\id PRO Proverbs 
\h Proverbs 
\toc1 The Proverbs 
\toc2 Proverbs 
\toc3 Pro 
\mt1 The Proverbs  
\c 1  
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\v 1 The \w proverbs|strong="H4912"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;  
\v 2 To \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* and \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*; to \w perceive|strong="H0995"\w* the \w words|strong="H0561"\w* of \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*;  
\v 3 To \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* the \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w* of \w wisdom|strong="H7919"\w*, \w justice|strong="H6664"\w*, and \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and \w equity|strong="H4339"\w*;\f + \fr 1.3 \ft equity: Heb. equities\f*  
\v 4 To \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w subtilty|strong="H6195"\w* to the \w simple|strong="H6612"\w*, to the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* and \w discretion|strong="H4209"\w*.\f + \fr 1.4 \ft discretion: or, advisement\f*  
\v 5 A \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add man\add* will \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, and will \w increase|strong="H3254"\w* \w learning|strong="H3948"\w*; and a man of \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w* shall \w attain|strong="H7069"\w* unto wise \w counsels|strong="H8458"\w*:  
\v 6 To \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* a \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w*, and the \w interpretation|strong="H4426"\w*; the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*, and their dark \w sayings|strong="H2420"\w*.\f + \fr 1.6 \ft the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech\f*   
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\v 7 ¶ The \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* the \w beginning|strong="H7225"\w* of \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*: \add but\add* \w fools|strong="H0191"\w* \w despise|strong="H0936"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* and \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*.\f + \fr 1.7 \ft the beginning: or, the principal part\f*  
\v 8 My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w* of thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w forsake|strong="H5203"\w* not the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*:  
\v 9 For they \add shall be\add* an \w ornament|strong="H3880"\w* of \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* unto thy \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and \w chains|strong="H6060"\w* about thy \w neck|strong="H1621"\w*.\f + \fr 1.9 \ft an…: Heb. an adding\f*   
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\v 10 ¶ My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, if \w sinners|strong="H2400"\w* \w entice|strong="H6601"\w* thee, \w consent|strong="H0014"\w* thou not.  
\v 11 If they \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* with us, let us lay \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* for \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, let us \w lurk|strong="H6845"\w* privily for the \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* without \w cause|strong="H2600"\w*:  
\v 12 Let us swallow them \w up|strong="H1104"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* as the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w*; and \w whole|strong="H8549"\w*, as those that go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* into the \w pit|strong="H0953"\w*:  
\v 13 We shall \w find|strong="H4672"\w* all \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w substance|strong="H1952"\w*, we shall \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* our \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* with \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*:  
\v 14 \w Cast|strong="H5307"\w* in thy \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* us; let us all have \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w purse|strong="H3599"\w*:  
\v 15 My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* not thou in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* with them; \w refrain|strong="H4513"\w* thy \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* from their \w path|strong="H5410"\w*:  
\v 16 For their \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* to \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and make \w haste|strong="H4116"\w* to \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.  
\v 17 Surely in \w vain|strong="H2600"\w* the \w net|strong="H7568"\w* is \w spread|strong="H2219"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of any \w bird|strong="H1167"\w*.\f + \fr 1.17 \ft in the…: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing\f*  
\v 18 And they lay \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* for their \add own\add* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*; they lurk \w privily|strong="H6845"\w* for their \add own\add* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\v 19 So \add are\add* the \w ways|strong="H0734"\w* of every one that is \w greedy|strong="H1214"\w* of \w gain|strong="H1215"\w*; \add which\add* taketh \w away|strong="H3947"\w* the \w life|strong="H5315"\w* of the \w owners|strong="H1167"\w* thereof.   
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\v 20 ¶ \w Wisdom|strong="H2454"\w* \w crieth|strong="H7442"\w* \w without|strong="H2351"\w*; she \w uttereth|strong="H5414"\w* her \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* in the \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*:\f + \fr 1.20 \ft Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom\f*  
\v 21 She \w crieth|strong="H7121"\w* in the chief \w place|strong="H7218"\w* of \w concourse|strong="H1993"\w*, in the \w openings|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*: in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* she \w uttereth|strong="H0559"\w* her \w words|strong="H0561"\w*, \add saying\add*,  
\v 22 How long, ye simple \w ones|strong="H6612"\w*, will ye \w love|strong="H0157"\w* \w simplicity|strong="H6612"\w*? and the \w scorners|strong="H3887"\w* \w delight|strong="H2530"\w* in their \w scorning|strong="H3944"\w*, and \w fools|strong="H3684"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*?  
\v 23 \w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* you at my \w reproof|strong="H8433"\w*: behold, I will pour \w out|strong="H5042"\w* my \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* unto you, I will make \w known|strong="H3045"\w* my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* unto you.   
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\v 24 ¶ Because I have \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, and ye \w refused|strong="H3985"\w*; I have stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w* my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and no man \w regarded|strong="H7181"\w*;  
\v 25 But ye have set at \w nought|strong="H6544"\w* all my \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*, and \w would|strong="H0014"\w* none of my \w reproof|strong="H8433"\w*:  
\v 26 I also will \w laugh|strong="H7832"\w* at your \w calamity|strong="H0343"\w*; I will \w mock|strong="H3932"\w* when your \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*;  
\v 27 When your \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* as \w desolation|strong="H7722"\w*, and your \w destruction|strong="H0343"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0857"\w* as a \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w*; when \w distress|strong="H6869"\w* and \w anguish|strong="H6695"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* upon you.  
\v 28 Then shall they \w call|strong="H7121"\w* upon me, but I will not \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*; they shall seek me \w early|strong="H7836"\w*, but they shall not \w find|strong="H4672"\w* me:  
\v 29 For that they \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*, and did not \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*:  
\v 30 They \w would|strong="H0014"\w* none of my \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*: they \w despised|strong="H5006"\w* all my \w reproof|strong="H8433"\w*.  
\v 31 Therefore shall they \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* of the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of their own \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and be \w filled|strong="H7646"\w* with their own \w devices|strong="H4156"\w*.  
\v 32 For the turning \w away|strong="H4878"\w* of the \w simple|strong="H6612"\w* shall \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* them, and the \w prosperity|strong="H7962"\w* of \w fools|strong="H3684"\w* shall \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* them.\f + \fr 1.32 \ft turning…: or, ease of the simple\f*  
\v 33 But whoso \w hearkeneth|strong="H8085"\w* unto me shall \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* \w safely|strong="H0983"\w*, and shall be \w quiet|strong="H7599"\w* from \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* of \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 1 My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, if thou wilt \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* my \w words|strong="H0561"\w*, and \w hide|strong="H6845"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* with thee;  
\v 2 So that thou \w incline|strong="H7181"\w* thine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* unto \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, \add and\add* \w apply|strong="H5186"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* to \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*;  
\v 3 Yea, if thou \w criest|strong="H7121"\w* after \w knowledge|strong="H0998"\w*, \add and\add* liftest \w up|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* for \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*;\f + \fr 2.3 \ft liftest…: Heb. givest thy voice\f*  
\v 4 If thou \w seekest|strong="H1245"\w* her as \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w searchest|strong="H2664"\w* for her as \add for\add* hid \w treasures|strong="H4301"\w*;  
\v 5 Then shalt thou \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w find|strong="H4672"\w* the \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 6 For the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*: out of his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \add cometh\add* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* and \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*.  
\v 7 He layeth \w up|strong="H6845"\w* sound \w wisdom|strong="H8454"\w* for the \w righteous|strong="H3477"\w*: \add he is\add* a \w buckler|strong="H4043"\w* to them that \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w uprightly|strong="H8537"\w*.  
\v 8 He \w keepeth|strong="H5341"\w* the \w paths|strong="H0734"\w* of \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and \w preserveth|strong="H8104"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of his \w saints|strong="H2623"\w*.  
\v 9 Then shalt thou \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, and \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and \w equity|strong="H4339"\w*; \add yea\add*, every \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w path|strong="H4570"\w*.   
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\v 10 ¶ When \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w entereth|strong="H0935"\w* into thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* is \w pleasant|strong="H5276"\w* unto thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*;  
\v 11 \w Discretion|strong="H4209"\w* shall \w preserve|strong="H8104"\w* thee, \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* shall \w keep|strong="H5341"\w* thee:  
\v 12 To \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* thee from the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add man\add*, from the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w speaketh|strong="H1696"\w* froward \w things|strong="H8419"\w*;  
\v 13 Who \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* the \w paths|strong="H0734"\w* of \w uprightness|strong="H3476"\w*, to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* of \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*;  
\v 14 Who \w rejoice|strong="H8056"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \add and\add* \w delight|strong="H1523"\w* in the \w frowardness|strong="H8419"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w*;  
\v 15 Whose \w ways|strong="H0734"\w* \add are\add* \w crooked|strong="H6141"\w*, and \add they\add* \w froward|strong="H3868"\w* in their \w paths|strong="H4570"\w*:  
\v 16 To \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* thee from the \w strange|strong="H2114"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \add even\add* from the \w stranger|strong="H5237"\w* \add which\add* \w flattereth|strong="H2505"\w* with her \w words|strong="H0561"\w*;  
\v 17 Which \w forsaketh|strong="H5800"\w* the \w guide|strong="H0441"\w* of her \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*, and \w forgetteth|strong="H7911"\w* the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of her \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 18 For her \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w inclineth|strong="H7743"\w* unto \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, and her \w paths|strong="H4570"\w* unto the \w dead|strong="H7496"\w*.  
\v 19 None that \w go|strong="H0935"\w* unto her return \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, neither take they \w hold|strong="H5381"\w* of the \w paths|strong="H0734"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 20 That thou mayest \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add men\add*, and \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w paths|strong="H0734"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*.  
\v 21 For the \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* shall \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and the \w perfect|strong="H8549"\w* shall \w remain|strong="H3498"\w* in it.  
\v 22 But the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall be cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and the \w transgressors|strong="H0898"\w* shall be rooted \w out|strong="H5255"\w* of it.\f + \fr 2.22 \ft rooted: or, plucked up\f*   
\c 3  
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\v 1 My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* not my \w law|strong="H8451"\w*; but let thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w keep|strong="H5341"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*:  
\v 2 For \w length|strong="H0753"\w* of \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, and \w long|strong="H8141"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, and \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, shall they \w add|strong="H3254"\w* to thee.\f + \fr 3.2 \ft long…: Heb. years of life\f*  
\v 3 Let not \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* and \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* thee: \w bind|strong="H7194"\w* them about thy \w neck|strong="H1621"\w*; \w write|strong="H3789"\w* them upon the \w table|strong="H3871"\w* of thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*:  
\v 4 So shalt thou \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* and \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w understanding|strong="H7922"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* and \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.\f + \fr 3.4 \ft good…: or, good success\f*   
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\v 5 ¶ \w Trust|strong="H0982"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* with all thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*; and \w lean|strong="H8172"\w* not unto thine own \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*.  
\v 6 In all thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="H3045"\w* him, and he shall \w direct|strong="H3474"\w* thy \w paths|strong="H0734"\w*.   
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\v 7 ¶ Be not \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* in thine own \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*: \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 8 It shall be \w health|strong="H7500"\w* to thy \w navel|strong="H8270"\w*, and \w marrow|strong="H8250"\w* to thy \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*.\f + \fr 3.8 \ft health: Heb. medicine\f*\f + \fr 3.8 \ft marrow: Heb. watering, or, moistening\f*  
\v 9 \w Honour|strong="H3513"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* with thy \w substance|strong="H1952"\w*, and with the \w firstfruits|strong="H7225"\w* of all thine \w increase|strong="H8393"\w*:  
\v 10 So shall thy \w barns|strong="H0618"\w* be \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with \w plenty|strong="H7647"\w*, and thy \w presses|strong="H3342"\w* shall burst \w out|strong="H6555"\w* with new \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*.   
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\v 11 ¶ My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* not the \w chastening|strong="H4148"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; neither be \w weary|strong="H6973"\w* of his \w correction|strong="H8433"\w*:  
\v 12 For whom the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* he \w correcteth|strong="H3198"\w*; even as a \w father|strong="H0001"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add in whom\add* he \w delighteth|strong="H7521"\w*.   
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\v 13 ¶ \w Happy|strong="H0835"\w* \add is\add* the \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \add that\add* \w findeth|strong="H4672"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, and the \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \add that\add* \w getteth|strong="H6329"\w* \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*.\f + \fr 3.13 \ft that getteth…: Heb. that draweth out understanding\f*  
\v 14 For the \w merchandise|strong="H5504"\w* of it \add is\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than the \w merchandise|strong="H5505"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and the \w gain|strong="H8393"\w* thereof than fine \w gold|strong="H2742"\w*.  
\v 15 She \add is\add* more \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* than \w rubies|strong="H6443"\w*: and all the things thou canst \w desire|strong="H2656"\w* are not to be \w compared|strong="H7737"\w* unto her.  
\v 16 \w Length|strong="H0753"\w* of \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \add is\add* in her right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*; \add and\add* in her left \w hand|strong="H8040"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w* and \w honour|strong="H3519"\w*.  
\v 17 Her \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \add are\add* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* of \w pleasantness|strong="H5278"\w*, and all her \w paths|strong="H5410"\w* \add are\add* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.  
\v 18 She \add is\add* a \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w* to them that lay \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* upon her: and \w happy|strong="H0833"\w* \add is every one\add* that \w retaineth|strong="H8551"\w* her.  
\v 19 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* by \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* hath \w founded|strong="H3245"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; by \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* hath he \w established|strong="H3559"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*.\f + \fr 3.19 \ft established: or, prepared\f*  
\v 20 By his \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* the \w depths|strong="H8415"\w* are broken \w up|strong="H1234"\w*, and the \w clouds|strong="H7834"\w* drop \w down|strong="H7491"\w* the \w dew|strong="H2919"\w*.   
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\v 21 ¶ My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, let not them \w depart|strong="H3868"\w* from thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*: \w keep|strong="H5341"\w* sound \w wisdom|strong="H8454"\w* and \w discretion|strong="H4209"\w*:  
\v 22 So shall they be \w life|strong="H2416"\w* unto thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, and \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* to thy \w neck|strong="H1621"\w*.  
\v 23 Then shalt thou \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in thy \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w safely|strong="H0983"\w*, and thy \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* shall not \w stumble|strong="H5062"\w*.  
\v 24 When thou liest \w down|strong="H7901"\w*, thou shalt not be \w afraid|strong="H6342"\w*: yea, thou shalt lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w*, and thy \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w* shall be \w sweet|strong="H6149"\w*.  
\v 25 Be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of \w sudden|strong="H6597"\w* \w fear|strong="H6343"\w*, neither of the \w desolation|strong="H7722"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, when it \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*.  
\v 26 For the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall be thy \w confidence|strong="H3689"\w*, and shall \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* thy \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* from being \w taken|strong="H3921"\w*.   
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\v 27 ¶ \w Withhold|strong="H4513"\w* not \w good|strong="H2896"\w* from them to whom it is \w due|strong="H1167"\w*, when it is in the \w power|strong="H0410"\w* of thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add it\add*.\f + \fr 3.27 \ft them…: Heb. the owners thereof\f*  
\v 28 \w Say|strong="H0559"\w* not unto thy \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, and come \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w*; when thou \w hast|strong="H3426"\w* it by thee.  
\v 29 \w Devise|strong="H2790"\w* not \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* against thy \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, seeing he \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* \w securely|strong="H0983"\w* by thee.\f + \fr 3.29 \ft Devise…: or, Practise no evil\f*   
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\v 30 ¶ \w Strive|strong="H7378"\w* not with a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* without \w cause|strong="H2600"\w*, if he have \w done|strong="H1580"\w* thee no \w harm|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 31 ¶ \w Envy|strong="H7065"\w* thou not the \w oppressor|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* none of his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.\f + \fr 3.31 \ft the oppressor: Heb. a man of violence\f*  
\v 32 For the \w froward|strong="H3868"\w* \add is\add* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: but his \w secret|strong="H5475"\w* \add is\add* with the \w righteous|strong="H3477"\w*.   
\p
\v 33 ¶ The \w curse|strong="H3994"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*: but he \w blesseth|strong="H1288"\w* the \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w* of the \w just|strong="H6662"\w*.  
\v 34 Surely he \w scorneth|strong="H3887"\w* the \w scorners|strong="H3887"\w*: but he \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* unto the \w lowly|strong="H6035"\w*.  
\v 35 The \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* shall \w inherit|strong="H5157"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*: but \w shame|strong="H7036"\w* shall be the \w promotion|strong="H7311"\w* of \w fools|strong="H3684"\w*.\f + \fr 3.35 \ft shall be…: Heb. exalteth the fools\f*   
\c 4  
\p
\v 1 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*, ye \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, the \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w* of a \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w attend|strong="H7181"\w* to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*.  
\v 2 For I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* you \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w doctrine|strong="H3948"\w*, \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* ye not my \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.  
\v 3 For I was my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w tender|strong="H7390"\w* and \w only|strong="H3173"\w* \add beloved\add* in the \w sight|strong="H6440"\w* of my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*.  
\v 4 He \w taught|strong="H3384"\w* me also, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Let thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w retain|strong="H8551"\w* my \w words|strong="H1697"\w*: \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, and \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Get|strong="H7069"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, \w get|strong="H7069"\w* \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*: \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \add it\add* not; neither \w decline|strong="H5186"\w* from the \w words|strong="H0561"\w* of my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Forsake|strong="H5800"\w* her not, and she shall \w preserve|strong="H8104"\w* thee: \w love|strong="H0157"\w* her, and she shall \w keep|strong="H5341"\w* thee.  
\v 7 \w Wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \add is\add* the principal \w thing|strong="H7225"\w*; \add therefore\add* \w get|strong="H7069"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*: and with all thy \w getting|strong="H7075"\w* get \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Exalt|strong="H5549"\w* her, and she shall \w promote|strong="H7311"\w* thee: she shall bring thee to \w honour|strong="H3513"\w*, when thou dost \w embrace|strong="H2263"\w* her.  
\v 9 She shall \w give|strong="H5414"\w* to thine \w head|strong="H7218"\w* an \w ornament|strong="H3880"\w* of \w grace|strong="H2580"\w*: a \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* of \w glory|strong="H8597"\w* shall she \w deliver|strong="H4042"\w* to thee.\f + \fr 4.9 \ft a crown…: or, she shall compass thee with a crown of glory\f*  
\v 10 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*, O my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* my \w sayings|strong="H0561"\w*; and the \w years|strong="H8141"\w* of thy \w life|strong="H2416"\w* shall be \w many|strong="H7235"\w*.  
\v 11 I have \w taught|strong="H3384"\w* thee in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*; I have \w led|strong="H1869"\w* thee in \w right|strong="H3476"\w* \w paths|strong="H4570"\w*.  
\v 12 When thou \w goest|strong="H3212"\w*, thy \w steps|strong="H6806"\w* shall not be \w straitened|strong="H3334"\w*; and when thou \w runnest|strong="H7323"\w*, thou shalt not \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w*.  
\v 13 Take fast \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* of \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*; let \add her\add* not \w go|strong="H7503"\w*: \w keep|strong="H5341"\w* her; for she \add is\add* thy \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.   
\p
\v 14 ¶ \w Enter|strong="H0935"\w* not into the \w path|strong="H0734"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, and \w go|strong="H0833"\w* not in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add men\add*.  
\v 15 \w Avoid|strong="H6544"\w* it, \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* not by it, \w turn|strong="H7847"\w* from it, and pass \w away|strong="H5674"\w*.  
\v 16 For they \w sleep|strong="H3462"\w* not, except they have done \w mischief|strong="H7489"\w*; and their \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w* is taken \w away|strong="H1497"\w*, unless they cause \add some\add* to \w fall|strong="H3782"\w*.  
\v 17 For they \w eat|strong="H3898"\w* the \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* of \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w*, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* the \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* of \w violence|strong="H2555"\w*.  
\v 18 But the \w path|strong="H0734"\w* of the \w just|strong="H6662"\w* \add is\add* as the \w shining|strong="H5051"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, that \w shineth|strong="H0215"\w* \w more|strong="H1980"\w* and more unto the \w perfect|strong="H3559"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 19 The \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add is\add* as \w darkness|strong="H0653"\w*: they \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not at what they \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w*.   
\p
\v 20 ¶ My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w attend|strong="H7181"\w* to my \w words|strong="H1697"\w*; \w incline|strong="H5186"\w* thine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* unto my \w sayings|strong="H0561"\w*.  
\v 21 Let them not \w depart|strong="H3868"\w* from thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*; \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* them in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.  
\v 22 For they \add are\add* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* unto those that \w find|strong="H4672"\w* them, and \w health|strong="H4832"\w* to all their \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*.\f + \fr 4.22 \ft health: Heb. medicine\f*   
\p
\v 23 ¶ \w Keep|strong="H5341"\w* thy \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* with all \w diligence|strong="H4929"\w*; for out of it \add are\add* the \w issues|strong="H8444"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.\f + \fr 4.23 \ft with…: Heb. above all keeping\f*  
\v 24 Put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* from thee a \w froward|strong="H6143"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and \w perverse|strong="H3891"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* put \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from thee.\f + \fr 4.24 \ft a froward…: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips\f*  
\v 25 Let thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w look|strong="H5027"\w* right \w on|strong="H5227"\w*, and let thine \w eyelids|strong="H6079"\w* look \w straight|strong="H3474"\w* before thee.  
\v 26 \w Ponder|strong="H6424"\w* the \w path|strong="H4570"\w* of thy \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and let all thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* be \w established|strong="H3559"\w*.\f + \fr 4.26 \ft let…: or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright\f*  
\v 27 \w Turn|strong="H5186"\w* not to the right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* nor to the \w left|strong="H8040"\w*: \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* thy \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* from \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.   
\c 5  
\p
\v 1 My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w attend|strong="H7181"\w* unto my \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, \add and\add* \w bow|strong="H5186"\w* thine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* to my \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*:  
\v 2 That thou mayest \w regard|strong="H8104"\w* \w discretion|strong="H4209"\w*, and \add that\add* thy \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* may \w keep|strong="H5341"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*.   
\p
\v 3 ¶ For the \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* of a strange \w woman|strong="H2114"\w* \w drop|strong="H5197"\w* \add as\add* an \w honeycomb|strong="H5317"\w*, and her \w mouth|strong="H2441"\w* \add is\add* \w smoother|strong="H2509"\w* than \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*:\f + \fr 5.3 \ft mouth: Heb. palate\f*  
\v 4 But her \w end|strong="H0319"\w* is \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* as \w wormwood|strong="H3939"\w*, \w sharp|strong="H2299"\w* as a \w twoedged|strong="H6310"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\v 5 Her \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w death|strong="H4194"\w*; her \w steps|strong="H6806"\w* take \w hold|strong="H8551"\w* on \w hell|strong="H7585"\w*.  
\v 6 Lest thou shouldest \w ponder|strong="H6424"\w* the \w path|strong="H0734"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, her \w ways|strong="H4570"\w* are \w moveable|strong="H5128"\w*, \add that\add* thou canst not \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \add them\add*.  
\v 7 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* me now therefore, O ye \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* not from the \w words|strong="H0561"\w* of my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Remove|strong="H7368"\w* thy \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from her, and come not \w nigh|strong="H7126"\w* the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of her \w house|strong="H1004"\w*:  
\v 9 Lest thou \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thine \w honour|strong="H1935"\w* unto \w others|strong="H0312"\w*, and thy \w years|strong="H8141"\w* unto the \w cruel|strong="H0394"\w*:  
\v 10 Lest \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* be \w filled|strong="H7646"\w* with thy \w wealth|strong="H3581"\w*; and thy \w labours|strong="H6089"\w* \add be\add* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of a \w stranger|strong="H5237"\w*;\f + \fr 5.10 \ft thy wealth: Heb. thy strength\f*  
\v 11 And thou \w mourn|strong="H5098"\w* at the \w last|strong="H0319"\w*, when thy \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* and thy \w body|strong="H7607"\w* are \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w*,  
\v 12 And \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, How have I \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*, and my \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w despised|strong="H5006"\w* \w reproof|strong="H8433"\w*;  
\v 13 And have not \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of my \w teachers|strong="H3384"\w*, nor \w inclined|strong="H5186"\w* mine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* to them that \w instructed|strong="H3925"\w* me!  
\v 14 I was \w almost|strong="H4592"\w* in all \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* and \w assembly|strong="H5712"\w*.   
\p
\v 15 ¶ \w Drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* out of thine own \w cistern|strong="H0953"\w*, and running \w waters|strong="H5140"\w* out \w of|strong="H8432"\w* thine own \w well|strong="H0875"\w*.  
\v 16 Let thy \w fountains|strong="H4599"\w* be \w dispersed|strong="H6327"\w* \w abroad|strong="H2351"\w*, \add and\add* \w rivers|strong="H6388"\w* of \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* in the \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*.  
\v 17 Let them be only thine own, and not \w strangers’|strong="H2114"\w* with thee.  
