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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Proverbs of Solomon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.25.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> the glory of God to conceal a thing:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="content">But the honour of kings </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> to search out a matter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The heaven for height, and the earth for depth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="content">And the heart of kings </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> unsearchable.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Take away the dross from the silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="content">And there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Take away the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">from</span></span><span class="content"> before the king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="content">And his throne shall be established in righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="content">And stand not in the place of great </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For better </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> that it be said unto thee, Come up hither;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">Whom thine eyes have seen.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Go not forth hastily to strive,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">Lest </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thou know not</span></span><span class="content"> what to do in the end thereof,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">When thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Debate thy cause with thy neighbour </span><span class="add"><span class="content">himself</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="content">And discover not a secret to another:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Lest he that heareth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> put thee to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="content">And thine infamy turn not away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">A word fitly spoken</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is like</span></span><span class="content"> apples of gold in pictures of silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">So is</span></span><span class="content"> a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">As the cold of snow in the time of harvest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">So is</span></span><span class="content"> a faithful messenger to them that send him:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">For he refresheth the soul of his masters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is like</span></span><span class="content"> clouds and wind without rain.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">By long forbearing is a prince persuaded,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="content">And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="content">Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="content">Lest he be weary of thee, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">so</span></span><span class="content"> hate thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is</span></span><span class="content"> a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is like</span></span><span class="content"> a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and as</span></span><span class="content"> vinegar upon nitre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="content">And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> shall reward thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The north wind driveth away rain:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">doth</span></span><span class="content"> an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="content">Than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> cold waters to a thirsty soul,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> good news from a far country.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">A righteous man falling down before the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is as</span></span><span class="content"> a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> not good to eat much honey:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">for men</span></span><span class="content"> to search their own glory </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is not</span></span><span class="content"> glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.25.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He that </span><span class="add"><span class="content">hath</span></span><span class="content"> no rule over his own spirit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.25.28"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is like</span></span><span class="content"> a city </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that is</span></span><span class="content"> broken down, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> without walls.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">26</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="content">So honour is not seemly for a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="content">So the curse causeless shall not come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="content">And a rod for the fool's back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Answer not a fool according to his folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="content">Lest thou also be like unto him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Answer a fool according to his folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="content">Lest he be wise in his own conceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="content">Cutteth off the feet, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> drinketh damage.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The legs of the lame are not equal:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a parable in the mouth of fools.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">As he that bindeth a stone in a sling,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> he that giveth honour to a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a parable in the mouth of fools.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The great </span><span class="add"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> that formed all </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="content">Both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As a dog returneth to his vomit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">So</span></span><span class="content"> a fool returneth to his folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> more hope of a fool than of him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The slothful </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> saith, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> a lion in the way;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="content">A lion </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> the door turneth upon his hinges,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">doth</span></span><span class="content"> the slothful upon his bed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The slothful 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 v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="content">It grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The sluggard </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> wiser in his own conceit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="content">Than seven men that can render a reason.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He that passeth by, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> meddleth with strife </span><span class="add"><span class="content">belonging</span></span><span class="content"> not to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is like</span></span><span class="content"> one that taketh a dog by the ears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">As a mad </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> who casteth firebrands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="content">Arrows, and death,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> deceiveth his neighbour,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="content">And saith, Am not I in sport?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Where no wood is, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there</span></span><span class="content"> the fire goeth out:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="content">So where </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> coals </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> to burning coals, and wood to fire;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a contentious man to kindle strife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The words of a talebearer </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> as wounds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="content">And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Burning lips and a wicked heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Are like</span></span><span class="content"> a potsherd covered with silver dross.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He that hateth dissembleth with his lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="content">And layeth up deceit within him;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When he speaketh fair, believe him not:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="content">For </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there are</span></span><span class="content"> seven abominations in his heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Whose</span></span><span class="content"> hatred is covered by deceit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="content">His wickedness shall be shewed before the </span><span class="add"><span class="content">whole</span></span><span class="content"> congregation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="content">And he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A lying tongue hateth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">those that are</span></span><span class="content"> afflicted by it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="content">And a flattering mouth worketh 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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Boast not thyself of to morrow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"><span class="content">For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.27.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"><span class="content">A stranger, and not thine own lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.27.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A stone </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> heavy, and the sand weighty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"><span class="content">But a fool's wrath </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> heavier than them both.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.27.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Wrath </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> cruel, and anger </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> outrageous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"><span class="content">But who </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> able to stand before envy?