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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Better </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the poor that walketh in his integrity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="content">Than </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he that is</span></span><span class="content"> perverse in his lips, and is a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Also, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> the soul </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> without knowledge, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> not good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="content">And he that hasteth with </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> feet sinneth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The foolishness of man perverteth his way:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="content">And his heart fretteth against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Wealth maketh many friends;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="content">But the poor is separated from his neighbour.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A false witness shall not be unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he that</span></span><span class="content"> speaketh lies shall not escape.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Many will intreat the favour of the prince:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="content">And every man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a friend to him that giveth gifts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All the brethren of the poor do hate him:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">How much more do his friends go far from him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">He pursueth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them with</span></span><span class="content"> words, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">yet</span></span><span class="content"> they </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> wanting </span><span class="add"><span class="content">to him</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="content">He that keepeth understanding shall find good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A false witness shall not be unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he that</span></span><span class="content"> speaketh lies shall perish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Delight is not seemly for a fool;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="content">Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The discretion of a man deferreth his anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> his glory to pass over a transgression.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The king's wrath </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> as the roaring of a lion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="content">But his favour </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> as dew upon the grass.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A foolish son </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the calamity of his father:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">And the contentions of a wife </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> a continual dropping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">House and riches </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the inheritance of fathers:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="content">And a prudent wife </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="content">And an idle soul shall suffer hunger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> he that despiseth his ways shall die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="content">And that which he hath given will he pay him again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Chasten thy son while there is hope,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="content">And let not thy soul spare for his crying.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="content">For if thou deliver </span><span class="add"><span class="content">him</span></span><span class="content">, yet thou must do it again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Hear counsel, and receive instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="content">That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There are</span></span><span class="content"> many devices in a man's heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="content">Nevertheless the counsel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, that shall stand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The desire of a man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> his kindness:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="content">And a poor man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> better than a liar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="label">23</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">tendeth</span></span><span class="content"> to life:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he that hath it</span></span><span class="content"> shall abide satisfied;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="content">He shall not be visited with evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A slothful </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> hideth his hand in </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> bosom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="content">And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="content">And reprove one that hath understanding, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> he will understand knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He that wasteth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> father, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> chaseth away </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> mother,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is</span></span><span class="content"> a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Cease, my son, to hear the instruction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">That causeth</span></span><span class="content"> to err from the words of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">An ungodly witness scorneth judgment:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="content">And the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Judgments are prepared for scorners,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.19.29"><span class="content">And stripes for the back of fools.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Wine </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a mocker, strong drink </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> raging:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"><span class="content">And whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The fear of a king </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> as the roaring of a lion:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Whoso</span></span><span class="content"> provoketh him to anger sinneth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">against</span></span><span class="content"> his own soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> an honour for a man to cease from strife:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"><span class="content">But every fool will be meddling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Therefore</span></span><span class="content"> shall he beg in harvest, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">have</span></span><span class="content"> nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Counsel in the heart of man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is like</span></span><span class="content"> deep water;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"><span class="content">But a man of understanding will draw it out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"><span class="content">But a faithful man who can find?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The just </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> walketh in his integrity:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"><span class="content">His children </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> blessed after him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"><span class="content">Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Who can say, I have made my heart clean,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"><span class="content">I am pure from my sin?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Divers weights, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> divers measures,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"><span class="content">Both of them </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> alike abomination to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Even a child is known by his doings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"><span class="content">Whether his work </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> pure, and whether </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it be</span></span><span class="content"> right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> hath made even both of them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"><span class="content">Open thine eyes, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> thou shalt be satisfied with bread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> naught, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> naught, saith the buyer:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"><span class="content">But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">There is gold, and a multitude of rubies:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"><span class="content">But the lips of knowledge </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> a precious jewel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Take his garment that is surety </span><span class="add"><span class="content">for</span></span><span class="content"> a stranger:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"><span class="content">And take a pledge of him for a strange woman.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Bread of deceit </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> sweet to a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"><span class="content">But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Every</span></span><span class="content"> purpose is established by counsel:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"><span class="content">And with good advice make war.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He that goeth about </span><span class="add"><span class="content">as</span></span><span class="content"> a talebearer revealeth secrets:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"><span class="content">Therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Whoso curseth his father or his mother,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"><span class="content">His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">An inheritance </span><span class="add"><span class="content">may be</span></span><span class="content"> gotten hastily at the beginning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"><span class="content">But the end thereof shall not be blessed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Say not thou, I will recompense evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> wait on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, and he shall save thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Divers weights </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</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 v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"><span class="content">And a false balance </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> not good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Man's goings </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"><span class="content">How can a man then understand his own way?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> a snare to the man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">who</span></span><span class="content"> devoureth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that which is</span></span><span class="content"> holy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"><span class="content">And after vows to make enquiry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">A wise king scattereth the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"><span class="content">And bringeth the wheel over them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The spirit of man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the candle of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"><span class="content">Searching all the inward parts of the belly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Mercy and truth preserve the king:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"><span class="content">And his throne is upholden by mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The glory of young men </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> their strength:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"><span class="content">And the beauty of old men </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the grey head.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.20.30"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">do</span></span><span class="content"> stripes the inward parts of the belly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The king's heart </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in the hand of 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.21.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Every way of a man </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 v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> pondereth the hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">To do justice and judgment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is</span></span><span class="content"> more acceptable to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> than sacrifice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">An high look, and a proud heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> the plowing of the wicked, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The thoughts of the diligent </span><span class="add"><span class="content">tend</span></span><span class="content"> only to plenteousness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="content">But of every one </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that is</span></span><span class="content"> hasty only to want.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The getting of treasures by a lying tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is</span></span><span class="content"> a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="content">Because they refuse to do judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The way of man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> froward and strange:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">as for</span></span><span class="content"> the pure, his work </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> better to dwell in a corner of the housetop,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="content">Than with a brawling woman in a wide house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The soul of the wicked desireth evil:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="content">His neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="content">And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> wisely considereth the house of the wicked:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But God</span></span><span class="content"> overthroweth the wicked for </span><span class="add"><span class="content">their</span></span><span class="content"> wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="content">He also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">A gift in secret pacifieth anger:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="content">And a reward in the bosom strong wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> joy to the just to do judgment:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><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 v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="content">Shall remain in the congregation of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He that loveth pleasure </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> a poor man:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="content">He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> a ransom for the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="content">And the transgressor for the upright.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> better to dwell in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="content">Than with a contentious and an angry woman.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="content">But a foolish man spendeth it up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He that followeth after righteousness and mercy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="content">Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> scaleth the city of the mighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="content">And casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="content">Keepeth his soul from troubles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Proud </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> haughty scorner </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> his name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="content">Who dealeth in proud wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The desire of the slothful killeth him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="content">For his hands refuse to labour.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He coveteth greedily all the day long:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="content">But the righteous giveth and spareth not.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The sacrifice of the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> abomination:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="content">How much more, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">when</span></span><span class="content"> he bringeth it with a wicked mind?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A false witness shall perish:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="content">But the man that heareth speaketh constantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">A wicked man hardeneth his face:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">as for</span></span><span class="content"> the upright, he directeth his way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> no wisdom nor understanding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="content">Nor counsel against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.21.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The horse </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> prepared against the day of battle:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.21.31"><span class="content">But safety </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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