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{"book": "Proverbs","chapters": [{"chapter": "1", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;"}, {"verse": "3", "text": "To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;"}, {"verse": "4", "text": "To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:"}, {"verse": "6", "text": "To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:"}, {"verse": "9", "text": "For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:"}, {"verse": "12", "text": "Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:"}, {"verse": "13", "text": "We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:"}, {"verse": "14", "text": "Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:"}, {"verse": "15", "text": "My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:"}, {"verse": "16", "text": "For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:"}, {"verse": "21", "text": "She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,"}, {"verse": "22", "text": "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?"}, {"verse": "23", "text": "Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you."}, {"verse": "24", "text": "Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;"}, {"verse": "25", "text": "But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:"}, {"verse": "26", "text": "I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;"}, {"verse": "27", "text": "When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you."}, {"verse": "28", "text": "Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:"}, {"verse": "29", "text": "For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:"}, {"verse": "30", "text": "They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof."}, {"verse": "31", "text": "Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices."}, {"verse": "32", "text": "For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them."}, {"verse": "33", "text": "But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil."}]}, {"chapter": "2", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;"}, {"verse": "3", "text": "Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;"}, {"verse": "4", "text": "If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;"}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;"}, {"verse": "11", "text": "Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:"}, {"verse": "12", "text": "To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;"}, {"verse": "13", "text": "Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;"}, {"verse": "14", "text": "Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;"}, {"verse": "15", "text": "Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:"}, {"verse": "16", "text": "To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;"}, {"verse": "17", "text": "Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous."}, {"verse": "21", "text": "For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it."}, {"verse": "22", "text": "But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it."}]}, {"chapter": "3", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:"}, {"verse": "4", "text": "So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:"}, {"verse": "10", "text": "So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:"}, {"verse": "12", "text": "For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew."}, {"verse": "21", "text": "My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:"}, {"verse": "22", "text": "So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck."}, {"verse": "23", "text": "Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble."}, {"verse": "24", "text": "When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet."}, {"verse": "25", "text": "Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh."}, {"verse": "26", "text": "For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken."}, {"verse": "27", "text": "Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it."}, {"verse": "28", "text": "Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee."}, {"verse": "29", "text": "Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee."}, {"verse": "30", "text": "Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm."}, {"verse": "31", "text": "Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways."}, {"verse": "32", "text": "For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous."}, {"verse": "33", "text": "The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just."}, {"verse": "34", "text": "Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly."}, {"verse": "35", "text": "The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools."}]}, {"chapter": "4", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "For I was my father\u2019s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings."}, {"verse": "21", "text": "Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart."}, {"verse": "22", "text": "For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh."}, {"verse": "23", "text": "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life."}, {"verse": "24", "text": "Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee."}, {"verse": "25", "text": "Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee."}, {"verse": "26", "text": "Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established."}, {"verse": "27", "text": "Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil."}]}, {"chapter": "5", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:"}, {"verse": "4", "text": "But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:"}, {"verse": "9", "text": "Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:"}, {"verse": "10", "text": "Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;"}, {"verse": "11", "text": "And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,"}, {"verse": "12", "text": "And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;"}, {"verse": "13", "text": "And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!"}, {"verse": "14", "text": "I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "Let them be only thine own, and not strangers\u2019 with thee."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?"}, {"verse": "21", "text": "For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings."}, {"verse": "22", "text": "His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins."}, {"verse": "23", "text": "He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray."}]}, {"chapter": "6", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:"}, {"verse": "7", "text": "Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,"}, {"verse": "8", "text": "Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?"}, {"verse": "10", "text": "Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:"}, {"verse": "11", "text": "So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;"}, {"verse": "14", "text": "Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:"}, {"verse": "17", "text": "A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,"}, {"verse": "18", "text": "An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,"}, {"verse": "19", "text": "A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "My son, keep thy father\u2019s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:"}, {"verse": "21", "text": "Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck."}, {"verse": "22", "text": "When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee."}, {"verse": "23", "text": "For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:"}, {"verse": "24", "text": "To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman."}, {"verse": "25", "text": "Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids."}, {"verse": "26", "text": "For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life."}, {"verse": "27", "text": "Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?"}, {"verse": "28", "text": "Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?"}, {"verse": "29", "text": "So he that goeth in to his neighbour\u2019s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent."}, {"verse": "30", "text": "Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;"}, {"verse": "31", "text": "But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house."}, {"verse": "32", "text": "But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul."}, {"verse": "33", "text": "A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away."}, {"verse": "34", "text": "For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance."}, {"verse": "35", "text": "He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts."}]}, {"chapter": "7", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:"}, {"verse": "5", "text": "That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,"}, {"verse": "7", "text": "And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,"}, {"verse": "8", "text": "Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,"}, {"verse": "9", "text": "In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:"}, {"verse": "10", "text": "And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:"}, {"verse": "12", "text": "Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)"}, {"verse": "13", "text": "So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,"}, {"verse": "14", "text": "I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:"}, {"verse": "20", "text": "He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed."}, {"verse": "21", "text": "With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him."}, {"verse": "22", "text": "He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;"}, {"verse": "23", "text": "Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life."}, {"verse": "24", "text": "Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth."}, {"verse": "25", "text": "Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths."}, {"verse": "26", "text": "For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her."}, {"verse": "27", "text": "Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death."}]}, {"chapter": "8", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "By me kings reign, and princes decree justice."