\v 18 Let thy \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* be \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w*: and \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* with the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of thy \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*.  
\v 19 \add Let her be as\add* the \w loving|strong="H0158"\w* \w hind|strong="H0365"\w* and \w pleasant|strong="H2580"\w* \w roe|strong="H3280"\w*; let her \w breasts|strong="H1717"\w* \w satisfy|strong="H7301"\w* thee at all \w times|strong="H6256"\w*; and be thou \w ravished|strong="H7686"\w* \w always|strong="H8548"\w* with her \w love|strong="H0160"\w*.\f + \fr 5.19 \ft satisfy…: Heb. water thee\f*\f + \fr 5.19 \ft be thou…: Heb. err thou always in her love\f*  
\v 20 And why wilt thou, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, be \w ravished|strong="H7686"\w* with a strange \w woman|strong="H2114"\w*, and \w embrace|strong="H2263"\w* the \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w* of a \w stranger|strong="H5237"\w*?  
\v 21 For the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* of \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add are\add* \w before|strong="H5227"\w* the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and he \w pondereth|strong="H6424"\w* all his \w goings|strong="H4570"\w*.   
\p
\v 22 ¶ His own \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* shall \w take|strong="H3920"\w* the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* himself, and he shall be \w holden|strong="H8551"\w* with the \w cords|strong="H2256"\w* of his \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.\f + \fr 5.22 \ft sins: Heb. sin\f*  
\v 23 He shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* without \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*; and in the \w greatness|strong="H7230"\w* of his \w folly|strong="H0200"\w* he shall go \w astray|strong="H7686"\w*.   
\c 6  
\p
\v 1 My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, if thou be \w surety|strong="H6148"\w* for thy \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*, \add if\add* thou hast \w stricken|strong="H8628"\w* thy \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* with a \w stranger|strong="H2114"\w*,  
\v 2 Thou art \w snared|strong="H3369"\w* with the \w words|strong="H0561"\w* of thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, thou art \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* with the \w words|strong="H0561"\w* of thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w now|strong="H0645"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* thyself, when thou art \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of thy \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*; \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w humble|strong="H7511"\w* thyself, and make \w sure|strong="H7292"\w* thy \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*.\f + \fr 6.3 \ft and make…: or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend\f*  
\v 4 \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* not \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w* to thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, nor \w slumber|strong="H8572"\w* to thine \w eyelids|strong="H6079"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Deliver|strong="H5337"\w* thyself as a \w roe|strong="H6643"\w* from the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \add of the hunter\add*, and as a \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* from the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w fowler|strong="H3353"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 ¶ \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* to the \w ant|strong="H5244"\w*, thou \w sluggard|strong="H6102"\w*; \w consider|strong="H7200"\w* her \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and be \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*:  
\v 7 Which having no \w guide|strong="H7101"\w*, \w overseer|strong="H7860"\w*, or \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w*,  
\v 8 \w Provideth|strong="H3559"\w* her \w meat|strong="H3899"\w* in the \w summer|strong="H7019"\w*, \add and\add* \w gathereth|strong="H0103"\w* her \w food|strong="H3978"\w* in the \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*.  
\v 9 How long wilt thou \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w*, O \w sluggard|strong="H6102"\w*? when wilt thou \w arise|strong="H6965"\w* out of thy \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*?  
\v 10 \add Yet\add* a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*, a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w slumber|strong="H8572"\w*, a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w folding|strong="H2264"\w* of the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* to \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w*:  
\v 11 So shall thy \w poverty|strong="H7389"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* as one that \w travelleth|strong="H1980"\w*, and thy \w want|strong="H4270"\w* as an \w armed|strong="H4043"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 ¶ A \w naughty|strong="H1100"\w* \w person|strong="H0120"\w*, a \w wicked|strong="H0205"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* with a \w froward|strong="H6143"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.  
\v 13 He \w winketh|strong="H7169"\w* with his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, he \w speaketh|strong="H4448"\w* with his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, he \w teacheth|strong="H3384"\w* with his \w fingers|strong="H0676"\w*;  
\v 14 \w Frowardness|strong="H8419"\w* \add is\add* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, he \w deviseth|strong="H2790"\w* \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w* \w continually|strong="H6256"\w*; he \w soweth|strong="H7971"\w* \w discord|strong="H4066"\w*.\f + \fr 6.14 \ft soweth: Heb. casteth forth\f*  
\v 15 Therefore shall his \w calamity|strong="H0343"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w*; \w suddenly|strong="H6621"\w* shall he be \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* without \w remedy|strong="H4832"\w*.   
\p
\v 16 ¶ These \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \add things\add* doth the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w*: yea, \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \add are\add* an \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* unto \w him|strong="H5315"\w*:\f + \fr 6.16 \ft unto…: Heb. of his soul\f*  
\v 17 A \w proud|strong="H7311"\w* \w look|strong="H5869"\w*, a \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*, and \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* that \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*,\f + \fr 6.17 \ft A proud…: Heb. Haughty eyes\f*  
\v 18 An \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* that \w deviseth|strong="H2790"\w* \w wicked|strong="H0205"\w* \w imaginations|strong="H4284"\w*, \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* that be \w swift|strong="H4116"\w* in \w running|strong="H7323"\w* to \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\v 19 A \w false|strong="H8267"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* \add that\add* \w speaketh|strong="H6315"\w* \w lies|strong="H3577"\w*, and he that \w soweth|strong="H7971"\w* \w discord|strong="H4090"\w* among \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*.   
\p
\v 20 ¶ My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w keep|strong="H5341"\w* thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w*, and \w forsake|strong="H5203"\w* not the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*:  
\v 21 \w Bind|strong="H7194"\w* them \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* upon thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, \add and\add* \w tie|strong="H6029"\w* them about thy \w neck|strong="H1621"\w*.  
\v 22 When thou \w goest|strong="H1980"\w*, it shall \w lead|strong="H5148"\w* thee; when thou \w sleepest|strong="H7901"\w*, it shall \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* thee; and \add when\add* thou \w awakest|strong="H6974"\w*, it shall \w talk|strong="H7878"\w* with thee.  
\v 23 For the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* \add is\add* a \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w*; and the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \add is\add* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*; and \w reproofs|strong="H8433"\w* of \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w* \add are\add* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*:\f + \fr 6.23 \ft lamp: or, candle\f*  
\v 24 To \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* thee from the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, from the \w flattery|strong="H2513"\w* of the \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* of a strange \w woman|strong="H5237"\w*.\f + \fr 6.24 \ft of the…: or, of the strange tongue\f*  
\v 25 \w Lust|strong="H2530"\w* not after her \w beauty|strong="H3308"\w* in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*; neither let her \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thee with her \w eyelids|strong="H6079"\w*.  
\v 26 For by means \w of|strong="H1157"\w* a \w whorish|strong="H2181"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \add a man is brought\add* to a \w piece|strong="H3603"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*: and the \w adulteress|strong="H0802"\w* will \w hunt|strong="H6679"\w* for the \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.\f + \fr 6.26 \ft the adulteress: Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man’s wife\f*  
\v 27 Can a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w take|strong="H2846"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* in his \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*, and his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* not be \w burned|strong="H8313"\w*?  
\v 28 Can \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* upon hot \w coals|strong="H1513"\w*, and his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* not be \w burned|strong="H3554"\w*?  
\v 29 So he that goeth \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to his \w neighbour’s|strong="H7453"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*; whosoever \w toucheth|strong="H5060"\w* her shall not be \w innocent|strong="H5352"\w*.  
\v 30 \add Men\add* do not \w despise|strong="H0936"\w* a \w thief|strong="H1590"\w*, if he \w steal|strong="H1589"\w* to \w satisfy|strong="H4390"\w* his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* when he is \w hungry|strong="H7456"\w*;  
\v 31 But \add if\add* he be \w found|strong="H4672"\w*, he shall \w restore|strong="H7999"\w* \w sevenfold|strong="H7659"\w*; he shall \w give|strong="H5414"\w* all the \w substance|strong="H1952"\w* of his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 32 \add But\add* whoso committeth \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* with a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w lacketh|strong="H2638"\w* \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*: he \add that\add* \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w* it \w destroyeth|strong="H7843"\w* his own \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.\f + \fr 6.32 \ft understanding: Heb. heart\f*  
\v 33 A \w wound|strong="H5061"\w* and \w dishonour|strong="H7036"\w* shall he \w get|strong="H4672"\w*; and his \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* shall not be wiped \w away|strong="H4229"\w*.  
\v 34 For \w jealousy|strong="H7068"\w* \add is\add* the \w rage|strong="H2534"\w* of a \w man|strong="H1397"\w*: therefore he will not \w spare|strong="H2550"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w vengeance|strong="H5359"\w*.  
\v 35 He will not \w regard|strong="H5375"\w* any \w ransom|strong="H3724"\w*; neither will he rest \w content|strong="H0014"\w*, though thou givest \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w gifts|strong="H7810"\w*.\f + \fr 6.35 \ft He will…: Heb. He will not accept the face of any ransom\f*   
\c 7  
\p
\v 1 My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w words|strong="H0561"\w*, and lay \w up|strong="H6845"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* with thee.  
\v 2 \w Keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, and \w live|strong="H2421"\w*; and my \w law|strong="H8451"\w* as the \w apple|strong="H0380"\w* of thine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Bind|strong="H7194"\w* them upon thy \w fingers|strong="H0676"\w*, \w write|strong="H3789"\w* them upon the \w table|strong="H3871"\w* of thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Say|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, Thou \add art\add* my \w sister|strong="H0269"\w*; and \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w* \add thy\add* \w kinswoman|strong="H4129"\w*:  
\v 5 That they may \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* thee from the \w strange|strong="H2114"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, from the \w stranger|strong="H5237"\w* \add which\add* \w flattereth|strong="H2505"\w* with her \w words|strong="H0561"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 ¶ For at the \w window|strong="H2474"\w* of my \w house|strong="H1004"\w* I \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* through my \w casement|strong="H0822"\w*,  
\v 7 And \w beheld|strong="H7200"\w* among the simple \w ones|strong="H6612"\w*, I \w discerned|strong="H0995"\w* among the \w youths|strong="H1121"\w*, a young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w void|strong="H2638"\w* of \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*,\f + \fr 7.7 \ft the youths: Heb. the sons\f*  
\v 8 Passing \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w street|strong="H7784"\w* \w near|strong="H0681"\w* her \w corner|strong="H6434"\w*; and he \w went|strong="H6805"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* to her \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\v 9 In the \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w*, in the \w evening|strong="H3117"\w*, in the \w black|strong="H0380"\w* and \w dark|strong="H0653"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*:\f + \fr 7.9 \ft in the evening: Heb. in the evening of days\f*  
\v 10 And, behold, there \w met|strong="H7125"\w* him a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \add with\add* the \w attire|strong="H7897"\w* of an \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w*, and \w subtil|strong="H5341"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.  
\v 11 (She \add is\add* \w loud|strong="H1993"\w* and \w stubborn|strong="H5637"\w*; her \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w abide|strong="H7931"\w* not in her \w house|strong="H1004"\w*:  
\v 12 \w Now|strong="H6471"\w* \add is she\add* \w without|strong="H2351"\w*, \w now|strong="H6471"\w* in the \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*, and lieth in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* \w at|strong="H0681"\w* every \w corner|strong="H6438"\w*.)  
\v 13 So she \w caught|strong="H2388"\w* him, and \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* him, \add and\add* with an \w impudent|strong="H5810"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him,\f + \fr 7.13 \ft with…: Heb. she strengthened her face and said\f*  
\v 14 \add I have\add* \w peace|strong="H8002"\w* \w offerings|strong="H2077"\w* with me; this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* have I \w payed|strong="H7999"\w* my \w vows|strong="H5088"\w*.\f + \fr 7.14 \ft I have…: Heb. Peace offerings are upon me\f*  
\v 15 Therefore came I \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* thee, diligently to \w seek|strong="H7836"\w* thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* thee.  
\v 16 I have \w decked|strong="H7234"\w* my \w bed|strong="H6210"\w* with \w coverings|strong="H4765"\w* of tapestry, with \w carved|strong="H2405"\w* \add works\add*, with fine \w linen|strong="H0330"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 17 I have \w perfumed|strong="H5130"\w* my \w bed|strong="H4904"\w* with \w myrrh|strong="H4753"\w*, \w aloes|strong="H0174"\w*, and \w cinnamon|strong="H7076"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, let us take our \w fill|strong="H7301"\w* of \w love|strong="H1730"\w* until the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*: let us \w solace|strong="H5965"\w* ourselves with \w loves|strong="H0159"\w*.  
\v 19 For the \w goodman|strong="H0376"\w* \add is\add* not at \w home|strong="H1004"\w*, he is \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* a \w long|strong="H7350"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w*:  
\v 20 He hath \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* a \w bag|strong="H6872"\w* of \w money|strong="H3701"\w* with \w him|strong="H3027"\w*, \add and\add* will \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* at the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w appointed|strong="H3677"\w*.\f + \fr 7.20 \ft with…: Heb. in his hand\f*\f + \fr 7.20 \ft the day…: or, the new moon\f*  
\v 21 With her \w much|strong="H7230"\w* fair \w speech|strong="H3948"\w* she caused him to \w yield|strong="H5186"\w*, with the \w flattering|strong="H2506"\w* of her \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* she \w forced|strong="H5080"\w* him.  
\v 22 He \w goeth|strong="H1980"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* her \w straightway|strong="H6597"\w*, as an \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* \w goeth|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w slaughter|strong="H2874"\w*, or as a \w fool|strong="H0191"\w* to the \w correction|strong="H4148"\w* of the \w stocks|strong="H5914"\w*;\f + \fr 7.22 \ft straightway: Heb. suddenly\f*  
\v 23 Till a \w dart|strong="H2671"\w* \w strike|strong="H6398"\w* through his \w liver|strong="H3516"\w*; as a \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* \w hasteth|strong="H4116"\w* to the \w snare|strong="H6341"\w*, and \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* not that it \add is\add* for his \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\p
\v 24 ¶ \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto me now therefore, O ye \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w attend|strong="H7181"\w* to the \w words|strong="H0561"\w* of my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.  
\v 25 Let not thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w decline|strong="H7847"\w* to her \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, go not \w astray|strong="H8582"\w* in her \w paths|strong="H5410"\w*.  
\v 26 For she hath cast \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w*: yea, many \w strong|strong="H6099"\w* \add men\add* have been \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* by her.  
\v 27 Her \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \add is\add* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* to \w hell|strong="H7585"\w*, going \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w chambers|strong="H2315"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.   
\c 8  
\p
\v 1 Doth not \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w cry|strong="H7121"\w*? and \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* put \w forth|strong="H5414"\w* her \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*?  
\v 2 She \w standeth|strong="H5324"\w* in the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of high \w places|strong="H4791"\w*, by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* in the \w places|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w paths|strong="H5410"\w*.  
\v 3 She \w crieth|strong="H7442"\w* \w at|strong="H3027"\w* the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*, at the \w entry|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w city|strong="H7176"\w*, at the \w coming|strong="H3996"\w* in at the \w doors|strong="H6607"\w*.  
\v 4 Unto you, O \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, I \w call|strong="H7121"\w*; and my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \add is\add* to the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.  
\v 5 O ye \w simple|strong="H6612"\w*, \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H6195"\w*: and, ye \w fools|strong="H3684"\w*, be ye of an \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*; for I will \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* of excellent \w things|strong="H5057"\w*; and the \w opening|strong="H4669"\w* of my \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \add shall be\add* right \w things|strong="H4339"\w*.  
\v 7 For my \w mouth|strong="H2441"\w* shall \w speak|strong="H1897"\w* \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*; and \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w* \add is\add* an \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* to my \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*.\f + \fr 8.7 \ft an…: Heb. the abomination of my lips\f*  
\v 8 All the \w words|strong="H0561"\w* of my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \add are\add* in \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*; \add there is\add* nothing \w froward|strong="H6617"\w* or \w perverse|strong="H6141"\w* in them.\f + \fr 8.8 \ft froward: Heb. wreathed\f*  
\v 9 They \add are\add* all \w plain|strong="H5228"\w* to him that \w understandeth|strong="H0995"\w*, and \w right|strong="H3477"\w* to them that \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Receive|strong="H3947"\w* my \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*, and not \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*; and \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* rather than \w choice|strong="H0977"\w* \w gold|strong="H2742"\w*.  
\v 11 For \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \add is\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than \w rubies|strong="H6443"\w*; and all the things that may be \w desired|strong="H2656"\w* are not to be \w compared|strong="H7737"\w* to it.   
\p
\v 12 I \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* with \w prudence|strong="H6195"\w*, and find \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* of witty \w inventions|strong="H4209"\w*.\f + \fr 8.12 \ft prudence: or, subtilty\f*  
\v 13 The \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* to \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*: \w pride|strong="H1344"\w*, and \w arrogancy|strong="H1347"\w*, and the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and the \w froward|strong="H8419"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, do I \w hate|strong="H8130"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \add is\add* mine, and sound \w wisdom|strong="H8454"\w*: I \add am\add* \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*; I have \w strength|strong="H1369"\w*.  
\v 15 By me \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and \w princes|strong="H7336"\w* \w decree|strong="H2710"\w* \w justice|strong="H6664"\w*.  
\v 16 By me \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w rule|strong="H8323"\w*, and \w nobles|strong="H5081"\w*, \add even\add* all the \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 17 I \w love|strong="H0157"\w* them that \w love|strong="H0157"\w* me; and those that seek me \w early|strong="H7836"\w* shall \w find|strong="H4672"\w* me.  
\v 18 \w Riches|strong="H6239"\w* and \w honour|strong="H3519"\w* \add are\add* with me; \add yea\add*, \w durable|strong="H6276"\w* \w riches|strong="H1952"\w* and \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*.  
\v 19 My \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \add is\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than \w gold|strong="H2742"\w*, yea, than fine \w gold|strong="H6337"\w*; and my \w revenue|strong="H8393"\w* than \w choice|strong="H0977"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.  
\v 20 I \w lead|strong="H1980"\w* in the \w way|strong="H0734"\w* of \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w paths|strong="H5410"\w* of \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*:\f + \fr 8.20 \ft lead: or, walk\f*  
\v 21 That I may cause those that \w love|strong="H0157"\w* me to \w inherit|strong="H5157"\w* \w substance|strong="H3426"\w*; and I will \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* their \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w*.   
\p
\v 22 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w possessed|strong="H7069"\w* me in the \w beginning|strong="H7225"\w* of his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w before|strong="H6924"\w* his \w works|strong="H4659"\w* of old.  
\v 23 I was set \w up|strong="H5258"\w* from \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w*, from the \w beginning|strong="H7218"\w*, or \w ever|strong="H6924"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* was.  
\v 24 When \add there were\add* no \w depths|strong="H8415"\w*, I was brought \w forth|strong="H2342"\w*; when \add there were\add* no \w fountains|strong="H4599"\w* \w abounding|strong="H3513"\w* with \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\v 25 Before the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* were \w settled|strong="H2883"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* was I brought \w forth|strong="H2342"\w*:  
\v 26 While as yet he had not \w made|strong="H6213"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, nor the \w fields|strong="H2351"\w*, nor the highest \w part|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* of the \w world|strong="H8398"\w*.\f + \fr 8.26 \ft fields: or, open places\f*\f + \fr 8.26 \ft the highest…: or, the chief part\f*  
\v 27 When he \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, I \add was\add* there: when he \w set|strong="H2710"\w* a \w compass|strong="H2329"\w* upon the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w depth|strong="H8415"\w*:\f + \fr 8.27 \ft a compass: or, a circle\f*  
\v 28 When he \w established|strong="H0553"\w* the \w clouds|strong="H7834"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w*: when he \w strengthened|strong="H5810"\w* the \w fountains|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w deep|strong="H8415"\w*:  
\v 29 When he \w gave|strong="H7760"\w* to the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* his \w decree|strong="H2706"\w*, that the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* should not \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* his \w commandment|strong="H6310"\w*: when he \w appointed|strong="H2710"\w* the \w foundations|strong="H4144"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*:  
\v 30 Then I was by \w him|strong="H0681"\w*, \add as\add* one brought \w up|strong="H0525"\w* \add with him:\add* and I was \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* \add his\add* \w delight|strong="H8191"\w*, \w rejoicing|strong="H7832"\w* \w always|strong="H6256"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him;  
\v 31 \w Rejoicing|strong="H7832"\w* in the habitable \w part|strong="H8398"\w* of his \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; and my \w delights|strong="H8191"\w* \add were\add* with the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*.   
\p
\v 32 Now therefore \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto me, O ye \w children|strong="H1121"\w*: for \w blessed|strong="H0835"\w* \add are they that\add* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.  
\v 33 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*, and be \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*, and \w refuse|strong="H6544"\w* it not.  
\v 34 \w Blessed|strong="H0835"\w* \add is\add* the \w man|strong="H0120"\w* that \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* me, \w watching|strong="H8245"\w* \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* at my \w gates|strong="H1817"\w*, \w waiting|strong="H8104"\w* at the \w posts|strong="H4201"\w* of my \w doors|strong="H6607"\w*.  
\v 35 For whoso \w findeth|strong="H4672"\w* me \w findeth|strong="H4672"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, and shall \w obtain|strong="H6329"\w* \w favour|strong="H7522"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 8.35 \ft obtain: Heb. bring forth\f*  
\v 36 But he that \w sinneth|strong="H2398"\w* against me \w wrongeth|strong="H2554"\w* his own \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*: all they that \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* me \w love|strong="H0157"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.   
\c 9  
\p
\v 1 \w Wisdom|strong="H2454"\w* hath \w builded|strong="H1129"\w* her \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, she hath hewn \w out|strong="H2672"\w* her \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*:  
\v 2 She hath \w killed|strong="H2873"\w* her \w beasts|strong="H2874"\w*; she hath \w mingled|strong="H4537"\w* her \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*; she hath also \w furnished|strong="H6186"\w* her \w table|strong="H7979"\w*.\f + \fr 9.2 \ft her beasts: Heb. her killing\f*  
\v 3 She hath sent \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* her \w maidens|strong="H5291"\w*: she \w crieth|strong="H7121"\w* \w upon|strong="H1610"\w* the highest \w places|strong="H4791"\w* of the \w city|strong="H7176"\w*,  
\v 4 Whoso \add is\add* \w simple|strong="H6612"\w*, let him turn \w in|strong="H5493"\w* hither: \add as for\add* him that \w wanteth|strong="H2638"\w* \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*, she \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* to him,  
\v 5 \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, \w eat|strong="H3898"\w* of my \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* of the \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \add which\add* I have \w mingled|strong="H4537"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Forsake|strong="H5800"\w* the \w foolish|strong="H6612"\w*, and \w live|strong="H2421"\w*; and \w go|strong="H0833"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*.  
\v 7 He that \w reproveth|strong="H3256"\w* a \w scorner|strong="H3887"\w* \w getteth|strong="H3947"\w* to himself \w shame|strong="H7036"\w*: and he that \w rebuketh|strong="H3198"\w* a \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add man getteth\add* himself a \w blot|strong="H3971"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Reprove|strong="H3198"\w* not a \w scorner|strong="H3887"\w*, lest he \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* thee: \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* a wise \w man|strong="H2450"\w*, and he will \w love|strong="H0157"\w* thee.  
\v 9 \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \add instruction\add* to a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add man\add*, and he will be yet \w wiser|strong="H2449"\w*: \w teach|strong="H3045"\w* a \w just|strong="H6662"\w* \add man\add*, and he will \w increase|strong="H3254"\w* in \w learning|strong="H3948"\w*.  
\v 10 The \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* the \w beginning|strong="H8462"\w* of \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*: and the \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* of the \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \add is\add* \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*.  
\v 11 For by me thy \w days|strong="H3117"\w* shall be \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w*, and the \w years|strong="H8141"\w* of thy \w life|strong="H2416"\w* shall be \w increased|strong="H3254"\w*.  
\v 12 If thou be \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*, thou shalt be \w wise|strong="H2449"\w* for thyself: but \add if\add* thou \w scornest|strong="H3887"\w*, thou alone shalt \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* \add it\add*.   
\p
\v 13 ¶ A \w foolish|strong="H3687"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \add is\add* \w clamorous|strong="H1993"\w*: \add she is\add* \w simple|strong="H6615"\w*, \w and|strong="H1077"\w* \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* \w nothing|strong="H4100"\w*.  
