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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Every wise woman buildeth her house:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="content">But the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he that is</span></span><span class="content"> perverse in his ways despiseth him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In the mouth of the foolish </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a rod of pride:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="content">But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Where no oxen </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content">, the crib </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> clean:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="content">But much increase </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> by the strength of the ox.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A faithful witness will not lie:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="content">But a false witness will utter lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A scorner seeketh wisdom, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">findeth it</span></span><span class="content"> not:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="content">But knowledge </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> easy unto him that understandeth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Go from the presence of a foolish man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="content">When thou perceivest not </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in him</span></span><span class="content"> the lips of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The wisdom of the prudent </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> to understand his way:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="content">But the folly of fools </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Fools make a mock at sin:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="content">But among the righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> favour.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The heart knoweth his own bitterness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="content">And a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The house of the wicked shall be overthrown:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="content">But the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">There is a way which seemeth right unto a man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="content">But the end thereof </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the ways of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="content">And the end of that mirth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> heaviness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="content">And a good man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be satisfied</span></span><span class="content"> from himself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The simple believeth every word:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="content">But the prudent </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> looketh well to his going.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> feareth, and departeth from evil:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="content">But the fool rageth, and is confident.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">He that is</span></span><span class="content"> soon angry dealeth foolishly:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="content">And a man of wicked devices is hated.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The simple inherit folly:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="content">But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The evil bow before the good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="content">And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The poor is hated even of his own neighbour:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="content">But the rich </span><span class="add"><span class="content">hath</span></span><span class="content"> many friends.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="content">But he that hath mercy on the poor, happy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> he.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do they not err that devise evil?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="content">But mercy and truth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> to them that devise good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">In all labour there is profit:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="content">But the talk of the lips </span><span class="add"><span class="content">tendeth</span></span><span class="content"> only to penury.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The crown of the wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> their riches:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> the foolishness of fools </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A true witness delivereth souls:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="content">But a deceitful </span><span class="add"><span class="content">witness</span></span><span class="content"> speaketh lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">In the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> strong confidence:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="content">And his children shall have a place of refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="content">To depart from the snares of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">In the multitude of people </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the king's honour:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="content">But in the want of people </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the destruction of the prince.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">He that is</span></span><span class="content"> slow to wrath </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> of great understanding:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he that is</span></span><span class="content"> hasty of spirit exalteth folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">A sound heart </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the life of the flesh:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="content">But envy the rottenness of the bones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="content">But he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The wicked is driven away in his wickedness:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="content">But the righteous hath hope in his death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that which is</span></span><span class="content"> in the midst of fools is made known.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Righteousness exalteth a nation:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="content">But sin </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a reproach to any people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.14.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The king's favour </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> toward a wise servant:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.14.35"><span class="content">But his wrath is </span><span class="add"><span class="content">against</span></span><span class="content"> him that causeth shame.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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