"><span class="content">And a word </span><span class="add"><span class="content">spoken</span></span><span class="content"> in due season, how good </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is it!</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.15.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The way of life </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> above to the wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.15.24"><span class="content">That he may depart from hell beneath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.15.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> will destroy the house of the proud:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.15.25"><span class="content">But he will establish the border of the widow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.15.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The thoughts of the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> an 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 v26" data-usfm="PRO.15.26"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">the words</span></span><span class="content"> of the pure </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> pleasant words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.15.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="content">But he that hateth gifts shall live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The heart of the righteous studieth to answer:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="content">But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">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"> far from the wicked:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.15.29"><span class="content">But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.15.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.15.30"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> a good report maketh the bones fat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.15.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The ear that heareth the reproof of life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.15.31"><span class="content">Abideth among the wise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.15.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.15.32"><span class="content">But he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.15.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The fear 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"> the instruction of wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.15.33"><span class="content">And before honour </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> humility.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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