\v 14 For she \w sitteth|strong="H3427"\w* at the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of her \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, on a \w seat|strong="H3678"\w* in the high \w places|strong="H4791"\w* of the \w city|strong="H7176"\w*,  
\v 15 To \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w passengers|strong="H5674"\w* who go \w right|strong="H3474"\w* on their \w ways|strong="H0734"\w*:  
\v 16 Whoso \add is\add* \w simple|strong="H6612"\w*, let him turn \w in|strong="H5493"\w* hither: and \add as for\add* him that \w wanteth|strong="H2638"\w* \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*, she \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* to him,  
\v 17 \w Stolen|strong="H1589"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* are \w sweet|strong="H4985"\w*, and \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \add eaten\add* in \w secret|strong="H5643"\w* is \w pleasant|strong="H5276"\w*.\f + \fr 9.17 \ft eaten…: Heb. of secrecies\f*  
\v 18 But he \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* not that the \w dead|strong="H7496"\w* \add are\add* there; \add and that\add* her \w guests|strong="H7121"\w* \add are\add* in the \w depths|strong="H6012"\w* of \w hell|strong="H7585"\w*.   
\c 10  
\p
\v 1 The \w proverbs|strong="H4912"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*. A \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* maketh a \w glad|strong="H8055"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: but a \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add is\add* the \w heaviness|strong="H8424"\w* of his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*.   
\p
\v 2 \w Treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w* \w profit|strong="H3276"\w* nothing: but \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w delivereth|strong="H5337"\w* from \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.  
\v 3 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will not \w suffer|strong="H7456"\w* the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* to \w famish|strong="H7456"\w*: but he casteth \w away|strong="H1920"\w* the \w substance|strong="H1942"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.\f + \fr 10.3 \ft the substance…: or, the wicked for their wickedness\f*  
\v 4 He becometh \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* that \w dealeth|strong="H6213"\w* \add with\add* a \w slack|strong="H7423"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*: but the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w diligent|strong="H2742"\w* maketh \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*.  
\v 5 He that \w gathereth|strong="H0103"\w* in \w summer|strong="H7019"\w* \add is\add* a \w wise|strong="H7919"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*: \add but\add* he that \w sleepeth|strong="H7290"\w* in \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \add is\add* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* that causeth \w shame|strong="H0954"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Blessings|strong="H1293"\w* \add are\add* upon the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w just|strong="H6662"\w*: but \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* \w covereth|strong="H3680"\w* the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.  
\v 7 The \w memory|strong="H2143"\w* of the \w just|strong="H6662"\w* \add is\add* \w blessed|strong="H1293"\w*: but the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall \w rot|strong="H7537"\w*.  
\v 8 The \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* in \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* will \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*: but a \w prating|strong="H8193"\w* \w fool|strong="H0191"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H3832"\w*.\f + \fr 10.8 \ft a prating…: Heb. a fool of lips\f*\f + \fr 10.8 \ft fall: Heb. be beaten\f*  
\v 9 He that \w walketh|strong="H3212"\w* \w uprightly|strong="H8537"\w* \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* \w surely|strong="H0983"\w*: but he that \w perverteth|strong="H6140"\w* his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* shall be \w known|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\v 10 He that \w winketh|strong="H7169"\w* with the \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w causeth|strong="H5414"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H6094"\w*: but a \w prating|strong="H8193"\w* \w fool|strong="H0191"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H3832"\w*.\f + \fr 10.10 \ft fall: Heb. be beaten\f*  
\v 11 The \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of a \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add man is\add* a \w well|strong="H4726"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*: but \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* \w covereth|strong="H3680"\w* the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Hatred|strong="H8135"\w* stirreth \w up|strong="H5782"\w* \w strifes|strong="H4090"\w*: but \w love|strong="H0160"\w* \w covereth|strong="H3680"\w* all \w sins|strong="H6588"\w*.  
\v 13 In the \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* of him that hath \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* is \w found|strong="H4672"\w*: but a \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* \add is\add* for the \w back|strong="H1460"\w* of him that is \w void|strong="H2638"\w* of \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*.\f + \fr 10.13 \ft of understanding: Heb. of heart\f*  
\v 14 \w Wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add men\add* lay \w up|strong="H6845"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*: but the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w foolish|strong="H0191"\w* \add is\add* \w near|strong="H7138"\w* \w destruction|strong="H4288"\w*.  
\v 15 The rich \w man’s|strong="H6223"\w* \w wealth|strong="H1952"\w* \add is\add* his \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w*: the \w destruction|strong="H4288"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \add is\add* their \w poverty|strong="H7389"\w*.  
\v 16 The \w labour|strong="H6468"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add tendeth\add* to \w life|strong="H2416"\w*: the \w fruit|strong="H8393"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.  
\v 17 He \add is in\add* the \w way|strong="H0734"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w* that \w keepeth|strong="H8104"\w* \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*: but he that \w refuseth|strong="H5800"\w* \w reproof|strong="H8433"\w* \w erreth|strong="H8582"\w*.\f + \fr 10.17 \ft erreth: or, causeth to err\f*  
\v 18 He that \w hideth|strong="H3680"\w* \w hatred|strong="H8135"\w* \add with\add* \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*, and he that \w uttereth|strong="H3318"\w* a \w slander|strong="H1681"\w*, \add is\add* a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w*.  
\v 19 In the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of \w words|strong="H1697"\w* there \w wanteth|strong="H2308"\w* not \w sin|strong="H6588"\w*: but he that \w refraineth|strong="H2820"\w* his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \add is\add* \w wise|strong="H7919"\w*.   
\p
\v 20 The \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* of the \w just|strong="H6662"\w* \add is as\add* \w choice|strong="H0977"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*: the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add is\add* little \w worth|strong="H4592"\w*.  
\v 21 The \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*: but \w fools|strong="H0191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* for \w want|strong="H2638"\w* of \w wisdom|strong="H3820"\w*.\f + \fr 10.21 \ft of wisdom: Heb. of heart\f*  
\v 22 The \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, it maketh \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*, and he \w addeth|strong="H3254"\w* no \w sorrow|strong="H6089"\w* with it.  
\v 23 \add It is\add* as \w sport|strong="H7814"\w* to a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w mischief|strong="H2154"\w*: but a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* hath \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.   
\p
\v 24 The \w fear|strong="H4034"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, it shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon him: but the \w desire|strong="H8378"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* shall be \w granted|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 25 As the \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w* \w passeth|strong="H5674"\w*, so \add is\add* the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* no \add more:\add* but the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add is\add* an \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w foundation|strong="H3247"\w*.  
\v 26 As \w vinegar|strong="H2558"\w* to the \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w*, and as \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* to the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, so \add is\add* the \w sluggard|strong="H6102"\w* to them that \w send|strong="H7971"\w* him.   
\p
\v 27 The \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w prolongeth|strong="H3254"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*: but the \w years|strong="H8141"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall be \w shortened|strong="H7114"\w*.\f + \fr 10.27 \ft prolongeth: Heb. addeth\f*  
\v 28 The \w hope|strong="H8431"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add shall be\add* \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*: but the \w expectation|strong="H8615"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*.   
\p
\v 29 The \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* \w strength|strong="H4581"\w* to the \w upright|strong="H8537"\w*: but \w destruction|strong="H4288"\w* \add shall be\add* to the \w workers|strong="H6466"\w* of \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*.  
\v 30 The \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* shall \w never|strong="H5769"\w* be \w removed|strong="H4131"\w*: but the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall not \w inhabit|strong="H7931"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.   
\p
\v 31 The \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w just|strong="H6662"\w* bringeth \w forth|strong="H5107"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*: but the \w froward|strong="H8419"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* shall be cut \w out|strong="H3772"\w*.  
\v 32 The \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* what is \w acceptable|strong="H7522"\w*: but the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add speaketh\add* \w frowardness|strong="H8419"\w*.\f + \fr 10.32 \ft frowardness: Heb. frowardnesses\f*   
\c 11  
\p
\v 1 A \w false|strong="H4820"\w* \w balance|strong="H3976"\w* \add is\add* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: but a \w just|strong="H8003"\w* \w weight|strong="H0068"\w* \add is\add* his \w delight|strong="H7522"\w*.\f + \fr 11.1 \ft A false…: Heb. Balances of deceit\f*\f + \fr 11.1 \ft just…: Heb. perfect stone\f*  
\v 2 \add When\add* \w pride|strong="H2087"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*, then \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* \w shame|strong="H7036"\w*: but with the \w lowly|strong="H6800"\w* \add is\add* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.  
\v 3 The \w integrity|strong="H8538"\w* of the \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* shall \w guide|strong="H5148"\w* them: but the \w perverseness|strong="H5558"\w* of \w transgressors|strong="H0898"\w* shall \w destroy|strong="H7703"\w* them.  
\v 4 \w Riches|strong="H1952"\w* \w profit|strong="H3276"\w* not in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*: but \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w delivereth|strong="H5337"\w* from \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.   
\p
\v 5 The \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* of the \w perfect|strong="H8549"\w* shall \w direct|strong="H3474"\w* his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*: but the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by his own \w wickedness|strong="H7564"\w*.\f + \fr 11.5 \ft direct: Heb. rectify\f*  
\v 6 The \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* of the \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* shall \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* them: but \w transgressors|strong="H0898"\w* shall be \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* in \add their own\add* \w naughtiness|strong="H1942"\w*.  
\v 7 When a \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w dieth|strong="H4194"\w*, \add his\add* \w expectation|strong="H8615"\w* shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*: and the \w hope|strong="H8431"\w* of \w unjust|strong="H0205"\w* \add men\add* \w perisheth|strong="H0006"\w*.  
\v 8 The \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* is delivered \w out|strong="H2502"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*, and the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* in his stead.  
\v 9 An \w hypocrite|strong="H2611"\w* with \add his\add* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w destroyeth|strong="H7843"\w* his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*: but through \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* shall the \w just|strong="H6662"\w* be \w delivered|strong="H2502"\w*.   
\p
\v 10 When it goeth \w well|strong="H2898"\w* with the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*, the \w city|strong="H7151"\w* \w rejoiceth|strong="H5970"\w*: and when the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, \add there is\add* \w shouting|strong="H7440"\w*.  
\v 11 By the \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* of the \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* the \w city|strong="H7176"\w* is \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w*: but it is \w overthrown|strong="H2040"\w* by the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 He that is \w void|strong="H2638"\w* of \w wisdom|strong="H3820"\w* \w despiseth|strong="H0936"\w* his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*: but a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* holdeth his \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*.\f + \fr 11.12 \ft void…: Heb. destitute of heart\f*  
\v 13 A \w talebearer|strong="H1980"\w* \w revealeth|strong="H1540"\w* \w secrets|strong="H5475"\w*: but he that is of a \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w concealeth|strong="H3680"\w* the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*.\f + \fr 11.13 \ft A talebearer: Heb. He that walketh, being a talebearer\f*  
\v 14 Where no \w counsel|strong="H8458"\w* \add is\add*, the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*: but in the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of \w counsellors|strong="H3289"\w* \add there is\add* \w safety|strong="H8668"\w*.  
\v 15 He that is \w surety|strong="H6148"\w* for a \w stranger|strong="H2114"\w* shall \w smart|strong="H7321"\w* \add for it:\add* and he that \w hateth|strong="H8130"\w* \w suretiship|strong="H8628"\w* is \w sure|strong="H0982"\w*.\f + \fr 11.15 \ft smart: Heb. be sore broken\f*\f + \fr 11.15 \ft suretiship: Heb. those that strike hands\f*  
\v 16 A \w gracious|strong="H2580"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w retaineth|strong="H8551"\w* \w honour|strong="H3519"\w*: and \w strong|strong="H6184"\w* \add men\add* \w retain|strong="H8551"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*.  
\v 17 The \w merciful|strong="H2617"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* doeth \w good|strong="H1580"\w* to his own \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*: but \add he that is\add* \w cruel|strong="H0394"\w* \w troubleth|strong="H5916"\w* his own \w flesh|strong="H7607"\w*.  
\v 18 The \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w worketh|strong="H6213"\w* a \w deceitful|strong="H8267"\w* \w work|strong="H6468"\w*: but to him that \w soweth|strong="H2232"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \add shall be\add* a \w sure|strong="H0571"\w* \w reward|strong="H7938"\w*.  
\v 19 As \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \add tendeth\add* to \w life|strong="H2416"\w*: so he that \w pursueth|strong="H7291"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add pursueth it\add* to his own \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.  
\v 20 They that are of a \w froward|strong="H6141"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \add are\add* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: but \add such as are\add* \w upright|strong="H8549"\w* in \add their\add* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \add are\add* his \w delight|strong="H7522"\w*.  
\v 21 \add Though\add* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \add join\add* in \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, the \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* shall not be \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*: but the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* shall be \w delivered|strong="H4422"\w*.  
\v 22 \add As\add* a \w jewel|strong="H5141"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* in a \w swine’s|strong="H2386"\w* \w snout|strong="H0639"\w*, \add so is\add* a \w fair|strong="H3303"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* which is \w without|strong="H5493"\w* \w discretion|strong="H2940"\w*.\f + \fr 11.22 \ft is without: Heb. departeth from\f*  
\v 23 The \w desire|strong="H8378"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add is\add* only \w good|strong="H2896"\w*: \add but\add* the \w expectation|strong="H8615"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add is\add* \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*.  
\v 24 There \w is|strong="H3426"\w* that \w scattereth|strong="H6340"\w*, and yet \w increaseth|strong="H3254"\w*; and \add there is\add* that \w withholdeth|strong="H2820"\w* more than is \w meet|strong="H3476"\w*, but \add it tendeth\add* to \w poverty|strong="H4270"\w*.  
\v 25 The \w liberal|strong="H1293"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* shall be made \w fat|strong="H1878"\w*: and he that \w watereth|strong="H7301"\w* shall be \w watered|strong="H3384"\w* also himself.\f + \fr 11.25 \ft liberal…: Heb. soul of blessing\f*  
\v 26 He that \w withholdeth|strong="H4513"\w* \w corn|strong="H1250"\w*, the \w people|strong="H3816"\w* shall \w curse|strong="H5344"\w* him: but \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* \add shall be\add* upon the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of him that \w selleth|strong="H7666"\w* \add it\add*.  
\v 27 He that diligently \w seeketh|strong="H7836"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w procureth|strong="H1245"\w* \w favour|strong="H7522"\w*: but he that \w seeketh|strong="H1875"\w* \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w*, it shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto him.  
\v 28 He that \w trusteth|strong="H0982"\w* in his \w riches|strong="H6239"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*: but the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* shall \w flourish|strong="H6524"\w* as a \w branch|strong="H5929"\w*.  
\v 29 He that \w troubleth|strong="H5916"\w* his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w* shall \w inherit|strong="H5157"\w* the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*: and the \w fool|strong="H0191"\w* \add shall be\add* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* to the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.  
\v 30 The \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add is\add* a \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*; and he that \w winneth|strong="H3947"\w* \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* \add is\add* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*.\f + \fr 11.30 \ft winneth: Heb. taketh\f*  
\v 31 Behold, the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* shall be \w recompensed|strong="H7999"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: much more the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* and the \w sinner|strong="H2398"\w*.   
\c 12  
\p
\v 1 Whoso \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w* \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*: but he that \w hateth|strong="H8130"\w* \w reproof|strong="H8433"\w* \add is\add* \w brutish|strong="H1198"\w*.  
\v 2 A \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add man\add* \w obtaineth|strong="H6329"\w* \w favour|strong="H7522"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: but a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of wicked \w devices|strong="H4209"\w* will he \w condemn|strong="H7561"\w*.  
\v 3 A \w man|strong="H0120"\w* shall not be \w established|strong="H3559"\w* by \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w*: but the \w root|strong="H8328"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* shall not be \w moved|strong="H4131"\w*.  
\v 4 A \w virtuous|strong="H2428"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \add is\add* a \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* to her \w husband|strong="H1167"\w*: but she that maketh \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* \add is\add* as \w rottenness|strong="H7538"\w* in his \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*.  
\v 5 The \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add are\add* \w right|strong="H4941"\w*: \add but\add* the \w counsels|strong="H8458"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add are\add* \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w*.  
\v 6 The \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add are\add* to lie in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* for \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*: but the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* shall \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* them.  
\v 7 The \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* are \w overthrown|strong="H2015"\w*, and \add are\add* not: but the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* shall \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*.  
\v 8 A \w man|strong="H0376"\w* shall be \w commended|strong="H1984"\w* \w according|strong="H6310"\w* to his \w wisdom|strong="H7922"\w*: but he that is of a \w perverse|strong="H5753"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* shall be \w despised|strong="H0937"\w*.\f + \fr 12.8 \ft of a…: Heb. perverse of heart\f*  
\v 9 \add He that is\add* \w despised|strong="H7034"\w*, and hath a \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \add is\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than he that \w honoureth|strong="H3513"\w* himself, and \w lacketh|strong="H2638"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.  
\v 10 A \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add man\add* \w regardeth|strong="H3045"\w* the \w life|strong="H5315"\w* of his \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*: but the tender \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add are\add* \w cruel|strong="H0394"\w*.\f + \fr 12.10 \ft tender…: or, bowels\f*  
\v 11 He that \w tilleth|strong="H5647"\w* his \w land|strong="H0127"\w* shall be \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w* with \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*: but he that \w followeth|strong="H7291"\w* \w vain|strong="H7386"\w* \add persons is\add* \w void|strong="H2638"\w* of \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*.  
\v 12 The \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w desireth|strong="H2530"\w* the \w net|strong="H4685"\w* of \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add men:\add* but the \w root|strong="H8328"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w yieldeth|strong="H5414"\w* \add fruit\add*.\f + \fr 12.12 \ft the net: or, the fortress\f*  
\v 13 The \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* is \w snared|strong="H4170"\w* by the \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* of \add his\add* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*: but the \w just|strong="H6662"\w* shall come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*.\f + \fr 12.13 \ft The wicked…: Heb. The snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips\f*  
\v 14 A \w man|strong="H0376"\w* shall be \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w* with \w good|strong="H2896"\w* by the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of \add his\add* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: and the \w recompence|strong="H1576"\w* of a \w man’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* shall be \w rendered|strong="H7725"\w* unto him.  
\v 15 The \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of a \w fool|strong="H0191"\w* \add is\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in his own \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*: but he that \w hearkeneth|strong="H8085"\w* unto \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \add is\add* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*.  
\v 16 A \w fool’s|strong="H0191"\w* \w wrath|strong="H3708"\w* is \w presently|strong="H3117"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w*: but a \w prudent|strong="H6175"\w* \add man\add* \w covereth|strong="H3680"\w* \w shame|strong="H7036"\w*.\f + \fr 12.16 \ft presently: Heb. in that day\f*  
\v 17 \add He that\add* \w speaketh|strong="H6315"\w* \w truth|strong="H0530"\w* sheweth \w forth|strong="H5046"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*: but a \w false|strong="H8267"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w*.  
\v 18 There \w is|strong="H3426"\w* that \w speaketh|strong="H0981"\w* like the \w piercings|strong="H4094"\w* of a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: but the \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* of the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add is\add* \w health|strong="H4832"\w*.  
\v 19 The \w lip|strong="H8193"\w* of \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* shall be \w established|strong="H3559"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5703"\w*: but a \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \add is\add* but for a \w moment|strong="H7280"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Deceit|strong="H4820"\w* \add is\add* in the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of them that \w imagine|strong="H2790"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*: but to the \w counsellors|strong="H3289"\w* of \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \add is\add* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*.  
\v 21 There shall no \w evil|strong="H0205"\w* \w happen|strong="H0579"\w* to the \w just|strong="H6662"\w*: but the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall be \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 22 \w Lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \add are\add* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: but they that \w deal|strong="H6213"\w* \w truly|strong="H0530"\w* \add are\add* his \w delight|strong="H7522"\w*.  
\v 23 A \w prudent|strong="H6175"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w concealeth|strong="H3680"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*: but the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of \w fools|strong="H3684"\w* \w proclaimeth|strong="H7121"\w* \w foolishness|strong="H0200"\w*.  
\v 24 The \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w diligent|strong="H2742"\w* shall bear \w rule|strong="H4910"\w*: but the \w slothful|strong="H7423"\w* shall be under \w tribute|strong="H4522"\w*.\f + \fr 12.24 \ft slothful: or, deceitful\f*  
\v 25 \w Heaviness|strong="H1674"\w* in the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of \w man|strong="H0376"\w* maketh it \w stoop|strong="H7812"\w*: but a \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* maketh it \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*.  
\v 26 The \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add is\add* more \w excellent|strong="H8446"\w* than his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*: but the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w seduceth|strong="H8582"\w* them.\f + \fr 12.26 \ft excellent: or, abundant\f*  
\v 27 The \w slothful|strong="H7423"\w* \add man\add* \w roasteth|strong="H2760"\w* not that which he took in \w hunting|strong="H6718"\w*: but the \w substance|strong="H1952"\w* of a \w diligent|strong="H2742"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \add is\add* \w precious|strong="H3368"\w*.  
\v 28 In the \w way|strong="H0734"\w* of \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \add is\add* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*; and \add in\add* the \w pathway|strong="H5410"\w* \add thereof there is\add* no \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.   
\c 13  
\p
\v 1 A \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add heareth\add* his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*: but a \w scorner|strong="H3887"\w* \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* not \w rebuke|strong="H1606"\w*.  
\v 2 A \w man|strong="H0376"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* by the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of \add his\add* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: but the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of the \w transgressors|strong="H0898"\w* \add shall eat\add* \w violence|strong="H2555"\w*.  
\v 3 He that \w keepeth|strong="H5341"\w* his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w keepeth|strong="H8104"\w* his \w life|strong="H5315"\w*: \add but\add* he that openeth \w wide|strong="H6589"\w* his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* shall have \w destruction|strong="H4288"\w*.  
\v 4 The \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of the \w sluggard|strong="H6102"\w* \w desireth|strong="H0183"\w*, and \add hath\add* nothing: but the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of the \w diligent|strong="H2742"\w* shall be made \w fat|strong="H1878"\w*.  
\v 5 A \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add man\add* \w hateth|strong="H8130"\w* \w lying|strong="H1697"\w*: but a \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add man\add* is \w loathsome|strong="H0887"\w*, and cometh to \w shame|strong="H2659"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w keepeth|strong="H5341"\w* \add him that is\add* \w upright|strong="H8537"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*: but \w wickedness|strong="H7564"\w* \w overthroweth|strong="H5557"\w* the \w sinner|strong="H2403"\w*.\f + \fr 13.6 \ft the sinner: Heb. sin\f*  
\v 7 There \w is|strong="H3426"\w* that maketh himself \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*, yet \add hath\add* nothing: \add there is\add* that maketh himself \w poor|strong="H7326"\w*, \w yet|strong="H3605"\w* \add hath\add* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w riches|strong="H1952"\w*.  
\v 8 The \w ransom|strong="H3724"\w* of a \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \add are\add* his \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*: but the \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* not \w rebuke|strong="H1606"\w*.  
\v 9 The \w light|strong="H0216"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w rejoiceth|strong="H8055"\w*: but the \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall be put \w out|strong="H1846"\w*.\f + \fr 13.9 \ft lamp: or, candle\f*  
\v 10 Only by \w pride|strong="H2087"\w* \w cometh|strong="H5414"\w* \w contention|strong="H4683"\w*: but with the well \w advised|strong="H3289"\w* \add is\add* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Wealth|strong="H1952"\w* \add gotten\add* by \w vanity|strong="H1892"\w* shall be \w diminished|strong="H4591"\w*: but he that \w gathereth|strong="H6908"\w* by \w labour|strong="H3027"\w* shall \w increase|strong="H7235"\w*.\f + \fr 13.11 \ft by labour: Heb. with the hand\f*  
\v 12 \w Hope|strong="H8431"\w* \w deferred|strong="H4900"\w* maketh the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*: but \add when\add* the \w desire|strong="H8378"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*, \add it is\add* a \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 13 Whoso \w despiseth|strong="H0936"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* shall be \w destroyed|strong="H2254"\w*: but he that \w feareth|strong="H3373"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* shall be \w rewarded|strong="H7999"\w*.\f + \fr 13.13 \ft shall be rewarded: or, shall be in peace\f*  
\v 14 The \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add is\add* a \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, to \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from the \w snares|strong="H4170"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Good|strong="H2896"\w* \w understanding|strong="H7922"\w* \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w*: but the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w transgressors|strong="H0898"\w* \add is\add* \w hard|strong="H0386"\w*.  
\v 16 Every \w prudent|strong="H6175"\w* \add man\add* \w dealeth|strong="H6213"\w* with \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*: but a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w* layeth \w open|strong="H6566"\w* \add his\add* \w folly|strong="H0200"\w*.\f + \fr 13.16 \ft layeth…: Heb. spreadeth\f*  
\v 17 A \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w falleth|strong="H5307"\w* into \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w*: but a \w faithful|strong="H0529"\w* \w ambassador|strong="H6735"\w* \add is\add* \w health|strong="H4832"\w*.\f + \fr 13.17 \ft a faithful…: Heb. an ambassador of faithfulness\f*  
\v 18 \w Poverty|strong="H7389"\w* and \w shame|strong="H7036"\w* \add shall be to\add* him that \w refuseth|strong="H6544"\w* \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*: but he that \w regardeth|strong="H8104"\w* \w reproof|strong="H8433"\w* shall be \w honoured|strong="H3513"\w*.  