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:"}, {"verse": "21", "text": "That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures."}, {"verse": "22", "text": "The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old."}, {"verse": "23", "text": "I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was."}, {"verse": "24", "text": "When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water."}, {"verse": "25", "text": "Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:"}, {"verse": "26", "text": "While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world."}, {"verse": "27", "text": "When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:"}, {"verse": "28", "text": "When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:"}, {"verse": "29", "text": "When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:"}, {"verse": "30", "text": "Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;"}, {"verse": "31", "text": "Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men."}, {"verse": "32", "text": "Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways."}, {"verse": "33", "text": "Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not."}, {"verse": "34", "text": "Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors."}, {"verse": "35", "text": "For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD."}, {"verse": "36", "text": "But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death."}]}, {"chapter": "9", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:"}, {"verse": "2", "text": "She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,"}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,"}, {"verse": "5", "text": "Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,"}, {"verse": "15", "text": "To call passengers who go right on their ways:"}, {"verse": "16", "text": "Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,"}, {"verse": "17", "text": "Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell."}]}, {"chapter": "10", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "The rich man\u2019s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth."}, {"verse": "21", "text": "The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom."}, {"verse": "22", "text": "The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it."}, {"verse": "23", "text": "It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom."}, {"verse": "24", "text": "The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted."}, {"verse": "25", "text": "As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation."}, {"verse": "26", "text": "As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him."}, {"verse": "27", "text": "The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened."}, {"verse": "28", "text": "The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish."}, {"verse": "29", "text": "The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity."}, {"verse": "30", "text": "The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth."}, {"verse": "31", "text": "The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out."}, {"verse": "32", "text": "The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness."}]}, {"chapter": "11", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight."}, {"verse": "21", "text": "Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered."}, {"verse": "22", "text": "As a jewel of gold in a swine\u2019s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion."}, {"verse": "23", "text": "The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath."}, {"verse": "24", "text": "There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty."}, {"verse": "25", "text": "The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself."}, {"verse": "26", "text": "He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it."}, {"verse": "27", "text": "He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him."}, {"verse": "28", "text": "He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch."}, {"verse": "29", "text": "He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart."}, {"verse": "30", "text": "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise."}, {"verse": "31", "text": "Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner."}]}, {"chapter": "12", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man\u2019s hands shall be rendered unto him."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "A fool\u2019s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy."}, {"verse": "21", "text": "There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief."}, {"verse": "22", "text": "Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight."}, {"verse": "23", "text": "A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness."}, {"verse": "24", "text": "The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute."}, {"verse": "25", "text": "Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad."}, {"verse": "26", "text": "The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them."}, {"verse": "27", "text": "The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious."}, {"verse": "28", "text": "In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death."}]}, {"chapter": "13", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "A wise son heareth his father\u2019s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "The ransom of a man\u2019s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed."}, {"verse": "21", "text": "Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed."}, {"verse": "22", "text": "A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children\u2019s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just."}, {"verse": "23", "text": "Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment."}, {"verse": "24", "text": "He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes."}, {"verse": "25", "text": "The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want."}]}, {"chapter": "14", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish."}, {"verse": "12", "text": "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends."}, {"verse": "21", "text": "He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he."}, {"verse": "22", "text": "Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good."}, {"verse": "23", "text": "In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury."}, {"verse": "24", "text": "The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly."}, {"verse": "25", "text": "A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies."}, {"verse": "26", "text": "In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge."}, {"verse": "27", "text": "The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death."}, {"verse": "28", "text": "In the multitude of people is the king\u2019s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince."}, {"verse": "29", "text": "He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly."}, {"verse": "30", "text": "A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones."}, {"verse": "31", "text": "He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor."}, {"verse": "32", "text": "The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death."}, {"verse": "33", "text": "Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known."}, {"verse": "34", "text": "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people."}, {"verse": "35", "text": "The king\u2019s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame."}]}, {"chapter": "15", "verses": [{"verse": "1", "text": "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger."}, {"verse": "2", "text": "The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness."}, {"verse": "3", "text": "The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good."}, {"verse": "4", "text": "A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit."}, {"verse": "5", "text": "A fool despiseth his father\u2019s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent."}, {"verse": "6", "text": "In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble."}, {"verse": "7", "text": "The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so."}, {"verse": "8", "text": "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight."}, {"verse": "9", "text": "The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness."}, {"verse": "10", "text": "Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die."}, {"verse": "11", "text": "Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?"}, {"verse": "12", "text": "A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise."}, {"verse": "13", "text": "A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken."}, {"verse": "14", "text": "The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness."}, {"verse": "15", "text": "All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast."}, {"verse": "16", "text": "Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith."}, {"verse": "17", "text": "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."}, {"verse": "18", "text": "A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife."}, {"verse": "19", "text": "The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain."}, {"verse": "20", "text": "A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother."}, {"verse": "21", "text": "Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly."}, {"verse": "22", "text": "Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established."}, {"verse": "23", "text": "A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!"}, {"verse": "24", "text": "The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath."}, {"verse": "25", "text": "The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow."}, {"verse": "26", "text": "The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words."}, {"verse": "27", "text": "He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live."}, {"verse": "28", "text": "The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things."}, {"verse": "29", "text": "The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous."}, {"verse": "30", "text": "The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat."}, {"verse": "31", "text": "The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among th