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         <div class="label">22</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A good name is more desirable than great riches;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.22.1"><span class="content">to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.22.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Rich and poor have this in common:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.22.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the Maker of them all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.22.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The prudent see danger and take refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.22.3"><span class="content">but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.22.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Humility is the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.22.4"><span class="content">its wages are riches and honor and life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.22.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.22.5"><span class="content">but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Start children off on the way they should go,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.22.6"><span class="content">and even when they are old they will not turn from it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.22.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The rich rule over the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.22.7"><span class="content">and the borrower is slave to the lender.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.22.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.22.8"><span class="content">and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.22.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The generous will themselves be blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.22.9"><span class="content">for they share their food with the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.22.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.22.10"><span class="content">quarrels and insults are ended.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.22.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.22.11"><span class="content">will have the king for a friend.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.22.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> keep watch over knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.22.12"><span class="content">but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.22.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sluggard says, &#8220;There&#8217;s a lion outside!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.22.13"><span class="content">I&#8217;ll be killed in the public square!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.22.14"><span class="content">a man who is under the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath falls into it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.22.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.22.15"><span class="content">but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.22.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.22.16"><span class="content">and one who gives gifts to the rich&#8212;both come to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Thirty Sayings of the Wise</span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 1</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.22.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="content">apply your heart to what I teach,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="content">and have all of them ready on your lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So that your trust may be in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="content">I teach you today, even you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Have I not written thirty sayings for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="content">sayings of counsel and knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">so that you bring back truthful reports</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">to those you serve?</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 2</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not exploit the poor because they are poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="content">and do not crush the needy in court,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will take up their case</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="content">and will exact life for life.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 3</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="content">do not associate with one easily angered,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">or you may learn their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="content">and get yourself ensnared.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 4</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="content">or puts up security for debts;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">if you lack the means to pay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="content">your very bed will be snatched from under you.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 5</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do not move an ancient boundary stone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="content">set up by your ancestors.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 6</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Do you see someone skilled in their work?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="content">They will serve before kings;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="content">they will not serve before officials of low rank.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 7</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When you sit to dine with a ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.23.1"><span class="content">note well what</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who</span></span></span><span class="content"> is before you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.23.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and put a knife to your throat</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.23.2"><span class="content">if you are given to gluttony.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do not crave his delicacies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.23.3"><span class="content">for that food is deceptive.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 8</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not wear yourself out to get rich;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.23.4"><span class="content">do not trust your own cleverness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="content">for they will surely sprout wings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="content">and fly off to the sky like an eagle.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 9</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.23.6"><span class="content">do not crave his delicacies;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.23.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">for he is the kind of person</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">who is always thinking about the cost.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">for as he thinks within himself, / so he is</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">for as he puts on a feast, / so he is</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Eat and drink,&#8221; he says to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">but his heart is not with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You will vomit up the little you have eaten</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.23.8"><span class="content">and will have wasted your compliments.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 10</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.23.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not speak to fools,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.23.9"><span class="content">for they will scorn your prudent words.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 11</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.23.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do not move an ancient boundary stone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.23.10"><span class="content">or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.23.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">for their Defender is strong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.23.11"><span class="content">he will take up their case against you.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 12</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.23.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Apply your heart to instruction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.23.12"><span class="content">and your ears to words of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 13</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.23.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Do not withhold discipline from a child;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.23.13"><span class="content">if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.23.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Punish them with the rod</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.23.14"><span class="content">and save them from death.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 14</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.23.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My son, if your heart is wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.23.15"><span class="content">then my heart will be glad indeed;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.23.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">my inmost being will rejoice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.23.16"><span class="content">when your lips speak what is right.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 15</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.23.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do not let your heart envy sinners,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.23.17"><span class="content">but always be zealous for the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.23.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">There is surely a future hope for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.23.18"><span class="content">and your hope will not be cut off.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 16</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.23.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Listen, my son, and be wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.23.19"><span class="content">and set your heart on the right path:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.23.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do not join those who drink too much wine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.23.20"><span class="content">or gorge themselves on meat,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.23.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">for drunkards and gluttons become poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.23.21"><span class="content">and drowsiness clothes them in rags.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 17</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.23.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Listen to your father, who gave you life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.23.22"><span class="content">and do not despise your mother when she is old.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.23.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Buy the truth and do not sell it&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.23.23"><span class="content">wisdom, instruction and insight as well.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.23.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.23.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The father of a righteous child has great joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.23.24"><span class="content">a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.23.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">May your father and mother rejoice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.23.25"><span class="content">may she who gave you birth be joyful!</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 18</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.23.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">My son, give me your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.23.26"><span class="content">and let your eyes delight in my ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.23.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.23.27"><span class="content">and a wayward wife is a narrow well.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.23.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Like a bandit she lies in wait</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.23.28"><span class="content">and multiplies the unfaithful among men.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 19</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.23.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Who has woe? Who has sorrow?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">Who has strife? Who has complaints?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.23.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Those who linger over wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.23.30"><span class="content">who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.23.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Do not gaze at wine when it is red,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="content">when it sparkles in the cup,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="content">when it goes down smoothly!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.23.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">In the end it bites like a snake</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.23.32"><span class="content">and poisons like a viper.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.23.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.23.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Your eyes will see strange sights,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.23.33"><span class="content">and your mind will imagine confusing things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.23.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.23.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.23.34"><span class="content">lying on top of the rigging.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.23.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8220;They hit me,&#8221; you will say, &#8220;but I&#8217;m not hurt!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="content">They beat me, but I don&#8217;t feel it!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="content">When will I wake up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="content">so I can find another drink?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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