\v 19 The \w desire|strong="H8378"\w* \w accomplished|strong="H1961"\w* is \w sweet|strong="H6149"\w* to the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*: but \add it is\add* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* to \w fools|strong="H3684"\w* to \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 20 He that \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* with \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add men\add* shall be \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*: but a \w companion|strong="H7462"\w* of \w fools|strong="H3684"\w* shall be \w destroyed|strong="H7321"\w*.\f + \fr 13.20 \ft destroyed: Heb. broken\f*  
\v 21 \w Evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w pursueth|strong="H7291"\w* \w sinners|strong="H2400"\w*: but to the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* shall be \w repayed|strong="H7999"\w*.  
\v 22 A \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add man\add* leaveth an \w inheritance|strong="H5157"\w* to his \w children’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*: and the \w wealth|strong="H2428"\w* of the \w sinner|strong="H2398"\w* \add is\add* laid \w up|strong="H6845"\w* for the \w just|strong="H6662"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Much|strong="H7230"\w* \w food|strong="H0400"\w* \add is in\add* the \w tillage|strong="H5215"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H7218"\w*: but there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \add that is\add* \w destroyed|strong="H5595"\w* for \w want|strong="H3808"\w* of \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.  
\v 24 He that \w spareth|strong="H2820"\w* his \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* \w hateth|strong="H8130"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*: but he that \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* him \w chasteneth|strong="H4148"\w* him \w betimes|strong="H7836"\w*.  
\v 25 The \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w eateth|strong="H0398"\w* to the \w satisfying|strong="H7648"\w* of his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*: but the \w belly|strong="H0990"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall \w want|strong="H2637"\w*.   
\c 14  
\p
\v 1 Every \w wise|strong="H2454"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w buildeth|strong="H1129"\w* her \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: but the \w foolish|strong="H0200"\w* plucketh it \w down|strong="H2040"\w* with her \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 2 He that \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* in his \w uprightness|strong="H3476"\w* \w feareth|strong="H3373"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: but \add he that is\add* \w perverse|strong="H3868"\w* in his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w despiseth|strong="H0959"\w* him.  
\v 3 In the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w foolish|strong="H0191"\w* \add is\add* a \w rod|strong="H2415"\w* of \w pride|strong="H1346"\w*: but the \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* of the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* shall \w preserve|strong="H8104"\w* them.  
\v 4 Where no \w oxen|strong="H0504"\w* \add are\add*, the \w crib|strong="H0018"\w* \add is\add* \w clean|strong="H1249"\w*: but \w much|strong="H7230"\w* \w increase|strong="H8393"\w* \add is\add* by the \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* of the \w ox|strong="H7794"\w*.  
\v 5 A \w faithful|strong="H0529"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* will not \w lie|strong="H3577"\w*: but a \w false|strong="H8267"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* will \w utter|strong="H6315"\w* \w lies|strong="H3576"\w*.  
\v 6 A \w scorner|strong="H3887"\w* \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, and \add findeth it\add* not: but \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* \add is\add* \w easy|strong="H7043"\w* unto him that \w understandeth|strong="H0995"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* from the \w presence|strong="H5048"\w* of a \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, when thou \w perceivest|strong="H3045"\w* not \add in him\add* the \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* of \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*.  
\v 8 The \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* of the \w prudent|strong="H6175"\w* \add is\add* to \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*: but the \w folly|strong="H0200"\w* of \w fools|strong="H3684"\w* \add is\add* \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Fools|strong="H0191"\w* make a \w mock|strong="H3887"\w* at \w sin|strong="H0817"\w*: but among the \w righteous|strong="H3477"\w* \add there is\add* \w favour|strong="H7522"\w*.  
\v 10 The \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* his \w own|strong="H5315"\w* \w bitterness|strong="H4787"\w*; and a \w stranger|strong="H2114"\w* doth not \w intermeddle|strong="H6148"\w* with his \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*.\f + \fr 14.10 \ft his own…: Heb. the bitterness of his soul\f*  
\v 11 The \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall be \w overthrown|strong="H8045"\w*: but the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* of the \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* shall \w flourish|strong="H6524"\w*.  
\v 12 There \w is|strong="H3426"\w* a \w way|strong="H1870"\w* which seemeth \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w unto|strong="H6440"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, but the \w end|strong="H0319"\w* thereof \add are\add* the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.  
\v 13 Even in \w laughter|strong="H7814"\w* the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* is \w sorrowful|strong="H3510"\w*; and the \w end|strong="H0319"\w* of that \w mirth|strong="H8057"\w* \add is\add* \w heaviness|strong="H8424"\w*.  
\v 14 The \w backslider|strong="H5472"\w* in \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* shall be \w filled|strong="H7646"\w* with his own \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*: and a \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add shall be satisfied\add* from himself.  
\v 15 The \w simple|strong="H6612"\w* \w believeth|strong="H0539"\w* every \w word|strong="H1697"\w*: but the \w prudent|strong="H6175"\w* \add man\add* looketh \w well|strong="H0995"\w* to his \w going|strong="H0838"\w*.  
\v 16 A \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add man\add* \w feareth|strong="H3373"\w*, and \w departeth|strong="H5493"\w* from \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*: but the \w fool|strong="H3684"\w* \w rageth|strong="H5674"\w*, and is \w confident|strong="H0982"\w*.  
\v 17 \add He that is\add* \w soon|strong="H7116"\w* \w angry|strong="H0639"\w* \w dealeth|strong="H6213"\w* \w foolishly|strong="H0200"\w*: and a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of wicked \w devices|strong="H4209"\w* is \w hated|strong="H8130"\w*.  
\v 18 The \w simple|strong="H6612"\w* \w inherit|strong="H5157"\w* \w folly|strong="H0200"\w*: but the \w prudent|strong="H6175"\w* are \w crowned|strong="H3803"\w* with \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*.  
\v 19 The \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w bow|strong="H7817"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w good|strong="H2896"\w*; and the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* at the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*.  
\v 20 The \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* is \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* even of his own \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*: but the \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \add hath\add* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w friends|strong="H0157"\w*.\f + \fr 14.20 \ft the rich…: Heb. many are the lovers of the rich\f*  
\v 21 He that \w despiseth|strong="H0936"\w* his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w* \w sinneth|strong="H2398"\w*: but he that hath \w mercy|strong="H2603"\w* on the \w poor|strong="H6035"\w*, \w happy|strong="H0835"\w* \add is\add* he.  
\v 22 Do they not \w err|strong="H8582"\w* that \w devise|strong="H2790"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*? but \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* and \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* \add shall be\add* to them that \w devise|strong="H2790"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.  
\v 23 In all \w labour|strong="H6089"\w* there is \w profit|strong="H4195"\w*: but the \w talk|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \add tendeth\add* only to \w penury|strong="H4270"\w*.  
\v 24 The \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* of the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add is\add* their \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*: \add but\add* the \w foolishness|strong="H0200"\w* of \w fools|strong="H3684"\w* \add is\add* \w folly|strong="H0200"\w*.  
\v 25 A \w true|strong="H0571"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* \w delivereth|strong="H5337"\w* \w souls|strong="H5315"\w*: but a \w deceitful|strong="H4820"\w* \add witness\add* \w speaketh|strong="H6315"\w* \w lies|strong="H3577"\w*.   
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\v 26 In the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w confidence|strong="H4009"\w*: and his \w children|strong="H1121"\w* shall have a place of \w refuge|strong="H4268"\w*.  
\v 27 The \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* a \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, to \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from the \w snares|strong="H4170"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.  
\v 28 In the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add is\add* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w honour|strong="H1927"\w*: but in the \w want|strong="H0657"\w* of \w people|strong="H3816"\w* \add is\add* the \w destruction|strong="H4288"\w* of the \w prince|strong="H7333"\w*.  
\v 29 \add He that is\add* \w slow|strong="H0750"\w* to \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w* \add is\add* of \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*: but \add he that is\add* \w hasty|strong="H7116"\w* of \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w exalteth|strong="H7311"\w* \w folly|strong="H0200"\w*.\f + \fr 14.29 \ft hasty…: Heb. short of spirit\f*  
\v 30 A \w sound|strong="H4832"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \add is\add* the \w life|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*: but \w envy|strong="H7068"\w* the \w rottenness|strong="H7538"\w* of the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*.  
\v 31 He that \w oppresseth|strong="H6231"\w* the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w reproacheth|strong="H2778"\w* his \w Maker|strong="H6213"\w*: but he that \w honoureth|strong="H3513"\w* him hath \w mercy|strong="H2603"\w* on the \w poor|strong="H0034"\w*.  
\v 32 The \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* is driven \w away|strong="H1760"\w* in his \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*: but the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* hath \w hope|strong="H2620"\w* in his \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.  
\v 33 \w Wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w resteth|strong="H5117"\w* in the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of him that hath \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w*: but \add that which is\add* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of \w fools|strong="H3684"\w* is made \w known|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\v 34 \w Righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w exalteth|strong="H7311"\w* a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*: but \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \add is\add* a \w reproach|strong="H2617"\w* to any \w people|strong="H3816"\w*.\f + \fr 14.34 \ft to any…: Heb. to nations\f*  
\v 35 The \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w favour|strong="H7522"\w* \add is\add* toward a \w wise|strong="H7919"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*: but his \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w* is \add against\add* him that causeth \w shame|strong="H0954"\w*.   
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\v 1 A \w soft|strong="H7390"\w* \w answer|strong="H4617"\w* \w turneth|strong="H7725"\w* away \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w*: but \w grievous|strong="H6089"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* stir \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*.  
\v 2 The \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* of the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* useth \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* \w aright|strong="H3190"\w*: but the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of \w fools|strong="H3684"\w* poureth \w out|strong="H5042"\w* \w foolishness|strong="H0200"\w*.\f + \fr 15.2 \ft poureth: Heb. belcheth, or, bubbleth\f*  
\v 3 The \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add are\add* in every \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w beholding|strong="H6822"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* and the \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.  
\v 4 A \w wholesome|strong="H4832"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \add is\add* a \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*: but \w perverseness|strong="H5558"\w* therein \add is\add* a \w breach|strong="H7667"\w* in the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*.\f + \fr 15.4 \ft A wholesome…: Heb. The healing of the tongue\f*  
\v 5 A \w fool|strong="H0191"\w* \w despiseth|strong="H5006"\w* his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*: but he that \w regardeth|strong="H8104"\w* \w reproof|strong="H8433"\w* is \w prudent|strong="H6191"\w*.  
\v 6 In the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add is\add* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w treasure|strong="H2633"\w*: but in the \w revenues|strong="H8393"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* is \w trouble|strong="H5916"\w*.  
\v 7 The \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* of the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w disperse|strong="H2219"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*: but the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \add doeth\add* not so.  
\v 8 The \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add is\add* an \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: but the \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* of the \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* \add is\add* his \w delight|strong="H7522"\w*.  
\v 9 The \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add is\add* an \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: but he \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* him that \w followeth|strong="H7291"\w* after \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Correction|strong="H4148"\w* \add is\add* \w grievous|strong="H7451"\w* unto him that \w forsaketh|strong="H5800"\w* the \w way|strong="H0734"\w*: \add and\add* he that \w hateth|strong="H8130"\w* \w reproof|strong="H8433"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.\f + \fr 15.10 \ft Correction: or, Instruction\f*  
\v 11 \w Hell|strong="H7585"\w* and \w destruction|strong="H0011"\w* \add are\add* before the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: how much more then the \w hearts|strong="H3826"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*?  
\v 12 A \w scorner|strong="H3887"\w* \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* not one that \w reproveth|strong="H3198"\w* him: neither will he \w go|strong="H3212"\w* unto the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*.  
\v 13 A \w merry|strong="H8056"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* maketh a \w cheerful|strong="H3190"\w* \w countenance|strong="H6440"\w*: but by \w sorrow|strong="H6094"\w* of the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* is \w broken|strong="H5218"\w*.  
\v 14 The \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of him that hath \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w* \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*: but the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of \w fools|strong="H3684"\w* \w feedeth|strong="H7462"\w* on \w foolishness|strong="H0200"\w*.  
\v 15 All the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w afflicted|strong="H6041"\w* \add are\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*: but he that is of a \w merry|strong="H2896"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \add hath\add* a \w continual|strong="H8548"\w* \w feast|strong="H4960"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Better|strong="H2896"\w* \add is\add* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* with the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* than \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w treasure|strong="H0214"\w* and \w trouble|strong="H4103"\w* therewith.  
\v 17 \w Better|strong="H2896"\w* \add is\add* a \w dinner|strong="H0737"\w* of \w herbs|strong="H3419"\w* where \w love|strong="H0160"\w* is, than a \w stalled|strong="H0075"\w* \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* and \w hatred|strong="H8135"\w* therewith.  
\v 18 A \w wrathful|strong="H2534"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* stirreth \w up|strong="H1624"\w* \w strife|strong="H4066"\w*: but \add he that is\add* \w slow|strong="H0750"\w* to \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* \w appeaseth|strong="H8252"\w* \w strife|strong="H7379"\w*.  
\v 19 The \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w slothful|strong="H6102"\w* \add man is\add* as an \w hedge|strong="H4881"\w* of \w thorns|strong="H2312"\w*: but the \w way|strong="H0734"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H3477"\w* \add is\add* made \w plain|strong="H5549"\w*.\f + \fr 15.19 \ft is made…: Heb. is raised up as a causey\f*  
\v 20 A \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* maketh a \w glad|strong="H8055"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: but a \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w despiseth|strong="H0959"\w* his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Folly|strong="H0200"\w* \add is\add* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* to \add him that is\add* \w destitute|strong="H2638"\w* of \w wisdom|strong="H3820"\w*: but a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* \w walketh|strong="H3212"\w* \w uprightly|strong="H3474"\w*.\f + \fr 15.21 \ft destitute…: Heb. void of heart\f*  
\v 22 Without \w counsel|strong="H5475"\w* \w purposes|strong="H4284"\w* are \w disappointed|strong="H6565"\w*: but in the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of \w counsellors|strong="H3289"\w* they are \w established|strong="H6965"\w*.  
\v 23 A \w man|strong="H0376"\w* hath \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* by the \w answer|strong="H4617"\w* of his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: and a \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \add spoken\add* in due \w season|strong="H6256"\w*, how \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add is it\add*!\f + \fr 15.23 \ft due…: Heb. his season\f*  
\v 24 The \w way|strong="H0734"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \add is\add* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* to the \w wise|strong="H7919"\w*, that he may \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from \w hell|strong="H7585"\w* \w beneath|strong="H4295"\w*.  
\v 25 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w destroy|strong="H5255"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w proud|strong="H1343"\w*: but he will \w establish|strong="H5324"\w* the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* of the \w widow|strong="H0490"\w*.  
\v 26 The \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \add are\add* an \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: but \add the words\add* of the \w pure|strong="H2889"\w* \add are\add* \w pleasant|strong="H5278"\w* \w words|strong="H0561"\w*.\f + \fr 15.26 \ft pleasant…: Heb. words of pleasantness\f*  
\v 27 He that is \w greedy|strong="H1214"\w* of \w gain|strong="H1215"\w* \w troubleth|strong="H5916"\w* his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; but he that \w hateth|strong="H8130"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4979"\w* shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.  
\v 28 The \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w studieth|strong="H1897"\w* to \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*: but the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w poureth|strong="H5042"\w* out evil \w things|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 29 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* from the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*: but he \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* the \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*.  
\v 30 The \w light|strong="H3974"\w* of the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w rejoiceth|strong="H8055"\w* the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*: \add and\add* a \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w report|strong="H8052"\w* \w maketh|strong="H1878"\w* the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w fat|strong="H1878"\w*.  
\v 31 The \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* that \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* the \w reproof|strong="H8433"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \w abideth|strong="H3885"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*.  
\v 32 He that \w refuseth|strong="H6544"\w* \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w* \w despiseth|strong="H3988"\w* his own \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*: but he that \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* \w reproof|strong="H8433"\w* \w getteth|strong="H7069"\w* \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*.\f + \fr 15.32 \ft instruction: or, correction\f*\f + \fr 15.32 \ft heareth: or, obeyeth\f*\f + \fr 15.32 \ft getteth…: Heb. possesseth an heart\f*  
\v 33 The \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* the \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w* of \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*; and \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w honour|strong="H3519"\w* \add is\add* \w humility|strong="H6038"\w*.   
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\v 1 The \w preparations|strong="H4633"\w* of the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* in \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, and the \w answer|strong="H4617"\w* of the \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*, \add is\add* from the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 16.1 \ft preparations: or, disposings\f*  
\v 2 All the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add are\add* \w clean|strong="H2134"\w* in his own \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*; but the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w weigheth|strong="H8505"\w* the \w spirits|strong="H7307"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Commit|strong="H1556"\w* thy \w works|strong="H4639"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and thy \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w* shall be \w established|strong="H3559"\w*.\f + \fr 16.3 \ft Commit: Heb. Roll\f*  
\v 4 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w made|strong="H6466"\w* all \add things\add* for \w himself|strong="H4617"\w*: yea, even the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* for the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 5 Every one \add that is\add* \w proud|strong="H1362"\w* in \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \add is\add* an \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: \add though\add* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \add join\add* in \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, he shall not be \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*.\f + \fr 16.5 \ft unpunished: Heb. held innocent\f*  
\v 6 By \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* and \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* is \w purged|strong="H3722"\w*: and by the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add men\add* \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 7 When a \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w please|strong="H7521"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, he maketh even his \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* to be at \w peace|strong="H7999"\w* with him.  
\v 8 \w Better|strong="H2896"\w* \add is\add* a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* with \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* than \w great|strong="H7230"\w* \w revenues|strong="H8393"\w* without \w right|strong="H4941"\w*.  
\v 9 A \w man’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w deviseth|strong="H2803"\w* his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*: but the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w directeth|strong="H3559"\w* his \w steps|strong="H6806"\w*.  
\v 10 A divine \w sentence|strong="H7081"\w* \add is\add* in the \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w transgresseth|strong="H4603"\w* not in \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.\f + \fr 16.10 \ft A divine…: Heb. Divination\f*  
\v 11 A \w just|strong="H4941"\w* \w weight|strong="H6425"\w* and \w balance|strong="H3976"\w* \add are\add* the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: all the \w weights|strong="H0068"\w* of the \w bag|strong="H3599"\w* \add are\add* his \w work|strong="H4639"\w*.\f + \fr 16.11 \ft the weights: Heb. the stones\f*  
\v 12 \add It is\add* an \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* to \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* to \w commit|strong="H6213"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w*: for the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* is \w established|strong="H3559"\w* by \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Righteous|strong="H6664"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \add are\add* the \w delight|strong="H7522"\w* of \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*; and they \w love|strong="H0157"\w* him that \w speaketh|strong="H1696"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*.   
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\v 14 The \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* of a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add is as\add* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w*: but a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* will \w pacify|strong="H3722"\w* it.  
\v 15 In the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w countenance|strong="H6440"\w* \add is\add* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*; and his \w favour|strong="H7522"\w* \add is\add* as a \w cloud|strong="H5645"\w* of the latter \w rain|strong="H4456"\w*.  
\v 16 How much \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \add is it\add* to \w get|strong="H7069"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* than \w gold|strong="H2742"\w*! and to \w get|strong="H7069"\w* \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w* rather to be \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* than \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*!  
\v 17 The \w highway|strong="H4546"\w* of the \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* \add is\add* to \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*: he that \w keepeth|strong="H5341"\w* his \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w preserveth|strong="H8104"\w* his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Pride|strong="H1347"\w* \add goeth\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*, and an \w haughty|strong="H1363"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* a \w fall|strong="H3783"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Better|strong="H2896"\w* \add it is to be\add* of an \w humble|strong="H8217"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* with the \w lowly|strong="H6035"\w*, than to \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* with the \w proud|strong="H1343"\w*.  
\v 20 He that handleth a \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* \w wisely|strong="H7919"\w* shall \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*: and whoso \w trusteth|strong="H0982"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w happy|strong="H0835"\w* \add is\add* he.\f + \fr 16.20 \ft handleth…: or, understandeth a matter\f*  
\v 21 The \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* in \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* shall be \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w prudent|strong="H0995"\w*: and the \w sweetness|strong="H4986"\w* of the \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w increaseth|strong="H3254"\w* \w learning|strong="H3948"\w*.  
\v 22 \w Understanding|strong="H7922"\w* \add is\add* a \w wellspring|strong="H4726"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w* unto him that \w hath|strong="H1167"\w* it: but the \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w* of \w fools|strong="H0191"\w* \add is\add* \w folly|strong="H0200"\w*.  
\v 23 The \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w teacheth|strong="H7919"\w* his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and \w addeth|strong="H3254"\w* \w learning|strong="H3948"\w* to his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*.\f + \fr 16.23 \ft teacheth: Heb. maketh wise\f*  
\v 24 \w Pleasant|strong="H5278"\w* \w words|strong="H0561"\w* \add are as\add* an \w honeycomb|strong="H6688"\w*, \w sweet|strong="H4966"\w* to the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, and \w health|strong="H4832"\w* to the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*.  
\v 25 There \w is|strong="H3426"\w* a \w way|strong="H1870"\w* that seemeth \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w unto|strong="H6440"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, but the \w end|strong="H0319"\w* thereof \add are\add* the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.  
\v 26 \w He|strong="H5315"\w* that \w laboureth|strong="H6001"\w* \w laboureth|strong="H5998"\w* for himself; for his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w craveth|strong="H0404"\w* it of him.\f + \fr 16.26 \ft He…: Heb. The soul of him that\f*\f + \fr 16.26 \ft craveth…: Heb. boweth unto him\f*   
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\v 27 An \w ungodly|strong="H1100"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* diggeth \w up|strong="H3738"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*: and in his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \add there is\add* as a \w burning|strong="H6867"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.\f + \fr 16.27 \ft An…: Heb. A man of Belial\f*  
\v 28 A \w froward|strong="H8419"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w soweth|strong="H7971"\w* \w strife|strong="H4066"\w*: and a \w whisperer|strong="H5372"\w* \w separateth|strong="H6504"\w* chief \w friends|strong="H0441"\w*.\f + \fr 16.28 \ft soweth: Heb. sendeth forth\f*   
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\v 29 A \w violent|strong="H2555"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w enticeth|strong="H6601"\w* his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, and \w leadeth|strong="H3212"\w* him into the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \add that is\add* not \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.  
\v 30 He \w shutteth|strong="H6095"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* to \w devise|strong="H2803"\w* froward \w things|strong="H8419"\w*: \w moving|strong="H7169"\w* his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* he \w bringeth|strong="H3615"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* to \w pass|strong="H3615"\w*.  
\v 31 The hoary \w head|strong="H7872"\w* \add is\add* a \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* of \w glory|strong="H8597"\w*, \add if\add* it be \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*.  
\v 32 \add He that is\add* \w slow|strong="H0750"\w* to \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* \add is\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w*; and he that \w ruleth|strong="H4910"\w* his \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* than he that \w taketh|strong="H3920"\w* a \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 33 The \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* is \w cast|strong="H2904"\w* into the \w lap|strong="H2436"\w*; but the whole \w disposing|strong="H4941"\w* thereof \add is\add* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
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\v 1 \w Better|strong="H2896"\w* \add is\add* a \w dry|strong="H2720"\w* \w morsel|strong="H6595"\w*, and \w quietness|strong="H7962"\w* therewith, than an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \add with\add* \w strife|strong="H7379"\w*.\f + \fr 17.1 \ft sacrifices: or, good cheer\f*  
\v 2 A \w wise|strong="H7919"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* shall have \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* over a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* that causeth \w shame|strong="H0954"\w*, and shall have \w part|strong="H2505"\w* of the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*.  
\v 3 The fining \w pot|strong="H4715"\w* \add is\add* for \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and the \w furnace|strong="H3564"\w* for \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*: but the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w trieth|strong="H0974"\w* the \w hearts|strong="H3826"\w*.  
\v 4 A wicked \w doer|strong="H7489"\w* giveth \w heed|strong="H7181"\w* to \w false|strong="H0205"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*; \add and\add* a \w liar|strong="H8267"\w* giveth \w ear|strong="H0238"\w* to a \w naughty|strong="H1942"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*.  