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Open rebuke </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> better</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"><span class="content">Than secret love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Faithful </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the wounds of a friend;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"><span class="content">But the kisses of an enemy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The full soul loatheth an honeycomb;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"><span class="content">But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.27.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">As a bird that wandereth from her nest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a man that wandereth from his place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">doth</span></span><span class="content"> the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.27.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="content">Neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">For</span></span><span class="content"> better </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a neighbour </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that is</span></span><span class="content"> near than a brother far off.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"><span class="content">That I may answer him that reproacheth me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">A prudent </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> foreseeth the evil, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> hideth himself;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> the simple pass on, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> are punished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.27.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Take his garment that is surety for a stranger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"><span class="content">And take a pledge of him for a strange woman.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.27.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"><span class="content">It shall be counted a curse to him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.27.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">A continual dropping in a very rainy day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.27.15"><span class="content">And a contentious woman are alike.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.27.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"><span class="content">And the ointment of his right hand, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> bewrayeth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">itself</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.27.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Iron sharpeneth iron;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"><span class="content">So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.27.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"><span class="content">So he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.27.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">As in water face </span><span class="add"><span class="content">answereth</span></span><span class="content"> to face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"><span class="content">So the heart of man to man.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.27.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Hell and destruction are never full;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"><span class="content">So the eyes of man are never satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a man to his praise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.27.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Yet</span></span><span class="content"> will not his foolishness depart from him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.27.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.27.23"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> look well to thy herds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.27.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.27.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">For riches </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> not for ever:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.27.24"><span class="content">And doth the crown </span><span class="add"><span class="content">endure</span></span><span class="content"> to every generation?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.27.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.27.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.27.25"><span class="content">And herbs of the mountains are gathered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.27.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.27.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The lambs </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> for thy clothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.27.26"><span class="content">And the goats </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the price of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.27.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.27.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thou shalt have</span></span><span class="content"> goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.27.27"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">for</span></span><span class="content"> the maintenance for thy maidens.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The wicked flee when no man pursueth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="content">But the righteous are bold as a lion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For the transgression of a land many </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the princes thereof:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="content">But by a man of understanding </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> knowledge the state </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thereof</span></span><span class="content"> shall be prolonged.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A poor man that oppresseth the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is like</span></span><span class="content"> a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They that forsake the law praise the wicked:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="content">But such as keep the law contend with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Evil men understand not judgment:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="content">But they that seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> understand all </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Better </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the poor that walketh in his uprightness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="content">Than </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he that is</span></span><span class="content"> perverse </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in his</span></span><span class="content"> ways, though he </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> rich.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Whoso keepeth the law </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a wise son:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="content">But he that is a companion of riotous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content"> shameth his father.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="content">He shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="content">Even his prayer </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> abomination.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">He shall fall himself into his own pit:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">But the upright shall have good </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> in possession.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The rich man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> wise in his own conceit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="content">But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content"> do rejoice, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> great glory:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="content">But when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He that covereth his sins shall not prosper:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="content">But whoso confesseth and forsaketh </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them</span></span><span class="content"> shall have mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Happy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the man that feareth alway:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="content">But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> a roaring lion, and a ranging bear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">So is</span></span><span class="content"> a wicked ruler over the poor people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The prince that wanteth understanding </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> also a great oppressor:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> he that hateth covetousness shall prolong </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> days.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A man that doeth violence to the blood of </span><span class="add"><span class="content">any</span></span><span class="content"> person</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">Shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he that is</span></span><span class="content"> perverse </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in his</span></span><span class="content"> ways shall fall at once.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="content">But he that followeth after vain </span><span class="add"><span class="content">persons</span></span><span class="content"> shall have poverty enough.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A faithful man shall abound with blessings:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="content">But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To have respect of persons </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> not good:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="content">For for a piece of bread </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> man will transgress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">He that hasteth to be rich </span><span class="add"><span class="content">hath</span></span><span class="content"> an evil eye,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="content">And considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="content">Than he that flattereth with the tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> no transgression;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">The same </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the companion of a destroyer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="content">But he that putteth his trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> shall be made fat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="content">But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="content">But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When the wicked rise, men hide themselves:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="content">But when they perish, the righteous increase.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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