\v 5 Whoso \w mocketh|strong="H3932"\w* the \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w reproacheth|strong="H2778"\w* his \w Maker|strong="H6213"\w*: \add and\add* he that is \w glad|strong="H8056"\w* at \w calamities|strong="H0343"\w* shall not be \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*.\f + \fr 17.5 \ft unpunished: Heb. held innocent\f*  
\v 6 \w Children’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \add are\add* the \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* of old \w men|strong="H2205"\w*; and the \w glory|strong="H8597"\w* of \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \add are\add* their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Excellent|strong="H3499"\w* \w speech|strong="H8193"\w* \w becometh|strong="H5000"\w* not a \w fool|strong="H5036"\w*: much less do \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* a \w prince|strong="H5081"\w*.\f + \fr 17.7 \ft Excellent…: Heb. A lip of excellency\f*\f + \fr 17.7 \ft lying…: Heb. a lip of lying\f*  
\v 8 A \w gift|strong="H7810"\w* \add is as\add* a \w precious|strong="H2580"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of him that \w hath|strong="H1167"\w* it: whithersoever it \w turneth|strong="H6437"\w*, it \w prospereth|strong="H7919"\w*.\f + \fr 17.8 \ft a precious…: Heb. a stone of grace\f*  
\v 9 He that \w covereth|strong="H3680"\w* a \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* \w love|strong="H0160"\w*; but he that \w repeateth|strong="H8138"\w* a \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* \w separateth|strong="H6504"\w* \add very\add* \w friends|strong="H0441"\w*.\f + \fr 17.9 \ft seeketh: or, procureth\f*  
\v 10 A \w reproof|strong="H1606"\w* \w entereth|strong="H5181"\w* more into a wise \w man|strong="H0995"\w* than an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w stripes|strong="H5221"\w* into a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w*.\f + \fr 17.10 \ft entereth…: or, aweth more a wise man, than to strike a fool an hundred times\f*  
\v 11 An \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add man\add* \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* only \w rebellion|strong="H4805"\w*: therefore a \w cruel|strong="H0394"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* shall be \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* against him.  
\v 12 Let a \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* \w robbed|strong="H7909"\w* of her whelps \w meet|strong="H6298"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, rather \w than|strong="H0408"\w* a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w* in his \w folly|strong="H0200"\w*.  
\v 13 Whoso \w rewardeth|strong="H7725"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* for \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* shall not \w depart|strong="H4185"\w* from his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 14 The \w beginning|strong="H7225"\w* of \w strife|strong="H4066"\w* \add is as\add* when one letteth \w out|strong="H6362"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*: therefore leave \w off|strong="H5203"\w* \w contention|strong="H7379"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* it be \w meddled|strong="H1566"\w* with.  
\v 15 He that \w justifieth|strong="H6663"\w* the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, and he that \w condemneth|strong="H7561"\w* the \w just|strong="H6662"\w*, even they \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \add are\add* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 16 Wherefore \add is there\add* a \w price|strong="H4242"\w* in the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w* to \w get|strong="H7069"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, seeing \add he hath\add* no \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \add to it\add*?  
\v 17 A \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* at all \w times|strong="H6256"\w*, and a \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* is \w born|strong="H3205"\w* for \w adversity|strong="H6869"\w*.  
\v 18 A \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w void|strong="H2638"\w* of \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w* \w striketh|strong="H8628"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*, \add and\add* \w becometh|strong="H6148"\w* \w surety|strong="H6161"\w* in the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of his \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*.\f + \fr 17.18 \ft understanding: Heb. heart\f*  
\v 19 He \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* that \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* \w strife|strong="H4683"\w*: \add and\add* he that \w exalteth|strong="H1361"\w* his \w gate|strong="H6607"\w* \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*.  
\v 20 He that hath a \w froward|strong="H6141"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w findeth|strong="H4672"\w* no \w good|strong="H2896"\w*: and he that hath a \w perverse|strong="H2015"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \w falleth|strong="H5307"\w* into \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w*.\f + \fr 17.20 \ft He that hath a froward…: Heb. The froward of heart\f*  
\v 21 He that \w begetteth|strong="H3205"\w* a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w* \add doeth it\add* to his \w sorrow|strong="H8424"\w*: and the \w father|strong="H0001"\w* of a \w fool|strong="H5036"\w* hath no \w joy|strong="H8055"\w*.  
\v 22 A \w merry|strong="H8056"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* doeth \w good|strong="H3190"\w* \add like\add* a \w medicine|strong="H1456"\w*: but a \w broken|strong="H5218"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w drieth|strong="H3001"\w* the \w bones|strong="H1634"\w*.\f + \fr 17.22 \ft like: or, to\f*  
\v 23 A \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add man\add* \w taketh|strong="H3947"\w* a \w gift|strong="H7810"\w* out of the \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w* to \w pervert|strong="H5186"\w* the \w ways|strong="H0734"\w* of \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \add is\add* before him that hath \w understanding|strong="H6440"\w*; but the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w* \add are\add* in the \w ends|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 25 A \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add is\add* a \w grief|strong="H3708"\w* to his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w bitterness|strong="H4470"\w* to her that \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* him.  
\v 26 Also to \w punish|strong="H6064"\w* the \w just|strong="H6662"\w* \add is\add* not \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, \add nor\add* to \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w princes|strong="H5081"\w* for \w equity|strong="H3476"\w*.   
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\v 27 He that \w hath|strong="H3045"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* \w spareth|strong="H2820"\w* his \w words|strong="H0561"\w*: \add and\add* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* is of an \w excellent|strong="H3368"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*.\f + \fr 17.27 \ft an…: or, a cool\f*  
\v 28 Even a \w fool|strong="H0191"\w*, when he holdeth his \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*, is \w counted|strong="H2803"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*: \add and\add* he that \w shutteth|strong="H0331"\w* his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \add is esteemed\add* a man of \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w*.   
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\v 1 Through \w desire|strong="H8378"\w* a man, having \w separated|strong="H6504"\w* himself, \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* \add and\add* \w intermeddleth|strong="H1566"\w* with all \w wisdom|strong="H8454"\w*.\f + \fr 18.1 \ft Through…: or, He that separateth himself seeketh according to his desire, and intermeddleth in every business\f*  
\v 2 A \w fool|strong="H3684"\w* hath no \w delight|strong="H2654"\w* in \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*, but that his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* may \w discover|strong="H1540"\w* itself.  
\v 3 When the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*, \add then\add* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* also \w contempt|strong="H0937"\w*, and with \w ignominy|strong="H7036"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*.  
\v 4 The \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of a \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \add are as\add* \w deep|strong="H6013"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \add and\add* the \w wellspring|strong="H4726"\w* of \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \add as\add* a \w flowing|strong="H5042"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w*.  
\v 5 \add It is\add* not \w good|strong="H2896"\w* to \w accept|strong="H5375"\w* the \w person|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, to \w overthrow|strong="H5186"\w* the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* in \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.   
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\v 6 A \w fool’s|strong="H3684"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into \w contention|strong="H7379"\w*, and his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w calleth|strong="H7121"\w* for \w strokes|strong="H4112"\w*.  
\v 7 A \w fool’s|strong="H3684"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \add is\add* his \w destruction|strong="H4288"\w*, and his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \add are\add* the \w snare|strong="H4170"\w* of his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\v 8 The \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of a \w talebearer|strong="H5372"\w* \add are\add* as \w wounds|strong="H3859"\w*, and they go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* into the innermost \w parts|strong="H2315"\w* of the \w belly|strong="H0990"\w*.\f + \fr 18.8 \ft talebearer: or, whisperer\f*\f + \fr 18.8 \ft as wounds: or, like as when men are wounded\f*\f + \fr 18.8 \ft innermost…: Heb. chambers\f*  
\v 9 He also that is \w slothful|strong="H7503"\w* in his \w work|strong="H4399"\w* is \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* to him that is a \w great|strong="H1167"\w* \w waster|strong="H7843"\w*.  
\v 10 The \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* a \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w*: the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w runneth|strong="H7323"\w* into it, and is \w safe|strong="H7682"\w*.\f + \fr 18.10 \ft safe: Heb. set aloft\f*  
\v 11 The rich \w man’s|strong="H6223"\w* \w wealth|strong="H1952"\w* \add is\add* his \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w*, and as an \w high|strong="H7682"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* in his own \w conceit|strong="H4906"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Before|strong="H6440"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of \w man|strong="H0376"\w* is \w haughty|strong="H1361"\w*, and \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w honour|strong="H3519"\w* \add is\add* \w humility|strong="H6038"\w*.  
\v 13 He that \w answereth|strong="H7725"\w* a \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* before he \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* \add it\add*, it \add is\add* \w folly|strong="H0200"\w* and \w shame|strong="H3639"\w* unto him.\f + \fr 18.13 \ft answereth…: Heb. returneth a word\f*  
\v 14 The \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* will \w sustain|strong="H3557"\w* his \w infirmity|strong="H4245"\w*; but a \w wounded|strong="H5218"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* who can \w bear|strong="H5375"\w*?  
\v 15 The \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w prudent|strong="H0995"\w* \w getteth|strong="H7069"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*; and the \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* of the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*.  
\v 16 A \w man’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w gift|strong="H4976"\w* maketh \w room|strong="H7337"\w* for him, and \w bringeth|strong="H5148"\w* him \w before|strong="H6440"\w* great \w men|strong="H1419"\w*.  
\v 17 \add He that is\add* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* in his own \w cause|strong="H7379"\w* \add seemeth\add* \w just|strong="H6662"\w*; but his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* and \w searcheth|strong="H2713"\w* him.  
\v 18 The \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* causeth \w contentions|strong="H4079"\w* to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w*, and \w parteth|strong="H6504"\w* between the \w mighty|strong="H6099"\w*.  
\v 19 A \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w offended|strong="H6586"\w* \add is harder to be won\add* than a \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w*: and \add their\add* \w contentions|strong="H4079"\w* \add are\add* like the \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* of a \w castle|strong="H0759"\w*.  
\v 20 A \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w belly|strong="H0990"\w* shall be \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w* with the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*; \add and\add* with the \w increase|strong="H8393"\w* of his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* shall he be \w filled|strong="H7646"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Death|strong="H4194"\w* and \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \add are\add* in the \w power|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*: and they that \w love|strong="H0157"\w* it shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* thereof.  
\v 22 \add Whoso\add* \w findeth|strong="H4672"\w* a \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w findeth|strong="H4672"\w* a \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add thing\add*, and \w obtaineth|strong="H6329"\w* \w favour|strong="H7522"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 23 The \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w useth|strong="H1696"\w* \w intreaties|strong="H8469"\w*; but the \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \w answereth|strong="H6030"\w* \w roughly|strong="H5794"\w*.  
\v 24 A \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add that hath\add* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* must shew himself \w friendly|strong="H7489"\w*: and there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* a \w friend|strong="H0157"\w* \add that\add* sticketh \w closer|strong="H1695"\w* than a \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Better|strong="H2896"\w* \add is\add* the \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* that \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* in his \w integrity|strong="H8537"\w*, than \add he that is\add* \w perverse|strong="H6141"\w* in his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*, and is a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w*.  
\v 2 Also, \add that\add* the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \add be\add* without \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*, \add it is\add* not \w good|strong="H2896"\w*; and he that \w hasteth|strong="H0213"\w* with \add his\add* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w sinneth|strong="H2398"\w*.  
\v 3 The \w foolishness|strong="H0200"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w perverteth|strong="H5557"\w* his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*: and his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w fretteth|strong="H2196"\w* against the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 4 \w Wealth|strong="H1952"\w* \w maketh|strong="H3254"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*; but the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* is \w separated|strong="H6504"\w* from his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*.  
\v 5 A \w false|strong="H8267"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* shall not be \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*, and \add he that\add* \w speaketh|strong="H6315"\w* \w lies|strong="H3577"\w* shall not \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*.\f + \fr 19.5 \ft unpunished: Heb. held innocent\f*   
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\v 6 \w Many|strong="H7227"\w* will \w intreat|strong="H2470"\w* the \w favour|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w prince|strong="H5081"\w*: and every man \add is\add* a \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* to \w him|strong="H0376"\w* that giveth \w gifts|strong="H4976"\w*.\f + \fr 19.6 \ft him…: Heb. a man of gifts\f*  
\v 7 All the \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* do \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* him: how much more do his \w friends|strong="H4828"\w* go \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from him? he \w pursueth|strong="H7291"\w* \add them with\add* \w words|strong="H0561"\w*, \add yet\add* they \add are\add* wanting \add to him\add*.  
\v 8 He that \w getteth|strong="H7069"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H3820"\w* \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* his own \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*: he that \w keepeth|strong="H8104"\w* \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* shall \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.\f + \fr 19.8 \ft wisdom: Heb. an heart\f*  
\v 9 A \w false|strong="H8267"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* shall not be \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*, and \add he that\add* \w speaketh|strong="H6315"\w* \w lies|strong="H3577"\w* shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Delight|strong="H8588"\w* is not \w seemly|strong="H5000"\w* for a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w*; much less for a \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* to have \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* over \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*.  
\v 11 The \w discretion|strong="H7922"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w deferreth|strong="H0748"\w* his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*; and \add it is\add* his \w glory|strong="H8597"\w* to pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w* a \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w*.\f + \fr 19.11 \ft discretion: or, prudence\f*  
\v 12 The \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2197"\w* \add is\add* as the \w roaring|strong="H5099"\w* of a \w lion|strong="H3715"\w*; but his \w favour|strong="H7522"\w* \add is\add* as \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* upon the \w grass|strong="H6212"\w*.  
\v 13 A \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add is\add* the \w calamity|strong="H1942"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: and the \w contentions|strong="H4079"\w* of a \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \add are\add* a \w continual|strong="H2956"\w* \w dropping|strong="H1812"\w*.  
\v 14 \w House|strong="H1004"\w* and \w riches|strong="H1952"\w* \add are\add* the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* of \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*: and a \w prudent|strong="H7919"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \add is\add* from the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 15 \w Slothfulness|strong="H6103"\w* \w casteth|strong="H5307"\w* into a deep \w sleep|strong="H8639"\w*; and an \w idle|strong="H7423"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* shall suffer \w hunger|strong="H7456"\w*.  
\v 16 He that \w keepeth|strong="H8104"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* \w keepeth|strong="H8104"\w* his own \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*; \add but\add* he that \w despiseth|strong="H0959"\w* his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 17 He that hath \w pity|strong="H2603"\w* upon the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w lendeth|strong="H3867"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and that which he hath \w given|strong="H1576"\w* will he pay him \w again|strong="H7999"\w*.\f + \fr 19.17 \ft that which…: or, his deed\f*  
\v 18 \w Chasten|strong="H3256"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* while there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*, and let not thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w spare|strong="H5375"\w* for his \w crying|strong="H4191"\w*.\f + \fr 19.18 \ft for…: or, to his destruction: or, to cause him to die\f*  
\v 19 A \w man|strong="H1419"\w* of \w great|strong="H1632"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* shall \w suffer|strong="H5375"\w* \w punishment|strong="H6066"\w*: for if thou \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \add him\add*, yet thou must do it \w again|strong="H3254"\w*.\f + \fr 19.19 \ft do: Heb. add\f*  
\v 20 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*, and \w receive|strong="H6901"\w* \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*, that thou mayest be \w wise|strong="H2449"\w* in thy latter \w end|strong="H0319"\w*.  
\v 21 \add There are\add* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w devices|strong="H4284"\w* in a \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*; nevertheless the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that shall \w stand|strong="H6965"\w*.  
\v 22 The \w desire|strong="H8378"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \add is\add* his \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w*: and a poor \w man|strong="H7326"\w* \add is\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H0376"\w* a \w liar|strong="H3577"\w*.  
\v 23 The \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add tendeth\add* to \w life|strong="H2416"\w*: and \add he that hath it\add* shall \w abide|strong="H3885"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H7649"\w*; he shall not be \w visited|strong="H6485"\w* with \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 24 A \w slothful|strong="H6102"\w* \add man\add* \w hideth|strong="H2934"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* in \add his\add* \w bosom|strong="H6747"\w*, and will not so much as \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* it to his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Smite|strong="H5221"\w* a \w scorner|strong="H3887"\w*, and the \w simple|strong="H6612"\w* will \w beware|strong="H6191"\w*: and \w reprove|strong="H3198"\w* one that hath \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w*, \add and\add* he will \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*.\f + \fr 19.25 \ft will beware: Heb. will be cunning\f*  
\v 26 He that \w wasteth|strong="H7703"\w* \add his\add* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \add and\add* chaseth \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \add his\add* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, \add is\add* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* that causeth \w shame|strong="H0954"\w*, and bringeth \w reproach|strong="H2659"\w*.  
\v 27 \w Cease|strong="H2308"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w* \add that causeth\add* to \w err|strong="H7686"\w* from the \w words|strong="H0561"\w* of \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*.  
\v 28 An \w ungodly|strong="H1100"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* \w scorneth|strong="H3887"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*: and the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w devoureth|strong="H1104"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*.\f + \fr 19.28 \ft An…: Heb. A witness of Belial\f*  
\v 29 \w Judgments|strong="H8201"\w* are \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* for \w scorners|strong="H3887"\w*, and \w stripes|strong="H4112"\w* for the \w back|strong="H1460"\w* of \w fools|strong="H3684"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Wine|strong="H3196"\w* \add is\add* a \w mocker|strong="H3887"\w*, strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w* \add is\add* \w raging|strong="H1993"\w*: and whosoever is \w deceived|strong="H7686"\w* thereby is not \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*.  
\v 2 The \w fear|strong="H0367"\w* of a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add is\add* as the \w roaring|strong="H5099"\w* of a \w lion|strong="H3715"\w*: \add whoso\add* provoketh him to \w anger|strong="H5674"\w* \w sinneth|strong="H2398"\w* \add against\add* his own \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\v 3 \add It is\add* an \w honour|strong="H3519"\w* for a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to \w cease|strong="H7674"\w* from \w strife|strong="H7379"\w*: but every \w fool|strong="H0191"\w* will be \w meddling|strong="H1566"\w*.  
\v 4 The \w sluggard|strong="H6102"\w* will not \w plow|strong="H2790"\w* by reason of the \w cold|strong="H2779"\w*; \add therefore\add* shall he \w beg|strong="H7592"\w* in \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*, and \add have\add* nothing.\f + \fr 20.4 \ft cold: or, winter\f*  
\v 5 \w Counsel|strong="H6098"\w* in the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add is like\add* \w deep|strong="H6013"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*; but a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* will draw it \w out|strong="H1802"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Most|strong="H7230"\w* \w men|strong="H0120"\w* will \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* his own \w goodness|strong="H2617"\w*: but a \w faithful|strong="H0529"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* who can \w find|strong="H4672"\w*?\f + \fr 20.6 \ft goodness: or, bounty\f*  
\v 7 The \w just|strong="H6662"\w* \add man\add* \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* in his \w integrity|strong="H8537"\w*: his \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \add are\add* \w blessed|strong="H0835"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him.  
\v 8 A \w king|strong="H4428"\w* that sitteth \w in|strong="H3427"\w* the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w judgment|strong="H1779"\w* scattereth \w away|strong="H2219"\w* all \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* with his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 9 Who can \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I have made my \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w clean|strong="H2135"\w*, I am \w pure|strong="H2891"\w* from my \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*?  
\v 10 Divers \w weights|strong="H0068"\w*, \add and\add* divers \w measures|strong="H0374"\w*, \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them \add are\add* \w alike|strong="H1571"\w* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 20.10 \ft Divers weights: Heb. A stone and a stone\f*\f + \fr 20.10 \ft divers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah\f*  
\v 11 Even a \w child|strong="H5288"\w* is \w known|strong="H5234"\w* by his \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*, whether his \w work|strong="H6467"\w* \add be\add* \w pure|strong="H2134"\w*, and whether \add it be\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*.  
\v 12 The \w hearing|strong="H8085"\w* \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*, and the \w seeing|strong="H7200"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w made|strong="H6213"\w* even \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them.  
\v 13 \w Love|strong="H0157"\w* not \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*, lest thou come to \w poverty|strong="H3423"\w*; \w open|strong="H6491"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \add and\add* thou shalt be \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w* with \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.  
\v 14 \add It is\add* \w naught|strong="H7451"\w*, \add it is\add* \w naught|strong="H7451"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w buyer|strong="H7069"\w*: but when he is \w gone|strong="H0235"\w* his way, then he \w boasteth|strong="H1984"\w*.  
\v 15 There \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and a \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of \w rubies|strong="H6443"\w*: but the \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* of \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* \add are\add* a \w precious|strong="H3366"\w* \w jewel|strong="H3627"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* his \w garment|strong="H0899"\w* that is \w surety|strong="H6148"\w* \add for\add* a \w stranger|strong="H2114"\w*: and take a \w pledge|strong="H2254"\w* of him for a strange \w woman|strong="H5237"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Bread|strong="H3899"\w* of \w deceit|strong="H8267"\w* \add is\add* \w sweet|strong="H6156"\w* to a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*; but \w afterwards|strong="H0310"\w* his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* shall be \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with \w gravel|strong="H2687"\w*.\f + \fr 20.17 \ft deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood\f*  
\v 18 \add Every\add* \w purpose|strong="H4284"\w* is \w established|strong="H3559"\w* by \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*: and with good \w advice|strong="H8458"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.  
\v 19 He that goeth \w about|strong="H1980"\w* \add as\add* a \w talebearer|strong="H7400"\w* \w revealeth|strong="H1540"\w* \w secrets|strong="H5475"\w*: therefore \w meddle|strong="H6148"\w* not with him that \w flattereth|strong="H6601"\w* with his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*.\f + \fr 20.19 \ft flattereth: or, enticeth\f*  
\v 20 Whoso \w curseth|strong="H7043"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* or his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, his \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* shall be put \w out|strong="H1846"\w* in \w obscure|strong="H0380"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.\f + \fr 20.20 \ft lamp: or, candle\f*  
\v 21 An \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \add may be\add* gotten \w hastily|strong="H0926"\w* at the \w beginning|strong="H7223"\w*; but the \w end|strong="H0319"\w* thereof shall not be \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w*.  
\v 22 \w Say|strong="H0559"\w* not thou, I will \w recompense|strong="H7999"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*; \add but\add* wait \w on|strong="H6960"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and he shall \w save|strong="H3467"\w* thee.  
\v 23 Divers \w weights|strong="H0068"\w* \add are\add* an \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and a \w false|strong="H4820"\w* \w balance|strong="H3976"\w* \add is\add* not \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.\f + \fr 20.23 \ft a false…: Heb. balance of deceit\f*  
\v 24 \w Man’s|strong="H1397"\w* \w goings|strong="H4703"\w* \add are\add* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; how can a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* then \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* his own \w way|strong="H1870"\w*?  
\v 25 \add It is\add* a \w snare|strong="H4170"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \add who\add* \w devoureth|strong="H3216"\w* \add that which is\add* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w*, and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w vows|strong="H5088"\w* to make \w enquiry|strong="H1239"\w*.  
\v 26 A \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w scattereth|strong="H2219"\w* the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, and \w bringeth|strong="H7725"\w* the \w wheel|strong="H0212"\w* over them.  
\v 27 The \w spirit|strong="H5397"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \add is\add* the \w candle|strong="H5216"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w searching|strong="H2664"\w* all the inward \w parts|strong="H2315"\w* of the \w belly|strong="H0990"\w*.\f + \fr 20.27 \ft candle: or, lamp\f*  
\v 28 \w Mercy|strong="H2617"\w* and \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* \w preserve|strong="H5341"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: and his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* is \w upholden|strong="H5582"\w* by \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w*.  
\v 29 The \w glory|strong="H8597"\w* of young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* \add is\add* their \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*: and the \w beauty|strong="H1926"\w* of old \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \add is\add* the gray \w head|strong="H7872"\w*.  
\v 30 The \w blueness|strong="H2250"\w* of a \w wound|strong="H6482"\w* \w cleanseth|strong="H8562"\w* away \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*: so \add do\add* \w stripes|strong="H4347"\w* the inward \w parts|strong="H2315"\w* of the \w belly|strong="H0990"\w*.\f + \fr 20.30 \ft cleanseth…: Heb. is a purging medicine against\f*   
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\v 1 The \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \add is\add* in the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add as\add* the \w rivers|strong="H6388"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*: he \w turneth|strong="H5186"\w* it whithersoever he \w will|strong="H2654"\w*.  
\v 2 Every \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add is\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in his own \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*: but the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w pondereth|strong="H8505"\w* the \w hearts|strong="H3826"\w*.  
\v 3 To \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w justice|strong="H6666"\w* and \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \add is\add* more \w acceptable|strong="H0977"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* than \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*.  
\v 4 An \w high|strong="H7312"\w* \w look|strong="H5869"\w*, and a \w proud|strong="H7342"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, \add and\add* the \w plowing|strong="H5215"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, \add is\add* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.\f + \fr 21.4 \ft An…: Heb. Haughtiness of eyes\f*\f + \fr 21.4 \ft the plowing: or, the light\f*  
\v 5 The \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w* of the \w diligent|strong="H2742"\w* \add tend\add* only to \w plenteousness|strong="H4195"\w*; but of every one \add that is\add* \w hasty|strong="H0213"\w* only to \w want|strong="H4270"\w*.  
\v 6 The \w getting|strong="H6467"\w* of \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* by a \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \add is\add* a \w vanity|strong="H1892"\w* tossed to and fro \w of|strong="H5086"\w* them that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.  
\v 7 The \w robbery|strong="H7701"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall \w destroy|strong="H1641"\w* them; because they \w refuse|strong="H3985"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.\f + \fr 21.7 \ft destroy…: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them\f*  
\v 8 The \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add is\add* \w froward|strong="H2019"\w* and \w strange|strong="H2054"\w*: but \add as for\add* the \w pure|strong="H2134"\w*, his \w work|strong="H6467"\w* \add is\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*.  
\v 9 \add It is\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* to \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in a \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* of the \w housetop|strong="H1406"\w*, than with a \w brawling|strong="H4079"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* in a \w wide|strong="H2267"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 21.9 \ft a brawling…: Heb. a woman of contentions\f*\f + \fr 21.9 \ft a wide…: Heb. an house of society\f*  
\v 10 The \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w desireth|strong="H0183"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*: his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w* findeth no \w favour|strong="H2603"\w* in his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.\f + \fr 21.10 \ft findeth…: Heb. is not favoured\f*  
\v 11 When the \w scorner|strong="H3887"\w* is \w punished|strong="H6064"\w*, the \w simple|strong="H6612"\w* is made \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*: and when the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* is \w instructed|strong="H7919"\w*, he \w receiveth|strong="H3947"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*.  
\v 12 The \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add man\add* wisely \w considereth|strong="H7919"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*: \add but God\add* \w overthroweth|strong="H5557"\w* the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* for \add their\add* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 13 Whoso \w stoppeth|strong="H0331"\w* his \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* at the \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*, he also shall \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* himself, but shall not be \w heard|strong="H6030"\w*.  
\v 14 A \w gift|strong="H4976"\w* in \w secret|strong="H5643"\w* \w pacifieth|strong="H3711"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*: and a \w reward|strong="H7810"\w* in the \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w* \w strong|strong="H5794"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w*.  
\v 15 \add It is\add* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* to the \w just|strong="H6662"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*: but \w destruction|strong="H4288"\w* \add shall be\add* to the \w workers|strong="H6466"\w* of \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*.  
\v 16 The \w man|strong="H0120"\w* that \w wandereth|strong="H8582"\w* out of the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w understanding|strong="H7919"\w* shall \w remain|strong="H5117"\w* in the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of the \w dead|strong="H7496"\w*.  
\v 17 He that \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* \w pleasure|strong="H8057"\w* \add shall be\add* a \w poor|strong="H4270"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*: he that \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* and \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* shall not be \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*.\f + \fr 21.17 \ft pleasure: or, sport\f*  
\v 18 The \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add shall be\add* a \w ransom|strong="H3724"\w* for the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*, and the \w transgressor|strong="H0898"\w* for the \w upright|strong="H3477"\w*.  
\v 19 \add It is\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* to \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H0776"\w*, than with a \w contentious|strong="H4079"\w* and an \w angry|strong="H3708"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*.\f + \fr 21.19 \ft in…: Heb. in the land of the desert\f*  
\v 20 \add There is\add* \w treasure|strong="H0214"\w* to be \w desired|strong="H2530"\w* and \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* in the \w dwelling|strong="H5116"\w* of the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*; but a \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* spendeth it \w up|strong="H1104"\w*.  
\v 21 He that \w followeth|strong="H7291"\w* after \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* and \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* \w findeth|strong="H4672"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, and \w honour|strong="H3519"\w*.  
\v 22 A \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add man\add* \w scaleth|strong="H5927"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w*, and casteth \w down|strong="H3381"\w* the \w strength|strong="H5797"\w* of the \w confidence|strong="H4009"\w* thereof.  
\v 23 Whoso \w keepeth|strong="H8104"\w* his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* and his \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \w keepeth|strong="H8104"\w* his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* from \w troubles|strong="H6869"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Proud|strong="H2086"\w* \add and\add* \w haughty|strong="H3093"\w* \w scorner|strong="H3887"\w* \add is\add* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, who \w dealeth|strong="H6213"\w* in \w proud|strong="H2087"\w* \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*.\f + \fr 21.24 \ft in proud…: Heb. in the wrath of pride\f*   
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\v 25 The \w desire|strong="H8378"\w* of the \w slothful|strong="H6102"\w* \w killeth|strong="H4191"\w* him; for his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3985"\w* to \w labour|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 26 He \w coveteth|strong="H0183"\w* \w greedily|strong="H8378"\w* all the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* long: but the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* and \w spareth|strong="H2820"\w* not.  
\v 27 The \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add is\add* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w*: how much more, \add when\add* he \w bringeth|strong="H0935"\w* it with a wicked \w mind|strong="H2154"\w*?\f + \fr 21.27 \ft with…: Heb. in wickedness?\f*  
\v 28 A \w false|strong="H3577"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*: but the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* \w speaketh|strong="H1696"\w* \w constantly|strong="H5331"\w*.\f + \fr 21.28 \ft A…: Heb. A witness of lies\f*  
\v 29 A \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w hardeneth|strong="H5810"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*: but \add as for\add* the \w upright|strong="H3477"\w*, he \w directeth|strong="H0995"\w* his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.\f + \fr 21.29 \ft directeth: or, considereth\f*   
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\v 30 \add There is\add* no \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* nor \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* nor \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* against the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 31 The \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \add is\add* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* against the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*: but \w safety|strong="H8668"\w* \add is\add* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 21.31 \ft safety: or, victory\f*   
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\v 1 A \add good\add* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add is\add* rather to be \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* than \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*, \add and\add* \w loving|strong="H2896"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* rather than \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.\f + \fr 22.1 \ft loving…: or, favour is better than, etc\f*  
\v 2 The \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* and \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* meet \w together|strong="H6298"\w*: the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* the \w maker|strong="H6213"\w* of them all.  
\v 3 A \w prudent|strong="H6175"\w* \add man\add* \w foreseeth|strong="H7200"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and \w hideth|strong="H5641"\w* himself: but the \w simple|strong="H6612"\w* pass \w on|strong="H5674"\w*, and are \w punished|strong="H6064"\w*.  
\v 4 \w By|strong="H6118"\w* \w humility|strong="H6038"\w* \add and\add* the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add are\add* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*, and \w honour|strong="H3519"\w*, and \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.\f + \fr 22.4 \ft By…: or, The reward of humility, etc\f*  
\v 5 \w Thorns|strong="H6791"\w* \add and\add* \w snares|strong="H6341"\w* \add are\add* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w froward|strong="H6141"\w*: he that doth \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* shall be \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from them.  
\v 6 Train \w up|strong="H2596"\w* a \w child|strong="H5288"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* he should \w go|strong="H6310"\w*: and when he is \w old|strong="H2204"\w*, he will not \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from it.\f + \fr 22.6 \ft Train…: or, Catechise\f*\f + \fr 22.6 \ft in…: Heb. in his way\f*  
\v 7 The \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \w ruleth|strong="H4910"\w* over the \w poor|strong="H7326"\w*, and the \w borrower|strong="H3867"\w* \add is\add* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* to the \w lender|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 22.7 \ft the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth\f*  
\v 8 He that \w soweth|strong="H2232"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w* shall \w reap|strong="H7114"\w* \w vanity|strong="H0205"\w*: and the \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* of his \w anger|strong="H5678"\w* shall \w fail|strong="H3615"\w*.\f + \fr 22.8 \ft the rod…: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed\f*  
\v 9 He that hath a \w bountiful|strong="H2896"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* shall be \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w*; for he \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* of his \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* to the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*.\f + \fr 22.9 \ft He that…: Heb. Good of eye\f*  
\v 10 Cast \w out|strong="H1644"\w* the \w scorner|strong="H3887"\w*, and \w contention|strong="H4066"\w* shall go \w out|strong="H3318"\w*; yea, \w strife|strong="H1779"\w* and \w reproach|strong="H7036"\w* shall \w cease|strong="H7673"\w*.  
\v 11 He that \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* \w pureness|strong="H2890"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, \add for\add* the \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* of his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add shall be\add* his \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*.\f + \fr 22.11 \ft for…: or, and hath grace in his lips\f*  
\v 12 The \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w preserve|strong="H5341"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*, and he \w overthroweth|strong="H5557"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w transgressor|strong="H0898"\w*.\f + \fr 22.12 \ft the words: or, the matters\f*  
\v 13 The \w slothful|strong="H6102"\w* \add man\add* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, \add There is\add* a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w without|strong="H2351"\w*, I shall be \w slain|strong="H7523"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* the \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*.  
\v 14 The \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of strange \w women|strong="H2114"\w* \add is\add* a \w deep|strong="H6013"\w* \w pit|strong="H7745"\w*: he that is \w abhorred|strong="H2194"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* therein.  
\v 15 \w Foolishness|strong="H0200"\w* \add is\add* \w bound|strong="H7194"\w* in the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of a \w child|strong="H5288"\w*; \add but\add* the \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* of \w correction|strong="H4148"\w* shall drive it \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from him.  
\v 16 He that \w oppresseth|strong="H6231"\w* the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* to \w increase|strong="H7235"\w* his \add riches, and\add* he that \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* to the \w rich|strong="H6223"\w*, \add shall\add* surely \add come\add* to \w want|strong="H4270"\w*.   
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\v 17 Bow \w down|strong="H5186"\w* thine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*, and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*, and \w apply|strong="H7896"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* unto my \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*.  
\v 18 For \add it is\add* a pleasant \w thing|strong="H5273"\w* if thou \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* them \w within|strong="H0990"\w* thee; they shall \w withal|strong="H3162"\w* be \w fitted|strong="H3559"\w* in thy \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*.\f + \fr 22.18 \ft within…: Heb. in thy belly\f*  
\v 19 That thy \w trust|strong="H4009"\w* may be in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, I have made \w known|strong="H3045"\w* to thee this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, even to thee.\f + \fr 22.19 \ft even…: or, trust thou also\f*  
\v 20 Have not I \w written|strong="H3789"\w* to \w thee|strong="H8032"\w* excellent \w things|strong="H7991"\w* in \w counsels|strong="H4156"\w* and \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*,  
\v 21 That I might make thee \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the \w certainty|strong="H7189"\w* of the \w words|strong="H0561"\w* of \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*; that thou mightest \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* the \w words|strong="H0561"\w* of \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* to them that \w send|strong="H7971"\w* unto thee?\f + \fr 22.21 \ft to them…: or, to those that send thee?\f*   
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\v 22 \w Rob|strong="H1497"\w* not the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*, because he \add is\add* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*: neither \w oppress|strong="H1792"\w* the \w afflicted|strong="H6041"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*:  
\v 23 For the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* their \w cause|strong="H7379"\w*, and \w spoil|strong="H6906"\w* the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of those that \w spoiled|strong="H6906"\w* them.   
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\v 24 Make no \w friendship|strong="H7462"\w* with an \w angry|strong="H0639"\w* \w man|strong="H1167"\w*; and with a \w furious|strong="H2534"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* thou shalt not \w go|strong="H0935"\w*:  
\v 25 Lest thou \w learn|strong="H0502"\w* his \w ways|strong="H0734"\w*, and \w get|strong="H3947"\w* a \w snare|strong="H4170"\w* to thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 26 Be not thou \add one\add* of them that \w strike|strong="H8628"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*, \add or\add* of them that are \w sureties|strong="H6148"\w* for \w debts|strong="H4859"\w*.  
\v 27 If thou hast nothing to \w pay|strong="H7999"\w*, why should he take \w away|strong="H3947"\w* thy \w bed|strong="H4904"\w* from under thee?  
\v 28 \w Remove|strong="H5253"\w* not the \w ancient|strong="H5769"\w* \w landmark|strong="H1366"\w*, which thy \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have \w set|strong="H6213"\w*.\f + \fr 22.28 \ft landmark: or, bound\f*  
\v 29 \w Seest|strong="H2372"\w* thou a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w diligent|strong="H4106"\w* in his \w business|strong="H4399"\w*? he shall \w stand|strong="H3320"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*; he shall not \w stand|strong="H3320"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w mean|strong="H2823"\w* \add men\add*.\f + \fr 22.29 \ft mean…: Heb. obscure men\f*   
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\v 1 When thou \w sittest|strong="H3427"\w* to \w eat|strong="H3898"\w* with a \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w*, \w consider|strong="H0995"\w* \w diligently|strong="H0995"\w* what \add is\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee:  
\v 2 And \w put|strong="H7760"\w* a \w knife|strong="H7915"\w* to thy \w throat|strong="H3930"\w*, if thou \add be\add* a man \w given|strong="H1167"\w* to \w appetite|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\v 3 Be not \w desirous|strong="H0183"\w* of his \w dainties|strong="H4303"\w*: for they \add are\add* \w deceitful|strong="H3577"\w* \w meat|strong="H3899"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Labour|strong="H3021"\w* not to be \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*: \w cease|strong="H2308"\w* from thine own \w wisdom|strong="H0998"\w*.  
\v 5 Wilt thou \w set|strong="H5774"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* upon that which is not? for \add riches\add* \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* themselves \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*; they fly \w away|strong="H5774"\w* as an \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* toward \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.\f + \fr 23.5 \ft set…: Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon\f*   
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\v 6 \w Eat|strong="H3898"\w* thou not the \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* of \add him that hath\add* an \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w*, neither \w desire|strong="H0183"\w* thou his dainty \w meats|strong="H4303"\w*:  
\v 7 For as he \w thinketh|strong="H8176"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H5315"\w*, so \add is\add* he: \w Eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* he to thee; but his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \add is\add* not with thee.  
\v 8 The \w morsel|strong="H6595"\w* \add which\add* thou hast \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* shalt thou vomit \w up|strong="H6958"\w*, and \w lose|strong="H7843"\w* thy \w sweet|strong="H5273"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Speak|strong="H1696"\w* not in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w*: for he will \w despise|strong="H0936"\w* the \w wisdom|strong="H7922"\w* of thy \w words|strong="H4405"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Remove|strong="H5253"\w* not the \w old|strong="H5769"\w* \w landmark|strong="H1366"\w*; and \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* not into the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* of the \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w*:\f + \fr 23.10 \ft landmark: or, bound\f*  
\v 11 For their \w redeemer|strong="H1350"\w* \add is\add* \w mighty|strong="H2389"\w*; he shall \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* their \w cause|strong="H7379"\w* with thee.   
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\v 12 \w Apply|strong="H0935"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* unto \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*, and thine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* to the \w words|strong="H0561"\w* of \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Withhold|strong="H4513"\w* not \w correction|strong="H4148"\w* from the \w child|strong="H5288"\w*: for \add if\add* thou \w beatest|strong="H5221"\w* him with the \w rod|strong="H7626"\w*, he shall not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 14 Thou shalt \w beat|strong="H5221"\w* him with the \w rod|strong="H7626"\w*, and shalt \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* from \w hell|strong="H7585"\w*.  
\v 15 My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, if thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* be \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*, my \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* shall \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*, even \w mine|strong="H0589"\w*.\f + \fr 23.15 \ft even…: or, even I will rejoice\f*  
\v 16 Yea, my \w reins|strong="H3629"\w* shall \w rejoice|strong="H5937"\w*, when thy \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* right \w things|strong="H4339"\w*.   
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\v 17 Let not thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w envy|strong="H7065"\w* \w sinners|strong="H2400"\w*: but \add be thou\add* in the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* all the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* long.  
\v 18 For surely there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* an \w end|strong="H0319"\w*; and thine \w expectation|strong="H8615"\w* shall not be cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w*.\f + \fr 23.18 \ft end: or, reward\f*   
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\v 19 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and be \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*, and \w guide|strong="H0833"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.  
\v 20 Be not among \w winebibbers|strong="H3196"\w*; among riotous \w eaters|strong="H2151"\w* of \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*:\f + \fr 23.20 \ft of flesh: Heb. of their flesh\f*  
\v 21 For the \w drunkard|strong="H5433"\w* and the \w glutton|strong="H2151"\w* shall come to \w poverty|strong="H3423"\w*: and \w drowsiness|strong="H5124"\w* shall \w clothe|strong="H3847"\w* \add a man\add* with \w rags|strong="H7168"\w*.  
\v 22 \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* that \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* thee, and \w despise|strong="H0936"\w* not thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* when she is \w old|strong="H2204"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Buy|strong="H7069"\w* the \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*, and \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \add it\add* not; \add also\add* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, and \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*, and \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*.  
\v 24 The \w father|strong="H0001"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* shall \w greatly|strong="H1524"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H1523"\w*: and he that \w begetteth|strong="H3205"\w* a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add child\add* shall have \w joy|strong="H8055"\w* of him.  
\v 25 Thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* shall be \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*, and she that \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* thee shall \w rejoice|strong="H1523"\w*.  
\v 26 My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and let thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w observe|strong="H7521"\w* my \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.  
\v 27 For a \w whore|strong="H2181"\w* \add is\add* a \w deep|strong="H6013"\w* \w ditch|strong="H7745"\w*; and a strange \w woman|strong="H5237"\w* \add is\add* a \w narrow|strong="H6862"\w* \w pit|strong="H0875"\w*.  
\v 28 She also lieth in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* as \add for\add* a \w prey|strong="H2863"\w*, and \w increaseth|strong="H3254"\w* the \w transgressors|strong="H0898"\w* among \w men|strong="H0120"\w*.\f + \fr 23.28 \ft as for…: or, as a robber\f*   
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\v 29 Who hath \w woe|strong="H0188"\w*? who hath \w sorrow|strong="H0017"\w*? who hath \w contentions|strong="H4079"\w*? who hath \w babbling|strong="H7879"\w*? who hath \w wounds|strong="H6482"\w* without \w cause|strong="H2600"\w*? who hath \w redness|strong="H2448"\w* of \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*?  
\v 30 They that tarry \w long|strong="H0309"\w* at the \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*; they that \w go|strong="H0935"\w* to \w seek|strong="H2713"\w* mixed \w wine|strong="H4469"\w*.  
\v 31 \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* not thou upon the \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* when it is \w red|strong="H0119"\w*, when it \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* his \w colour|strong="H5869"\w* in the \w cup|strong="H3563"\w*, \add when\add* it \w moveth|strong="H1980"\w* itself \w aright|strong="H4339"\w*.  
\v 32 At the \w last|strong="H0319"\w* it \w biteth|strong="H5391"\w* like a \w serpent|strong="H5175"\w*, and \w stingeth|strong="H6567"\w* like an \w adder|strong="H6848"\w*.\f + \fr 23.32 \ft an…: or, a cockatrice\f*  
\v 33 Thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* shall \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* strange \w women|strong="H2114"\w*, and thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* shall \w utter|strong="H1696"\w* perverse \w things|strong="H8419"\w*.  
\v 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth \w down|strong="H7901"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, or as he that \w lieth|strong="H7901"\w* upon the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of a \w mast|strong="H2260"\w*.\f + \fr 23.34 \ft the midst…: Heb. the heart of the sea\f*  
\v 35 They have \w stricken|strong="H5221"\w* me, \add shalt thou say, and\add* I was not \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*; they have \w beaten|strong="H1986"\w* me, \add and\add* I \w felt|strong="H3045"\w* \add it\add* not: when shall I \w awake|strong="H6974"\w*? I will \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* it \w yet|strong="H3254"\w* again.\f + \fr 23.35 \ft I felt…: Heb. I knew it not\f*   
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\v 1 Be not thou \w envious|strong="H7065"\w* against \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, neither \w desire|strong="H0183"\w* to be with them.  
\v 2 For their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w studieth|strong="H1897"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w*, and their \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* of \w mischief|strong="H5999"\w*.   
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\v 3 Through \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* is an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w builded|strong="H1129"\w*; and by \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* it is \w established|strong="H3559"\w*:  
\v 4 And by \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* shall the \w chambers|strong="H2315"\w* be \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with all \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* and \w pleasant|strong="H5273"\w* \w riches|strong="H1952"\w*.  
\v 5 A \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \add is\add* \w strong|strong="H5797"\w*; yea, a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* \w increaseth|strong="H0553"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*.\f + \fr 24.5 \ft is strong: Heb. is in strength\f*\f + \fr 24.5 \ft increaseth…: Heb. strengtheneth might\f*  
\v 6 For by wise \w counsel|strong="H8458"\w* thou shalt \w make|strong="H6213"\w* thy \w war|strong="H4421"\w*: and in \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of \w counsellors|strong="H3289"\w* \add there is\add* \w safety|strong="H8668"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Wisdom|strong="H2454"\w* \add is\add* too \w high|strong="H7311"\w* for a \w fool|strong="H0191"\w*: he \w openeth|strong="H6605"\w* not his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.  
\v 8 He that \w deviseth|strong="H2803"\w* to do \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* shall be \w called|strong="H7121"\w* a \w mischievous|strong="H4209"\w* \w person|strong="H1167"\w*.  
\v 9 The \w thought|strong="H2154"\w* of \w foolishness|strong="H0200"\w* \add is\add* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*: and the \w scorner|strong="H3887"\w* \add is\add* an \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* to \w men|strong="H0120"\w*.  
\v 10 \add If\add* thou \w faint|strong="H7503"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w adversity|strong="H6869"\w*, thy \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \add is\add* \w small|strong="H6862"\w*.\f + \fr 24.10 \ft small: Heb. narrow\f*   
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\v 11 If thou \w forbear|strong="H2820"\w* to \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \add them that are\add* \w drawn|strong="H3947"\w* unto \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, and \add those that are\add* \w ready|strong="H4131"\w* to be \w slain|strong="H2027"\w*;  
\v 12 If thou \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, we \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* it not; doth not he that \w pondereth|strong="H8505"\w* the \w heart|strong="H3826"\w* \w consider|strong="H0995"\w* \add it\add*? and he that \w keepeth|strong="H5341"\w* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, doth \add not\add* he \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \add it\add*? and shall \add not\add* he \w render|strong="H7725"\w* to \add every\add* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* according to his \w works|strong="H6467"\w*?   
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\v 13 My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* thou \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, because \add it is\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*; and the \w honeycomb|strong="H5317"\w*, \add which is\add* \w sweet|strong="H4966"\w* to thy \w taste|strong="H2441"\w*:\f + \fr 24.13 \ft to…: Heb. upon thy palate\f*  
\v 14 So \add shall\add* the \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w* of \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \add be\add* unto thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*: when thou hast \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \add it\add*, then there shall \w be|strong="H3426"\w* a \w reward|strong="H0319"\w*, and thy \w expectation|strong="H8615"\w* shall not be cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w*.   
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\v 15 Lay not \w wait|strong="H0693"\w*, O \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add man\add*, against the \w dwelling|strong="H5116"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*; \w spoil|strong="H7703"\w* not his resting \w place|strong="H7258"\w*:  
\v 16 For a \w just|strong="H6662"\w* \add man\add* \w falleth|strong="H5307"\w* seven \w times|strong="H7651"\w*, and riseth up \w again|strong="H6965"\w*: but the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H3782"\w* into \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* not when thine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* \w falleth|strong="H5307"\w*, and let not thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* be \w glad|strong="H1523"\w* when he \w stumbleth|strong="H3782"\w*:  
\v 18 Lest the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add*, and it \w displease|strong="H7489"\w* him, and he turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* his \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w* from him.\f + \fr 24.18 \ft it displease…: Heb. it be evil in his eyes\f*   
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\v 19 \w Fret|strong="H2734"\w* not thyself because of \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* \add men\add*, neither be thou \w envious|strong="H7065"\w* at the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*;\f + \fr 24.19 \ft Fret…: or, Keep not company with the wicked\f*  
\v 20 For there shall be no \w reward|strong="H0319"\w* to the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add man;\add* the \w candle|strong="H5216"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall be put \w out|strong="H1846"\w*.\f + \fr 24.20 \ft candle: or, lamp\f*   
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\v 21 My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* thou the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: \add and\add* \w meddle|strong="H6148"\w* not with them that are given to \w change|strong="H8138"\w*:\f + \fr 24.21 \ft them…: Heb. changers\f*  
\v 22 For their \w calamity|strong="H0343"\w* shall \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w*; and who \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* the \w ruin|strong="H6365"\w* of them \w both|strong="H8147"\w*?   
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\v 23 These \add things\add* also \add belong\add* to the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*. \add It is\add* not \w good|strong="H2896"\w* to have \w respect|strong="H5234"\w* of \w persons|strong="H6440"\w* in \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.  
\v 24 He that \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, Thou \add art\add* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*; him shall the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w curse|strong="H5344"\w*, \w nations|strong="H3816"\w* shall \w abhor|strong="H2194"\w* him:  
\v 25 But to them that \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* \add him\add* shall be \w delight|strong="H5276"\w*, and a \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon them.\f + \fr 24.25 \ft a good…: Heb. a blessing of good\f*  
\v 26 \add Every man\add* shall \w kiss|strong="H5401"\w* \add his\add* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* that \w giveth|strong="H7725"\w* a \w right|strong="H5228"\w* \w answer|strong="H1697"\w*.\f + \fr 24.26 \ft that…: Heb. that answereth right words\f*  
\v 27 \w Prepare|strong="H3559"\w* thy \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w without|strong="H2351"\w*, and make it \w fit|strong="H6257"\w* for thyself in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*; and \w afterwards|strong="H0310"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 28 Be not a \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* against thy \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w* without \w cause|strong="H2600"\w*; and \w deceive|strong="H6601"\w* \add not\add* with thy \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*.  
\v 29 \w Say|strong="H0559"\w* not, I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* so to him as he hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to me: I will \w render|strong="H7725"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* according to his \w work|strong="H6467"\w*.   
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\v 30 I \w went|strong="H5674"\w* by the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* of the \w slothful|strong="H0376"\w*, and by the \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w void|strong="H2638"\w* of \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*;  
\v 31 And, lo, it was all grown \w over|strong="H5927"\w* with \w thorns|strong="H7063"\w*, \add and\add* \w nettles|strong="H2738"\w* had \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* thereof, and the \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w wall|strong="H1444"\w* thereof was broken \w down|strong="H2040"\w*.  
\v 32 Then I \w saw|strong="H2372"\w*, \add and\add* considered \add it\add* \w well|strong="H7896"\w*: I \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* upon \add it, and\add* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w*.\f + \fr 24.32 \ft considered…: Heb. set my heart\f*  
\v 33 \add Yet\add* a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*, a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w slumber|strong="H8572"\w*, a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w folding|strong="H2264"\w* of the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* to \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w*:  
\v 34 So shall thy \w poverty|strong="H7389"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \add as\add* one that \w travelleth|strong="H1980"\w*; and thy \w want|strong="H4270"\w* as an \w armed|strong="H4043"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 24.34 \ft an…: Heb. a man of shield\f*   
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\v 1 These \add are\add* also \w proverbs|strong="H4912"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, which the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* copied \w out|strong="H6275"\w*.   
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\v 2 \add It is\add* the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* to \w conceal|strong="H5641"\w* a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*: but the \w honour|strong="H3519"\w* of \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add is\add* to search \w out|strong="H2713"\w* a \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 3 The \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* for \w height|strong="H7312"\w*, and the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* for \w depth|strong="H6011"\w*, and the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add is\add* \w unsearchable|strong="H2714"\w*.\f + \fr 25.3 \ft is…: Heb. there is no searching\f*   
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\v 4 Take \w away|strong="H1898"\w* the \w dross|strong="H5509"\w* from the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and there shall come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* a \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w* for the \w finer|strong="H6884"\w*.  
\v 5 Take \w away|strong="H1898"\w* the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add from\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* shall be \w established|strong="H3559"\w* in \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*.   
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\v 6 Put not \w forth|strong="H1921"\w* thyself in the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* not in the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \add men:\add*\f + \fr 25.6 \ft Put…: Heb. Set not out thy glory\f*  
\v 7 For \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \add it is\add* that it be \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, Come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* hither; than that thou shouldest be put \w lower|strong="H8213"\w* in the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w prince|strong="H5081"\w* whom thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*.   
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\v 8 Go not \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w hastily|strong="H4118"\w* to \w strive|strong="H7378"\w*, lest \add thou know not\add* what to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w end|strong="H0319"\w* thereof, when thy \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w* hath put thee to \w shame|strong="H3637"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Debate|strong="H7378"\w* thy \w cause|strong="H7379"\w* with thy \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w* \add himself;\add* and \w discover|strong="H1540"\w* not a \w secret|strong="H5475"\w* to \w another|strong="H0312"\w*:\f + \fr 25.9 \ft a secret…: or, the secret of\f*  
\v 10 Lest he that \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* \add it\add* put thee to \w shame|strong="H2616"\w*, and thine \w infamy|strong="H1681"\w* turn not \w away|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 11 A \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w fitly|strong="H0212"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \add is like\add* \w apples|strong="H8598"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* in \w pictures|strong="H4906"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.\f + \fr 25.11 \ft fitly…: Heb. spoken upon his wheels\f*  
\v 12 \add As\add* an \w earring|strong="H5141"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and an \w ornament|strong="H2481"\w* of fine \w gold|strong="H3800"\w*, \add so is\add* a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w reprover|strong="H3198"\w* upon an \w obedient|strong="H8085"\w* \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*.  
\v 13 As the \w cold|strong="H6793"\w* of \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* in the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* of \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*, \add so is\add* a \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w* \w messenger|strong="H6735"\w* to them that \w send|strong="H7971"\w* him: for he \w refresheth|strong="H7725"\w* the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of his \w masters|strong="H0113"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Whoso|strong="H0376"\w* \w boasteth|strong="H1984"\w* himself of a \w false|strong="H8267"\w* \w gift|strong="H4991"\w* \add is like\add* \w clouds|strong="H5387"\w* and \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* without \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*.\f + \fr 25.14 \ft of a…: Heb. in a gift of falsehood\f*  
\v 15 By \w long|strong="H0753"\w* \w forbearing|strong="H0639"\w* is a \w prince|strong="H7101"\w* \w persuaded|strong="H6601"\w*, and a \w soft|strong="H7390"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \w breaketh|strong="H7665"\w* the \w bone|strong="H1634"\w*.  
\v 16 Hast thou \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*? \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* so much as is \w sufficient|strong="H1767"\w* for thee, lest thou be \w filled|strong="H7646"\w* therewith, and \w vomit|strong="H6958"\w* it.  
\v 17 \w Withdraw|strong="H3365"\w* thy \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* from thy \w neighbour’s|strong="H7453"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; lest he be \w weary|strong="H7646"\w* of thee, and \add so\add* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* thee.\f + \fr 25.17 \ft Withdraw…: or, Let thy foot be seldom in\f*\f + \fr 25.17 \ft weary…: Heb. full of thee\f*  
\v 18 A \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w beareth|strong="H6030"\w* \w false|strong="H8267"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* against his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w* \add is\add* a \w maul|strong="H4650"\w*, and a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and a \w sharp|strong="H8150"\w* \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Confidence|strong="H4009"\w* in an unfaithful \w man|strong="H0898"\w* in \w time|strong="H3117"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w* \add is like\add* a \w broken|strong="H7465"\w* \w tooth|strong="H8127"\w*, and a \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* out of \w joint|strong="H4154"\w*.  
\v 20 \add As\add* he that taketh \w away|strong="H5710"\w* a \w garment|strong="H0899"\w* in \w cold|strong="H7135"\w* \w weather|strong="H3117"\w*, \add and as\add* \w vinegar|strong="H2558"\w* upon \w nitre|strong="H5427"\w*, so \add is\add* he that \w singeth|strong="H7891"\w* \w songs|strong="H7892"\w* to an \w heavy|strong="H7451"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.   
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\v 21 If thine \w enemy|strong="H8130"\w* be \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*, give him \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; and if he be \w thirsty|strong="H6771"\w*, give him \w water|strong="H4325"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*:  
\v 22 For thou shalt \w heap|strong="H2846"\w* coals of \w fire|strong="H1513"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w reward|strong="H7999"\w* thee.  
\v 23 The \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* driveth \w away|strong="H2342"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*: so \add doth\add* an \w angry|strong="H2194"\w* \w countenance|strong="H6440"\w* a \w backbiting|strong="H5643"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*.\f + \fr 25.23 \ft driveth…: or, bringeth forth rain: so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance\f*  
\v 24 \add It is\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* to \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* of the \w housetop|strong="H1406"\w*, than with a \w brawling|strong="H4079"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* and in a \w wide|strong="H2267"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 25 \add As\add* \w cold|strong="H7119"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* to a \w thirsty|strong="H5889"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, so \add is\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w news|strong="H8052"\w* from a \w far|strong="H4801"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 26 A \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* man falling \w down|strong="H4131"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add is as\add* a \w troubled|strong="H7515"\w* \w fountain|strong="H4599"\w*, and a \w corrupt|strong="H7843"\w* \w spring|strong="H4726"\w*.  
\v 27 \add It is\add* not \w good|strong="H2896"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*: so \add for men\add* to \w search|strong="H2714"\w* their own \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* \add is not\add* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*.  
\v 28 \w He|strong="H0376"\w* that \add hath\add* no \w rule|strong="H4623"\w* over his own \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \add is like\add* a \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add that is\add* broken \w down|strong="H6555"\w*, \add and\add* without \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*.   
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\v 1 As \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* in \w summer|strong="H7019"\w*, and as \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* in \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*, so \w honour|strong="H3519"\w* is not \w seemly|strong="H5000"\w* for a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w*.  
\v 2 As the \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* by \w wandering|strong="H5110"\w*, as the \w swallow|strong="H1866"\w* by \w flying|strong="H5774"\w*, so the \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* \w causeless|strong="H2600"\w* shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.  
\v 3 A \w whip|strong="H7752"\w* for the \w horse|strong="H5483"\w*, a \w bridle|strong="H4964"\w* for the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, and a \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* for the \w fool’s|strong="H3684"\w* \w back|strong="H1460"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Answer|strong="H6030"\w* not a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w* according to his \w folly|strong="H0200"\w*, lest thou also be \w like|strong="H7737"\w* unto him.  
\v 5 \w Answer|strong="H6030"\w* a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w* according to his \w folly|strong="H0200"\w*, lest he be \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* in his own \w conceit|strong="H5869"\w*.\f + \fr 26.5 \ft conceit: Heb. eyes\f*   
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\v 6 He that \w sendeth|strong="H7971"\w* a \w message|strong="H1697"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w* cutteth \w off|strong="H7096"\w* the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, \add and\add* \w drinketh|strong="H8354"\w* \w damage|strong="H2555"\w*.\f + \fr 26.6 \ft damage: or, violence\f*  
\v 7 The \w legs|strong="H7785"\w* of the \w lame|strong="H6455"\w* are not \w equal|strong="H1809"\w*: so \add is\add* a \w parable|strong="H4912"\w* in the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of \w fools|strong="H3684"\w*.\f + \fr 26.7 \ft are…: Heb. are lifted up\f*  
\v 8 As he that \w bindeth|strong="H6872"\w* a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* in a \w sling|strong="H4773"\w*, so \add is\add* he that \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* \w honour|strong="H3519"\w* to a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w*.\f + \fr 26.8 \ft bindeth…: or, putteth a precious stone in an heap of stones\f*  
\v 9 \add As\add* a \w thorn|strong="H2336"\w* goeth \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of a \w drunkard|strong="H7910"\w*, so \add is\add* a \w parable|strong="H4912"\w* in the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of \w fools|strong="H3684"\w*.  
\v 10 The \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \add God\add* that \w formed|strong="H2342"\w* all \add things\add* both \w rewardeth|strong="H7936"\w* the \w fool|strong="H3684"\w*, and \w rewardeth|strong="H7936"\w* \w transgressors|strong="H5674"\w*.\f + \fr 26.10 \ft The great…: or, A great man grieveth all, and he hireth the fool, he hireth also transgressors\f*  
\v 11 As a \w dog|strong="H3611"\w* \w returneth|strong="H7725"\w* to his \w vomit|strong="H6892"\w*, \add so\add* a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w* \w returneth|strong="H8138"\w* to his \w folly|strong="H0200"\w*.\f + \fr 26.11 \ft returneth to his folly: Heb. iterateth his folly\f*  
\v 12 \w Seest|strong="H7200"\w* thou a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* in his own \w conceit|strong="H5869"\w*? \add there is\add* more \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* of a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w* than of him.  
\v 13 The \w slothful|strong="H6102"\w* \add man\add* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, \add There is\add* a \w lion|strong="H7826"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*; a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \add is\add* in the \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*.  
\v 14 \add As\add* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w turneth|strong="H5437"\w* upon his \w hinges|strong="H6735"\w*, so \add doth\add* the \w slothful|strong="H6102"\w* upon his \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*.  
\v 15 The \w slothful|strong="H6102"\w* \w hideth|strong="H2934"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* in \add his\add* \w bosom|strong="H6747"\w*; it \w grieveth|strong="H3811"\w* him to bring it \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.\f + \fr 26.15 \ft it grieveth…: or, he is weary\f*  
\v 16 The \w sluggard|strong="H6102"\w* \add is\add* \w wiser|strong="H2450"\w* in his own \w conceit|strong="H5869"\w* than seven \w men|strong="H7651"\w* that can \w render|strong="H7725"\w* a \w reason|strong="H2940"\w*.  
\v 17 He that passeth \w by|strong="H5674"\w*, \add and\add* \w meddleth|strong="H5674"\w* with \w strife|strong="H7379"\w* \add belonging\add* not to him, \add is like\add* one that \w taketh|strong="H2388"\w* a \w dog|strong="H3611"\w* by the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*.\f + \fr 26.17 \ft meddleth: or, is enraged\f*   
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\v 18 As a \w mad|strong="H3856"\w* \add man\add* who \w casteth|strong="H3384"\w* \w firebrands|strong="H2131"\w*, \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*, and \w death|strong="H4194"\w*,\f + \fr 26.18 \ft firebrands: Heb. flames, or, sparks\f*  
\v 19 So \add is\add* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add that\add* \w deceiveth|strong="H7411"\w* his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, and \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, Am not I in \w sport|strong="H7832"\w*?   
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\v 20 Where \w no|strong="H0657"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* is, \add there\add* the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* goeth \w out|strong="H3518"\w*: so where \add there is\add* no \w talebearer|strong="H5372"\w*, the \w strife|strong="H4066"\w* \w ceaseth|strong="H8367"\w*.\f + \fr 26.20 \ft Where no…: Heb. Without wood\f*\f + \fr 26.20 \ft talebearer: or, whisperer\f*\f + \fr 26.20 \ft ceaseth: Heb. is silent\f*  
\v 21 \add As\add* \w coals|strong="H6352"\w* \add are\add* to burning \w coals|strong="H1513"\w*, and \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* to \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*; so \add is\add* a \w contentious|strong="H4079"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to \w kindle|strong="H2787"\w* \w strife|strong="H7379"\w*.  
\v 22 The \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of a \w talebearer|strong="H5372"\w* \add are\add* as \w wounds|strong="H3859"\w*, and they go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* into the innermost \w parts|strong="H2315"\w* of the \w belly|strong="H0990"\w*.\f + \fr 26.22 \ft innermost…: Heb. chambers\f*  
\v 23 \w Burning|strong="H1814"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* and a \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \add are like\add* a \w potsherd|strong="H2789"\w* \w covered|strong="H6823"\w* with \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w dross|strong="H5509"\w*.   
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\v 24 He that \w hateth|strong="H8130"\w* \w dissembleth|strong="H5234"\w* with his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*, and layeth \w up|strong="H7896"\w* \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* him;\f + \fr 26.24 \ft dissembleth: or, is known\f*  
\v 25 When he \w speaketh|strong="H6963"\w* \w fair|strong="H2603"\w*, \w believe|strong="H0539"\w* him not: for \add there are\add* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.\f + \fr 26.25 \ft speaketh…: Heb. maketh his voice gracious\f*  
\v 26 \add Whose\add* \w hatred|strong="H8135"\w* is \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* by \w deceit|strong="H4860"\w*, his \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* shall be \w shewed|strong="H1540"\w* before the \add whole\add* \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w*.\f + \fr 26.26 \ft by…: or, in secret\f*  
\v 27 Whoso \w diggeth|strong="H3738"\w* a \w pit|strong="H7845"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* therein: and he that \w rolleth|strong="H1556"\w* a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, it will \w return|strong="H7725"\w* upon him.  
\v 28 A \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \w hateth|strong="H8130"\w* \add those that are\add* \w afflicted|strong="H1790"\w* by it; and a \w flattering|strong="H2509"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w worketh|strong="H6213"\w* \w ruin|strong="H4072"\w*.   
\c 27  
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\v 1 \w Boast|strong="H1984"\w* not thyself of to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w*; for thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* not what a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* may bring \w forth|strong="H3205"\w*.\f + \fr 27.1 \ft to…: Heb. to morrow day\f*  
\v 2 Let another \w man|strong="H2114"\w* \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* thee, and not thine own \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*; a \w stranger|strong="H5237"\w*, and not thine own \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*.   
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\v 3 A \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \add is\add* \w heavy|strong="H3514"\w*, and the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w weighty|strong="H5192"\w*; but a \w fool’s|strong="H0191"\w* \w wrath|strong="H3708"\w* \add is\add* \w heavier|strong="H3515"\w* than them \w both|strong="H8147"\w*.\f + \fr 27.3 \ft heavy: Heb. heaviness\f*  
\v 4 \w Wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \add is\add* \w cruel|strong="H0395"\w*, and \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* \add is\add* \w outrageous|strong="H7858"\w*; but who \add is\add* able to \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w envy|strong="H7068"\w*?\f + \fr 27.4 \ft Wrath…: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing\f*\f + \fr 27.4 \ft envy: or, jealousy?\f*   
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\v 5 \w Open|strong="H1540"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H8433"\w* \add is\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than \w secret|strong="H5641"\w* \w love|strong="H0160"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Faithful|strong="H0539"\w* \add are\add* the \w wounds|strong="H6482"\w* of a \w friend|strong="H0157"\w*; but the \w kisses|strong="H5390"\w* of an \w enemy|strong="H8130"\w* \add are\add* \w deceitful|strong="H6280"\w*.\f + \fr 27.6 \ft deceitful: or, earnest, or, frequent\f*  
\v 7 The \w full|strong="H7649"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w loatheth|strong="H0947"\w* an \w honeycomb|strong="H5317"\w*; but to the \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* every bitter \w thing|strong="H4751"\w* is \w sweet|strong="H4966"\w*.\f + \fr 27.7 \ft loatheth: Heb. treadeth under foot\f*  
\v 8 As a \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* that \w wandereth|strong="H5074"\w* from her \w nest|strong="H7064"\w*, so \add is\add* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w wandereth|strong="H5074"\w* from his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Ointment|strong="H8081"\w* and \w perfume|strong="H7004"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*: so \add doth\add* the \w sweetness|strong="H4986"\w* of a \w man’s friend|strong="H7453"\w* by \w hearty|strong="H5315"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*.\f + \fr 27.9 \ft by…: Heb. from the counsel of the soul\f*  
\v 10 Thine own \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*, and thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*, \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* not; neither \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into thy \w brother’s|strong="H0251"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of thy \w calamity|strong="H0343"\w*: \add for\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \add is\add* a \w neighbour|strong="H7934"\w* \add that is\add* \w near|strong="H7138"\w* than a \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* far \w off|strong="H7350"\w*.  
\v 11 My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, be \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*, and make my \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*, that I may \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* him that \w reproacheth|strong="H2778"\w* me.  
\v 12 A \w prudent|strong="H6175"\w* \add man\add* \w foreseeth|strong="H7200"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \add and\add* \w hideth|strong="H5641"\w* himself; \add but\add* the \w simple|strong="H6612"\w* pass \w on|strong="H5674"\w*, \add and\add* are \w punished|strong="H6064"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* his \w garment|strong="H0899"\w* that is \w surety|strong="H6148"\w* for a \w stranger|strong="H2114"\w*, and take a \w pledge|strong="H2254"\w* of him for a strange \w woman|strong="H5237"\w*.  
\v 14 He that \w blesseth|strong="H1288"\w* his \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, rising \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, it shall be \w counted|strong="H2803"\w* a \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* to him.   
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\v 15 A \w continual|strong="H2956"\w* \w dropping|strong="H1812"\w* in a very \w rainy|strong="H5464"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* and a \w contentious|strong="H4079"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* are \w alike|strong="H7737"\w*.  
\v 16 Whosoever \w hideth|strong="H6845"\w* her \w hideth|strong="H6845"\w* the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, and the \w ointment|strong="H8081"\w* of his right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*, \add which\add* \w bewrayeth|strong="H7121"\w* \add itself\add*.  
\v 17 \w Iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w sharpeneth|strong="H2300"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*; so a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w sharpeneth|strong="H2300"\w* the \w countenance|strong="H6440"\w* of his \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*.  
\v 18 Whoso \w keepeth|strong="H5341"\w* the fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* thereof: so he that \w waiteth|strong="H8104"\w* on his \w master|strong="H0113"\w* shall be \w honoured|strong="H3513"\w*.  
\v 19 As in \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \add answereth\add* to \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, so the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w* to \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Hell|strong="H7585"\w* and \w destruction|strong="H0011"\w* are \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w full|strong="H7646"\w*; so the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w* are never \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*.\f + \fr 27.20 \ft never: Heb. not\f*  
\v 21 \add As\add* the fining \w pot|strong="H4715"\w* for \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and the \w furnace|strong="H3564"\w* for \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; so \add is\add* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* his \w praise|strong="H4110"\w*.  
\v 22 Though thou shouldest \w bray|strong="H3806"\w* a \w fool|strong="H0191"\w* in a \w mortar|strong="H4388"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w wheat|strong="H7383"\w* with a \w pestle|strong="H5940"\w*, \add yet\add* will not his \w foolishness|strong="H0200"\w* \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from him.   
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\v 23 Be thou \w diligent|strong="H3045"\w* to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the \w state|strong="H6440"\w* of thy \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w*, \add and\add* \w look|strong="H7896"\w* \w well|strong="H3820"\w* to thy \w herds|strong="H5739"\w*.\f + \fr 27.23 \ft look…: Heb. set thy heart\f*  
\v 24 For \w riches|strong="H2633"\w* \add are\add* not for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: and doth the \w crown|strong="H5145"\w* \add endure\add* to \w every|strong="H1755"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*?\f + \fr 27.24 \ft riches: Heb. strength\f*\f + \fr 27.24 \ft to…: Heb. to generation and generation?\f*  
\v 25 The \w hay|strong="H2682"\w* \w appeareth|strong="H1540"\w*, and the tender \w grass|strong="H1877"\w* \w sheweth|strong="H7200"\w* itself, and \w herbs|strong="H6212"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* are \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w*.  
\v 26 The \w lambs|strong="H3532"\w* \add are\add* for thy \w clothing|strong="H3830"\w*, and the \w goats|strong="H6260"\w* \add are\add* the \w price|strong="H4242"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.  
\v 27 And \add thou shalt have\add* \w goats’|strong="H5795"\w* \w milk|strong="H2461"\w* \w enough|strong="H1767"\w* for thy \w food|strong="H3899"\w*, for the \w food|strong="H3899"\w* of thy \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \add for\add* the \w maintenance|strong="H2416"\w* for thy \w maidens|strong="H5291"\w*.\f + \fr 27.27 \ft maintenance: Heb. life\f*   
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\v 1 The \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* when no man \w pursueth|strong="H7291"\w*: but the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* are \w bold|strong="H0982"\w* as a \w lion|strong="H3715"\w*.  
\v 2 For the \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* of a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \add are\add* the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* thereof: but by a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* of \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w* \add and\add* \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w* the \w state|strong="H3651"\w* \add thereof\add* shall be \w prolonged|strong="H0748"\w*.\f + \fr 28.2 \ft by…: or, by men of understanding and wisdom shall they likewise be prolonged\f*  
\v 3 A \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* that \w oppresseth|strong="H6231"\w* the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \add is like\add* a \w sweeping|strong="H5502"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* which leaveth no \w food|strong="H3899"\w*.\f + \fr 28.3 \ft which…: Heb. without food\f*  
\v 4 They that \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*: but such as \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w contend|strong="H1624"\w* with them.  
\v 5 \w Evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* not \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*: but they that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* all \add things\add*.  
\v 6 \w Better|strong="H2896"\w* \add is\add* the \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* that \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* in his \w uprightness|strong="H8537"\w*, than \add he that is\add* \w perverse|strong="H6141"\w* \add in his\add* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, though he \add be\add* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w*.  
\v 7 Whoso \w keepeth|strong="H5341"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \add is\add* a \w wise|strong="H0995"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*: but he that is a \w companion|strong="H7462"\w* of \w riotous|strong="H2151"\w* \add men\add* \w shameth|strong="H3637"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.\f + \fr 28.7 \ft is a companion…: or, feedeth gluttons\f*  
\v 8 He that by \w usury|strong="H5392"\w* and unjust \w gain|strong="H8636"\w* \w increaseth|strong="H7235"\w* his \w substance|strong="H1952"\w*, he shall \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* it for him that will \w pity|strong="H2603"\w* the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*.\f + \fr 28.8 \ft unjust…: Heb. by increase\f*  
\v 9 He that turneth \w away|strong="H5493"\w* his \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* from \w hearing|strong="H8085"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, even his \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \add shall be\add* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w*.  
\v 10 Whoso causeth the \w righteous|strong="H3477"\w* to go \w astray|strong="H7686"\w* in an \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, he shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* himself into his own \w pit|strong="H7816"\w*: but the \w upright|strong="H8549"\w* shall have \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add things\add* in \w possession|strong="H5157"\w*.  
\v 11 The \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add is\add* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* in his own \w conceit|strong="H5869"\w*; but the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* that hath \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w* searcheth him \w out|strong="H2713"\w*.\f + \fr 28.11 \ft own…: Heb. eyes\f*  
\v 12 When \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add men\add* do \w rejoice|strong="H5970"\w*, \add there is\add* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w glory|strong="H8597"\w*: but when the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w*, a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* is \w hidden|strong="H2664"\w*.\f + \fr 28.12 \ft hidden: or, sought for\f*  
\v 13 He that \w covereth|strong="H3680"\w* his \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* shall not \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*: but whoso \w confesseth|strong="H3034"\w* and \w forsaketh|strong="H5800"\w* \add them\add* shall have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Happy|strong="H0835"\w* \add is\add* the \w man|strong="H0120"\w* that \w feareth|strong="H6342"\w* \w alway|strong="H8548"\w*: but he that \w hardeneth|strong="H7185"\w* his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* into \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 15 \add As\add* a \w roaring|strong="H5098"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, and a \w ranging|strong="H8264"\w* \w bear|strong="H1677"\w*; \add so is\add* a \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* over the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 16 The \w prince|strong="H5057"\w* that \w wanteth|strong="H2638"\w* \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* \add is\add* also a \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w oppressor|strong="H4642"\w*: \add but\add* he that \w hateth|strong="H8130"\w* \w covetousness|strong="H1215"\w* shall \w prolong|strong="H0748"\w* \add his\add* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 17 A \w man|strong="H0120"\w* that doeth \w violence|strong="H6231"\w* to the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \add any\add* \w person|strong="H5315"\w* shall \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* to the \w pit|strong="H0953"\w*; let no man \w stay|strong="H8551"\w* him.  
\v 18 Whoso \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* \w uprightly|strong="H8549"\w* shall be \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*: but \add he that is\add* \w perverse|strong="H6140"\w* \add in his\add* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* at \w once|strong="H0259"\w*.  
\v 19 He that \w tilleth|strong="H5647"\w* his \w land|strong="H0127"\w* shall have \w plenty|strong="H7646"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*: but he that \w followeth|strong="H7291"\w* after \w vain|strong="H7386"\w* \add persons\add* shall have poverty \w enough|strong="H7389"\w*.  
\v 20 A \w faithful|strong="H0530"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* shall \w abound|strong="H7227"\w* with \w blessings|strong="H1293"\w*: but he that maketh \w haste|strong="H0213"\w* to be \w rich|strong="H6238"\w* shall not be \w innocent|strong="H5352"\w*.\f + \fr 28.20 \ft innocent: or, unpunished\f*  
\v 21 To have \w respect|strong="H5234"\w* of \w persons|strong="H6440"\w* \add is\add* not \w good|strong="H2896"\w*: for for a \w piece|strong="H6595"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \add that\add* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* will \w transgress|strong="H6586"\w*.  
\v 22 \w He|strong="H0376"\w* that \w hasteth|strong="H0926"\w* to be \w rich|strong="H1952"\w* \add hath\add* an \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w considereth|strong="H3045"\w* not that \w poverty|strong="H2639"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon him.\f + \fr 28.22 \ft hasteth…: or, hath and evil eye hasteth to be rich\f*  
\v 23 He that \w rebuketh|strong="H3198"\w* a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w afterwards|strong="H0310"\w* shall \w find|strong="H4672"\w* more \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* than he that \w flattereth|strong="H2505"\w* with the \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*.  
\v 24 Whoso \w robbeth|strong="H1497"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* or his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, \add It is\add* no \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w*; the same \add is\add* the \w companion|strong="H2270"\w* of a \w destroyer|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 28.24 \ft a destroyer: Heb. a man destroying\f*  
\v 25 He that is of a \w proud|strong="H7342"\w* \w heart|strong="H5315"\w* stirreth \w up|strong="H1624"\w* \w strife|strong="H4066"\w*: but he that putteth his \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall be made \w fat|strong="H1878"\w*.  
\v 26 He that \w trusteth|strong="H0982"\w* in his own \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* is a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w*: but whoso \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* \w wisely|strong="H2451"\w*, he shall be \w delivered|strong="H4422"\w*.  
\v 27 He that \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* unto the \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* shall not \w lack|strong="H4270"\w*: but he that \w hideth|strong="H5956"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* shall have \w many|strong="H7227"\w* a \w curse|strong="H3994"\w*.  
\v 28 When the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w men|strong="H0120"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* themselves: but when they \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w increase|strong="H7235"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w He|strong="H0376"\w*, that being often \w reproved|strong="H8433"\w* \w hardeneth|strong="H7185"\w* \add his\add* \w neck|strong="H6203"\w*, shall \w suddenly|strong="H6621"\w* be \w destroyed|strong="H7665"\w*, and that without \w remedy|strong="H4832"\w*.\f + \fr 29.1 \ft He…: Heb. A man of reproofs\f*  
\v 2 When the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* are in \w authority|strong="H7235"\w*, the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*: but when the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* beareth \w rule|strong="H4910"\w*, the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w mourn|strong="H0584"\w*. \f + \fr 29.2 \ft in…: or, increased\f*  
\v 3 \w Whoso|strong="H0376"\w* \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w rejoiceth|strong="H8055"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: but he that keepeth \w company|strong="H7462"\w* with \w harlots|strong="H2181"\w* \w spendeth|strong="H0006"\w* \add his\add* \w substance|strong="H1952"\w*.  
\v 4 The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* by \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w establisheth|strong="H5975"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: but \w he|strong="H0376"\w* that receiveth \w gifts|strong="H8641"\w* \w overthroweth|strong="H2040"\w* it.\f + \fr 29.4 \ft he…: Heb. a man of oblations\f*  
\v 5 A \w man|strong="H1397"\w* that \w flattereth|strong="H2505"\w* his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w* \w spreadeth|strong="H6566"\w* a \w net|strong="H7568"\w* for his \w feet|strong="H6471"\w*.  
\v 6 In the \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* of an \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add there is\add* a \w snare|strong="H4170"\w*: but the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* doth \w sing|strong="H7442"\w* and \w rejoice|strong="H8056"\w*.  
\v 7 The \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w considereth|strong="H3045"\w* the \w cause|strong="H1779"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*: \add but\add* the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w regardeth|strong="H0995"\w* not to \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \add it\add*.  
\v 8 \w Scornful|strong="H3944"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w bring|strong="H6315"\w* a \w city|strong="H7151"\w* into a \w snare|strong="H6315"\w*: but \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add men\add* turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w*.\f + \fr 29.8 \ft bring…: or, set a city on fire\f*  
\v 9 \add If\add* a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w contendeth|strong="H8199"\w* with a \w foolish|strong="H0191"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, whether he \w rage|strong="H7264"\w* or \w laugh|strong="H7832"\w*, \add there is\add* no \w rest|strong="H5183"\w*.  
\v 10 The \w bloodthirsty|strong="H0582"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* the \w upright|strong="H8535"\w*: but the \w just|strong="H3477"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.\f + \fr 29.10 \ft The bloodthirsty: Heb. Men of blood\f*  
\v 11 A \w fool|strong="H3684"\w* \w uttereth|strong="H3318"\w* all his \w mind|strong="H7307"\w*: but a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add man\add* \w keepeth|strong="H7623"\w* it in till \w afterwards|strong="H0268"\w*.  
\v 12 If a \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* \w hearken|strong="H7181"\w* to \w lies|strong="H1697"\w*, all his \w servants|strong="H8334"\w* \add are\add* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.  
\v 13 The \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* and the \w deceitful|strong="H8501"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* meet \w together|strong="H6298"\w*: the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w lighteneth|strong="H0215"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.\f + \fr 29.13 \ft the deceitful…: or, the usurer\f*  
\v 14 The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* that \w faithfully|strong="H0571"\w* \w judgeth|strong="H8199"\w* the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*, his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* shall be \w established|strong="H3559"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5703"\w*.  
\v 15 The \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* and \w reproof|strong="H8433"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*: but a \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w left|strong="H7971"\w* \add to himself\add* bringeth his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* to \w shame|strong="H0954"\w*.  
\v 16 When the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* are \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w*, \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* \w increaseth|strong="H7235"\w*: but the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* their \w fall|strong="H4658"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Correct|strong="H3256"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and he shall give thee \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*; yea, he shall \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w delight|strong="H4574"\w* unto thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\v 18 Where \add there is\add* no \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*, the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w perish|strong="H6544"\w*: but he that \w keepeth|strong="H8104"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, \w happy|strong="H0835"\w* \add is\add* he.\f + \fr 29.18 \ft perish: or, is made naked\f*  
\v 19 A \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* will not be \w corrected|strong="H3256"\w* by \w words|strong="H1697"\w*: for though he \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* he will not \w answer|strong="H4617"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Seest|strong="H2372"\w* thou a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add that is\add* \w hasty|strong="H0213"\w* in his \w words|strong="H1697"\w*? \add there is\add* more \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* of a \w fool|strong="H3684"\w* than of him.\f + \fr 29.20 \ft words: or, matters?\f*  
\v 21 He that delicately bringeth \w up|strong="H6445"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* from a \w child|strong="H5290"\w* shall have him become \add his\add* \w son|strong="H4497"\w* at the \w length|strong="H0319"\w*.  
\v 22 An \w angry|strong="H0639"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* stirreth \w up|strong="H1624"\w* \w strife|strong="H4066"\w*, and a \w furious|strong="H2534"\w* \w man|strong="H1167"\w* aboundeth \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w*.  
\v 23 A \w man’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w pride|strong="H1346"\w* shall bring him \w low|strong="H8213"\w*: but \w honour|strong="H3519"\w* shall \w uphold|strong="H8551"\w* the \w humble|strong="H8217"\w* in \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*.  
\v 24 Whoso is \w partner|strong="H2505"\w* with a \w thief|strong="H1590"\w* \w hateth|strong="H8130"\w* his own \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*: he \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* \w cursing|strong="H0423"\w*, and \w bewrayeth|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add* not.  
\v 25 The \w fear|strong="H2731"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w bringeth|strong="H5414"\w* a \w snare|strong="H4170"\w*: but whoso putteth his \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall be \w safe|strong="H7682"\w*.\f + \fr 29.25 \ft safe: Heb. set on high\f*  
\v 26 \w Many|strong="H7227"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* the \w ruler’s|strong="H4910"\w* \w favour|strong="H6440"\w*; but \add every\add* \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \add cometh\add* from the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 29.26 \ft the ruler’s…: Heb. the face of a ruler\f*  
\v 27 An \w unjust|strong="H5766"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add is\add* an \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* to the \w just|strong="H6662"\w*: and \add he that is\add* \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \add is\add* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* to the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.   
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\v 1 The \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Agur|strong="H0094"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jakeh|strong="H3348"\w*, \add even\add* the \w prophecy|strong="H4853"\w*: the \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w spake|strong="H5002"\w* unto \w Ithiel|strong="H0384"\w*, even unto \w Ithiel|strong="H0384"\w* and \w Ucal|strong="H0401"\w*,  
\v 2 Surely I \add am\add* more \w brutish|strong="H1198"\w* than \add any\add* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and have not the \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.  
\v 3 I neither \w learned|strong="H3925"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, nor \w have|strong="H3045"\w* the \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* of the \w holy|strong="H6918"\w*.\f + \fr 30.3 \ft have: Heb. know\f*  
\v 4 Who hath ascended \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, or \w descended|strong="H3381"\w*? who hath \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* in his \w fists|strong="H2651"\w*? who hath \w bound|strong="H6887"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* in a \w garment|strong="H8071"\w*? who hath \w established|strong="H6965"\w* all the \w ends|strong="H0657"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*? what \add is\add* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and what \add is\add* his \w son’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, if thou canst \w tell|strong="H3045"\w*?  
\v 5 Every \w word|strong="H0565"\w* of \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \add is\add* \w pure|strong="H6884"\w*: he \add is\add* a \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* unto them that put their \w trust|strong="H2620"\w* in him.\f + \fr 30.5 \ft pure: Heb. purified\f*  
\v 6 \w Add|strong="H3254"\w* thou not unto his \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, lest he \w reprove|strong="H3198"\w* thee, and thou be found a \w liar|strong="H3576"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Two|strong="H8147"\w* \add things\add* have I \w required|strong="H7592"\w* of thee; \w deny|strong="H4513"\w* me \add them\add* not before I \w die|strong="H4191"\w*:\f + \fr 30.7 \ft deny…: Heb. withhold not from me\f*  
\v 8 Remove \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from me \w vanity|strong="H7723"\w* and \w lies|strong="H1697"\w*: \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me neither \w poverty|strong="H7389"\w* nor \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*; \w feed|strong="H2963"\w* me with \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w convenient|strong="H2706"\w* for me:\f + \fr 30.8 \ft convenient…: Heb. of my allowance\f*  
\v 9 Lest I be \w full|strong="H7646"\w*, and \w deny|strong="H3584"\w* \add thee\add*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Who \add is\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*? or lest I be \w poor|strong="H3423"\w*, and \w steal|strong="H1589"\w*, and \w take|strong="H8610"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of my \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \add in vain\add*.\f + \fr 30.9 \ft deny…: Heb. belie thee\f*   
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\v 10 \w Accuse|strong="H3960"\w* not a \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* unto his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, lest he \w curse|strong="H7043"\w* thee, and thou be found \w guilty|strong="H0816"\w*.\f + \fr 30.10 \ft Accuse…: Heb. Hurt not with thy tongue\f*  
\v 11 \add There is\add* a \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* \add that\add* \w curseth|strong="H7043"\w* their \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and doth not \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* their \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*.  
\v 12 \add There is\add* a \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* \add that are\add* \w pure|strong="H2889"\w* in their own \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \add yet\add* is not \w washed|strong="H7364"\w* from their \w filthiness|strong="H6675"\w*.  
\v 13 \add There is\add* a \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*, O how \w lofty|strong="H7311"\w* are their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*! and their \w eyelids|strong="H6079"\w* are lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w*.  
\v 14 \add There is\add* a \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*, whose \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \add are as\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*, and their jaw \w teeth|strong="H4973"\w* \add as\add* \w knives|strong="H3979"\w*, to \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* from off the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and the \w needy|strong="H0034"\w* from \add among\add* \w men|strong="H0120"\w*.   
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\v 15 The \w horseleach|strong="H5936"\w* hath \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \add crying\add*, \w Give|strong="H3051"\w*, \w give|strong="H3051"\w*. There are \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \add things that\add* are never \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*, \add yea\add*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \add things\add* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* not, \add It is\add* \w enough|strong="H1952"\w*:\f + \fr 30.15 \ft It is…: Heb. Wealth\f*  
\v 16 The \w grave|strong="H7585"\w*; and the \w barren|strong="H6115"\w* \w womb|strong="H7356"\w*; the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \add that\add* is not \w filled|strong="H7646"\w* with \w water|strong="H4325"\w*; and the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \add that\add* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* not, \add It is\add* \w enough|strong="H1952"\w*.  
\v 17 The \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \add that\add* \w mocketh|strong="H3932"\w* at \add his\add* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w despiseth|strong="H0936"\w* to \w obey|strong="H3349"\w* \add his\add* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, the \w ravens|strong="H6158"\w* of the \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* shall pick it \w out|strong="H5365"\w*, and the \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* it.\f + \fr 30.17 \ft the valley: or, the brook\f*   
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\v 18 There be \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \add things which\add* are too \w wonderful|strong="H6381"\w* for me, yea, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* which I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not:  
\v 19 The \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of an \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* in the \w air|strong="H8064"\w*; the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of a \w serpent|strong="H5175"\w* upon a \w rock|strong="H6697"\w*; the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of a \w ship|strong="H0591"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*; and the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of a \w man|strong="H1397"\w* with a \w maid|strong="H5959"\w*.\f + \fr 30.19 \ft midst: Heb. heart\f*  
\v 20 Such \add is\add* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of an \w adulterous|strong="H5003"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*; she \w eateth|strong="H0398"\w*, and \w wipeth|strong="H4229"\w* her \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w done|strong="H6466"\w* no \w wickedness|strong="H0205"\w*.  
\v 21 For \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \add things\add* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* is \w disquieted|strong="H7264"\w*, and for \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \add which\add* it \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* \w bear|strong="H5375"\w*:  
\v 22 For a \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* when he \w reigneth|strong="H4427"\w*; and a \w fool|strong="H5036"\w* when he is \w filled|strong="H7646"\w* with \w meat|strong="H3899"\w*;  
\v 23 For an \w odious|strong="H8130"\w* \add woman\add* when she is \w married|strong="H1166"\w*; and an \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w* that is \w heir|strong="H3423"\w* to her \w mistress|strong="H1404"\w*.   
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\v 24 There be \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \add things which are\add* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* upon the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, but they \add are\add* \w exceeding|strong="H2449"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*:\f + \fr 30.24 \ft exceeding…: Heb. wise, made wise\f*  
\v 25 The \w ants|strong="H5244"\w* \add are\add* a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* not \w strong|strong="H5794"\w*, yet they \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* their \w meat|strong="H3899"\w* in the \w summer|strong="H7019"\w*;  
\v 26 The \w conies|strong="H8227"\w* \add are but\add* a \w feeble|strong="H6099"\w* \w folk|strong="H5971"\w*, yet \w make|strong="H7760"\w* they their \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* in the \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w*;  
\v 27 The \w locusts|strong="H0697"\w* have no \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, yet go they \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* all of them by \w bands|strong="H2686"\w*;\f + \fr 30.27 \ft by…: Heb. gathered together\f*  
\v 28 The \w spider|strong="H8079"\w* taketh \w hold|strong="H8610"\w* with her \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, and is in \w kings’|strong="H4428"\w* \w palaces|strong="H1964"\w*.   
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\v 29 There be \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \add things\add* which \w go|strong="H6806"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w*, yea, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* are \w comely|strong="H2895"\w* in \w going|strong="H3212"\w*:  
\v 30 A \w lion|strong="H3918"\w* \add which is\add* \w strongest|strong="H1368"\w* among \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w*, and turneth not \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* any;  
\v 31 A \w greyhound|strong="H4975"\w*; an he \w goat|strong="H8495"\w* \w also|strong="H0176"\w*; and a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, against whom \add there is\add* no rising \w up|strong="H0510"\w*.\f + \fr 30.31 \ft greyhound: or, horse: Heb. girt in the loins\f*  
\v 32 If thou hast done \w foolishly|strong="H5034"\w* in lifting \w up|strong="H5375"\w* thyself, or if thou hast thought \w evil|strong="H2161"\w*, \add lay\add* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.  
\v 33 Surely the \w churning|strong="H4330"\w* of \w milk|strong="H2461"\w* bringeth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w butter|strong="H2529"\w*, and the \w wringing|strong="H4330"\w* of the \w nose|strong="H0639"\w* bringeth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*: so the \w forcing|strong="H4330"\w* of \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w* bringeth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w strife|strong="H7379"\w*.   
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\v 1 The \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lemuel|strong="H3927"\w*, the \w prophecy|strong="H4853"\w* that his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w taught|strong="H3256"\w* him.  
\v 2 What, my \w son|strong="H1248"\w*? and what, the \w son|strong="H1248"\w* of my \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*? and what, the \w son|strong="H1248"\w* of my \w vows|strong="H5088"\w*?  
\v 3 \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* not thy \w strength|strong="H2428"\w* unto \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, nor thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* to that which \w destroyeth|strong="H4229"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 4 \add It is\add* not for \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, O \w Lemuel|strong="H3927"\w*, \add it is\add* not for \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*; nor \w for|strong="H0335"\w* \w princes|strong="H7336"\w* strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w*:  
\v 5 Lest they \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* the \w law|strong="H2710"\w*, and \w pervert|strong="H8138"\w* the \w judgment|strong="H1779"\w* of any of the \w afflicted|strong="H1121"\w*.\f + \fr 31.5 \ft pervert: Heb. alter\f*\f + \fr 31.5 \ft of any…: Heb. of all the sons of affliction\f*  
\v 6 \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w* unto him that is ready to \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, and \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* unto those that be of \w heavy|strong="H4751"\w* \w hearts|strong="H5315"\w*.\f + \fr 31.6 \ft of…: Heb. bitter of soul\f*  
\v 7 Let him \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* his \w poverty|strong="H7389"\w*, and \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* his \w misery|strong="H5999"\w* no more.  
\v 8 \w Open|strong="H6605"\w* thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* for the \w dumb|strong="H0483"\w* in the \w cause|strong="H1779"\w* of all such as are \w appointed|strong="H1121"\w* to \w destruction|strong="H2475"\w*.\f + \fr 31.8 \ft such…: Heb. the sons of destruction\f*  
\v 9 \w Open|strong="H6605"\w* thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w righteously|strong="H6664"\w*, and \w plead|strong="H1777"\w* the cause of the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* and \w needy|strong="H0034"\w*.   
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\v 10 ¶ Who can \w find|strong="H4672"\w* a \w virtuous|strong="H2428"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*? for her \w price|strong="H4377"\w* \add is\add* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* above \w rubies|strong="H6443"\w*.  
\v 11 The \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of her \w husband|strong="H1167"\w* doth safely \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in her, so that he shall have no \w need|strong="H2637"\w* of \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*.  
\v 12 She will \w do|strong="H1580"\w* him \w good|strong="H2896"\w* and not \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of her \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 13 She \w seeketh|strong="H1875"\w* \w wool|strong="H6785"\w*, and \w flax|strong="H6593"\w*, and \w worketh|strong="H6213"\w* \w willingly|strong="H2656"\w* with her \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*.  
\v 14 She is like the \w merchants’|strong="H5503"\w* \w ships|strong="H0591"\w*; she \w bringeth|strong="H0935"\w* her \w food|strong="H3899"\w* from \w afar|strong="H4801"\w*.  
\v 15 She \w riseth|strong="H6965"\w* also while it is yet \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* \w meat|strong="H2964"\w* to her \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and a \w portion|strong="H2706"\w* to her \w maidens|strong="H5291"\w*.  
\v 16 She \w considereth|strong="H2161"\w* a \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and \w buyeth|strong="H3947"\w* it: with the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of her \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* she \w planteth|strong="H5193"\w* a \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*.\f + \fr 31.16 \ft buyeth: Heb. taketh\f*  
\v 17 She \w girdeth|strong="H2296"\w* her \w loins|strong="H4975"\w* with \w strength|strong="H5797"\w*, and \w strengtheneth|strong="H0553"\w* her \w arms|strong="H2220"\w*.  
\v 18 She \w perceiveth|strong="H2938"\w* that her \w merchandise|strong="H5504"\w* \add is\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*: her \w candle|strong="H5216"\w* goeth not \w out|strong="H3518"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.\f + \fr 31.18 \ft She…: Heb. She tasteth\f*  
\v 19 She \w layeth|strong="H7971"\w* her \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* to the \w spindle|strong="H3601"\w*, and her \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w hold|strong="H8551"\w* the \w distaff|strong="H6418"\w*.  
\v 20 She stretcheth \w out|strong="H6566"\w* her \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* to the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w*; yea, she reacheth \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* her \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* to the \w needy|strong="H0034"\w*.\f + \fr 31.20 \ft She…: Heb. She spreadeth\f*  
\v 21 She is not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of the \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* for her \w household|strong="H1004"\w*: for all her \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \add are\add* \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* with \w scarlet|strong="H8144"\w*.\f + \fr 31.21 \ft scarlet: or, double garments\f*  
\v 22 She \w maketh|strong="H6213"\w* herself coverings of \w tapestry|strong="H4765"\w*; her \w clothing|strong="H3830"\w* \add is\add* \w silk|strong="H8336"\w* and \w purple|strong="H0713"\w*.  
\v 23 Her \w husband|strong="H1167"\w* is \w known|strong="H3045"\w* in the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*, when he \w sitteth|strong="H3427"\w* among the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 24 She \w maketh|strong="H6213"\w* fine \w linen|strong="H5466"\w*, and \w selleth|strong="H4376"\w* \add it;\add* and \w delivereth|strong="H5414"\w* \w girdles|strong="H2289"\w* unto the \w merchant|strong="H3669"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Strength|strong="H5797"\w* and \w honour|strong="H1926"\w* \add are\add* her \w clothing|strong="H3830"\w*; and she shall \w rejoice|strong="H7832"\w* in \w time|strong="H3117"\w* to \w come|strong="H0314"\w*.  
\v 26 She \w openeth|strong="H6605"\w* her \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* with \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*; and in her \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \add is\add* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w*.  
\v 27 She looketh \w well|strong="H6822"\w* to the \w ways|strong="H1979"\w* of her \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w eateth|strong="H0398"\w* not the \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* of \w idleness|strong="H6104"\w*.  
\v 28 Her \w children|strong="H1121"\w* arise \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and call her \w blessed|strong="H0833"\w*; her \w husband|strong="H1167"\w* \add also\add*, and he \w praiseth|strong="H1984"\w* her.  
\v 29 \w Many|strong="H7227"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w virtuously|strong="H2428"\w*, but thou \w excellest|strong="H5927"\w* them all.\f + \fr 31.29 \ft have…: or, have gotten riches\f*  
\v 30 \w Favour|strong="H2580"\w* \add is\add* \w deceitful|strong="H8267"\w*, and \w beauty|strong="H3308"\w* \add is\add* \w vain|strong="H1892"\w*: \add but\add* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \add that\add* \w feareth|strong="H3373"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, she shall be \w praised|strong="H1984"\w*.  
\v 31 \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* her of the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of her \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*; and let her own \w works|strong="H4639"\w* \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* her in the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*.